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descendants of domestic hogs taken to the region in i8(S6, 

 in connection with a colonization scheme which was aban- 

 doned, but there is a popular belief that an admixture 

 with the peccary or javelina has had something to do 

 with giving them "their suppleness, their murderous tusks 

 and but slightly less deadly forehoofs." 



Wild hogs, generally spoken of as Razor-Backs, are 

 found to some extent in Arizona, New Mexico, and the 

 swamps of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida, but 

 of a somewhat different type from the wild hogs of 

 Europe. They are gradually disappearing as the country 

 where they range becomes populated, the land cultivated 

 and the merits of improved stock better appreciated. 



LINCOLNSHIRE CURLY COATED SAVINE 



In 1909 Prof. C. S. Plumb imported for the Ohio State 

 University a small number of what are called Lincolnshire 

 Curly Coated pigs, from Lincolnshire, England. Animals 

 of this breed have a white skin and a very curly, thick coat 

 of white hair, but dark spots sometimes occur on the skin. 

 The head is short, rather straight, and the ears lop over 

 and are a trifle thick. The back seems some wider and 

 stronger than is usual in the British breeds, and perhaps 

 with more ham and less length of leg. These Lincolnshires 

 have been termed both a bacon and a general purpose breed. 



"The Lincolnshire is said to be very hardy, and a good 

 doer under ordinary circumstances, roughing it easily in 

 England. The sows are prolific and have nice litters and 

 are good mothers." The breed is entirely new to Amer- 

 ica, and its merits here are yet to be tested. 



