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now little heard of, were found in Michigan in the 

 middle period. Thus the Essex hog, described as 

 "a small boned black liog with generally an erect 

 ear, and distinguished by the softness of the skin 

 and fineness of the hair, with fine-grained and de- 

 licious meat,"' is said to have been introduced into 

 ^lichigan about 18()8/ Somewhat later appeared 

 the Duroc-Jersey, or "Jersey Red," which experiments 

 at the jMichigan Agricultural College in the late 

 eighties seem to demonstrate as a superior breed, 

 and which has become a favorite in the State.^ 



CATTLE 



Again, in 1892, a general review of live-stock con- 

 ditions in the State was presented in the Eeport of 

 the Michigan Board of Agriculture for 1892. It 

 was recognized that "cattle-growing has not been 

 conducted on so extensive a scale in this state as in 

 some of the western states, but all farmers grow 

 more or less cattle. N^early all milk their cows and 

 manufacture the milk into butter, or contribute to 

 cheese-factories, and grow the calves on skim milk." ^ 

 The writer further explains the breed of cattle most 

 in demand "up to a very late date had been that 

 which included cows that were fairly good milkers, 

 and that would ijroduce calves that would grow into 

 good beef cattle. For a few years past more atten- 



^"Rept. Mich. Bd. Agr.," 1892, 381. 

 ''Ibid., 384. 

 ^Jhid., 357. 



