2i2 Best Varieties — Breeding, 



which some readers may smile, namely, a 

 thickness of the skin, whence the cracklin 

 of the roasted pork, is a fine gelatinous 

 substance which may be easily masticated, 

 whilst the cracklin of the thin skinned 

 breeds, is roasted into good block tin, the 

 reduction of which would almost require 

 teeth of iron. The western porking breeds 

 make handsome sides of delicate bacon and 

 hams, for superior family use. The eas- 

 tern pork is however smaller, and perhaps 

 apparently more delicate, than that here 

 described as in reality far superior. The 

 eastern are also the quickest feeders. 



BREEDING. 



The DURATION of LIFE in the swine, 

 is said by naturalists, to extend to twenty 

 or thirty years, who also report that the 

 BOAR continues to grow to the end of the 

 term. Swine are ready for procreation 

 at the age of seven months, but the male 

 is unprofitable for that purpose, until 

 twelvemonths old, and is in his prime at 



