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back" hog in the picture (figure 203). They are then 



quite fierce and dangerous, for the tusks of a wild 



boar are nearly 

 as bad as the 

 horns of a mad 

 bull. 



The tame 

 breeds, however, 

 have become 

 very gentle, es- 

 pecially those 



which become very fat and can hardly move any more. 



Such a hog is shown in figure 204. 



FIG. 203. Razorback. 



FIG. 204. Lard hog. 



The hog, while the least attractive of farm animals except 

 when very young, is nevertheless one of the most important 

 among them, particularly in the United States, where it 

 serves to use the enormous crop of Indian corn or maize, of 



