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animals breed at all — may be looked for. The beginner should 

 form his opinion of the merits of particular blood by the 

 specimens he sees in the show yard, and then visit the animals 

 at home, and select what he wants; such a practice will be 

 satisfactory to all parties. 



When fully grown, the small breed maintain their condition 

 upon a minimum of food ; indeed, a handful of palm-nut meal 

 in water or house wash suffices for their requirements. 



The great value of the breed is for small pork on dairy 

 farms. Nothing can be found so delicate, and for such pur- 

 poses we can recommend their culture; also as centres from 

 whence improvement of coarser sorts may be safely looked 

 for. For general purposes — that is, to produce both pork and 

 bacon, and especially the latter — the small whites are not so 

 well suited as other breeds. 



