The kind of pig is generally a mixture of the 
long-eared white, with the black African, or negro 
pig; which crofs has been found to bea very great 
improvement. 
Siock fatted for fale-—There are great numbers, 
both of cattle and fheep, fatted in this diftrict. The 
cattle confifts chiefly of long-horned cows, turned 
off from the dairies, and of oxen brought from dif- 
ferent counties, particularly from Devonfhire. 
They are ufually bought in very early in the fpring, 
fo as, if poflible, to be finifhed with grafs; but the 
largeft and lateft are taken into the ftalls, and fi- 
nifhed with dry meat, chiefly hay. 
Corn is but little in ufe for fatting cattle in this 
diftrid; of late, potatoes have been introduced for 
winter fatting, dreffed with fteam, and mixed with 
cut hay or ftraw, as is mentioned in the defcription 
of the fouth-eaft diftrict, and found to anfwer. 
Bath takes off many of the fat cattle of this dif 
trict; many are fold at Salifbury market for the 
confumption of Hants and the adjoining counties, 
but the greateft part go to Smithfield. 
The fheep fatted in this diftrict, are ufually 
bought in at the Michaelmas fairs; the principal 
object is, to fat them, during the winter, on land 
that will not bear the treading of heavy cattle ; 
- fometimes ewes with lamb are bought, with the 
objeét of fatting both ewe and lamb in the fucceed- 
ing fummer. | 
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