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Avhich her husband was in such great repute. These sheep 

 carry a very strong, heavy quality of wool, for which there is a 

 great demand, and many animals are sold yearly for breeding 

 purposes. 



Swine. 



Two hundred and seventy-seven swine were entered in the 

 catalogue, few of which were missing. Of these, 24 came from 

 England, 8 from Italy, 72 from Germany, 48 from Austria, and 

 125 from Hungary. 



Englisli Breeds. — Both white and black were fairly represented 

 by specimens brought over by some of our best and most enter- 

 prising breeders. Mr. J. K. Fowler, already mentioned as an 

 exhibitor of Shorthorns, showed breeding swine of the Berkshire, 

 and of the small white races. Mr. Russell Swanwick brought 

 a dozen Berkshires from the long-established herd at the Agricul- 

 tural College Farm, Cirencester, which were greatly admired, and 

 f(jr the most part well sold. As an instance of the endurance of 

 the race, it may be mentioned that Mr. Swanwick's well-known 

 and handsome boar " Lord Liverpool," after winning honours at 

 Vienna, returned to take prizes at English Agricultural Shows. 



The Messrs. Duckering sent examples of their celebrated 

 white pigs from Lincolnshire, and this concludes the list of 

 English exhibitors. 



In no case was the superiority of English stock better illus- 

 trated than in the pig classes, and it may be here remarked that 

 English crosses are by no means uncommon over the whole 

 Empire. These crossed animals are easily identified by their 

 finer white skins and general English look, and are usually 

 derived from the union of the native breed with white Windsor 

 pigs. The ready sale which English pigs met with, at good 

 prices, and the universal extent of country over which they 

 might be distributed with advantage, indicate a market in the 

 future, as the agriculturists of South-eastern Europe gradually 

 come to recognise their excellences. 



Itdhj was here represented, as might have been expected, by 

 the fine, hairless, black, long-nosed, and somewhat leggy Neapo- 

 litan race, from which our own improved Essex derives his 

 colour and character. They were eight in number. 



Germany. — Of the 72 head from Germany all were of English 

 origin. Baron Magnus contributed a boar and three sows, of the 

 Windsor race, from his herd at Dresha, in Saxony. This herd 

 was established in 1862 by direct purchases made in England, 

 and since then recourse has been again had to the mother country 

 for fresh blood. 



Messrs. Schiltt and Ahrens, salesmen at Stettin, in Prussia, 



