452 FARMING FOR LADIES, [chap, xxiii. 



at comparatively trifling expense during his 

 growth, and when, at a maturer age, fattened 

 upon corn, to become bacon and ham, he well 

 repays the cost. 



The various breeds of this useful animal 

 that are reared in almost every district of the 

 United Kingdom, arising from the crosses 

 which are continually taking place, are so 

 numerous that any detailed description of I 

 them would fill a volume ; we shall there- " 

 fore confine ourselves to a very succinct ac- 

 count of a few of those which are still con- 

 sidered pure in race, and more generally 

 bred throughout this country : as for in- 

 stance the " Berkshire and Hampshire" — the 

 "Suffolk and Norfolk"— the "Essex and 

 Hertford" — the " Dishleys" — the "Chinese" 

 — and the " Neapolitan." 



Of the Berkshire, which is almost the only 

 breed reared throughout that county and the 

 several surrounding shires, there are two kinds 

 — the " lop-eared" and the " prick-eared ;" 

 the one having very large, long ears, coming 

 so forward as sometimes to hang over the 

 eyes ; while those of the other are short, 

 small, and stand upright. In other re- 



