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rennie; s agriculture. 



Change of 

 Type. 



years ago is no longer wanted. The fat on the back 

 must not exceed one and a half inches thick. What 

 is wanted is a fleshy hog, about eight months old, 

 and rather under than over two hundred pounds. 



While great progress is being made in the change 

 of type, still, so far, none of our present breeds of 

 swine conform exactly to the ideal aimed at. To 

 fix a type will take years to accomplish, even by our 



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most expert breeders, and whether this will be by 

 cross-breeding or through one of our present breeds 

 is difficult to say. 

 Feeding Swine. Hveu after wc havc got the typical hog the work 

 is only half done. The compounding and preparing 

 of foods to produce the best quality of flesh is yet 

 in the experimental stage, and will evidently take 

 some time before the results will be entirely re- 

 liable, so as to produce a uniform good quality of 

 flesh. 



