PLATE VI. 



(Page 81.) 



The subject of feeding swine is treated of in Section II., but to 

 enable readers to understand the style of the different breeds, fed 

 to a condition for show, .we have preferred to direct his attention to 

 this picture rather than to a written description. Upon the left 

 hand he will see representatives of the Berkshire, black and white. 

 In the center are the beautiful white, thin-haired Suffolk, and on 

 the right the black, thin-haired Essex, a favorite breed in England, 

 lately" introduced into this country. Indeed, all three of these 

 named are favorite English breeds. On the right, in the rear, an 

 American breed, the Chester County, is represented. All that is 

 known of the history of this breed is brieOy told in 1[ 13. Tliis 

 picture of fou4- families of swine is equal to any other ever printed. 

 It is worthy of careful attention. 



Above the swine, as they always should be, in the estimation of 

 farmers, arc the sheep, showing good representatives of the three 

 great famiUes of long wool, fine wool, and medium. On the right, 

 the long- wool variety, under the name of Cotswold, are well repre- 

 sented. In the center, the pair of merinos stand as fair types of 

 the fine wool, and are handsome portraits of the large-sized sheep 

 of this variety. The noble South Downs on the left show what this 

 breed looks like. Their black faces and legs and round, full bodies 

 are characteristics of the family. Altogether, these four families of 

 swine and three of sheep make a picture that is not to be passed 

 lightly over. 



