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Milk, sweet or sour. 



Scraps from house table called "swill." 



Clover and some weeds. 



Water. 



HABITS 



Movements. 



Slow. 



Awkward. 

 Dirty. 

 Stupid. 



Digs with snout. 

 Not dainty as to food or water. 



The attention of the children was now directed to 

 swine as articles of food. Miss Clare told them of 

 the stock-yards in Chicago, a city of animals with a 

 great city, and described the pens or houses in which 

 they are kept, hundreds and hundreds of them, and 

 the manner of feeding them. 



"It is said," explained the teacher, "that every 

 part of the pig is used in some way except the squeal. 

 The inside fat, when melted, is known as lard, and 

 we use it when we cook The flesh of the pig is 



