SWINE. 



CHAPTER I, 

 HISTORY AND STATISTICS OP SWINE. 



1. ORIGIN AND ANTIQUITY OF THE HOG. II. THE NATIVE AMERICAN SPECIES 



III. SWINE OF EUROPE, ASIA ANU AFRICA. IV. THE WILD HOGS OF 



EUROPE. V. TEETH OF THE HOG. VI. BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY COLUM- 

 BUS. VII. LOCATION OF PRINCIPAL MARKETS. 



I. Origin and Antiquity ol the Hog. 



The original country of the hog, like that of the other domesticated 

 tinimals of the farm, is lost in the obscurity of the past. Yet, ever since 

 history began, the hog has bo^n known in a wild state in Asia, Africa and 

 in Europe. That the hogs < f all these countries have a common origin is 

 shown by the fact that they all belong to the same scientific classification, 

 nus scrofa, and also by the more important fact that they are all fertile 

 tcgether, and continue to produce fertile offspring, from generation to 

 ofeneration. 



The great antiquity of swine is shown by the fact that fossil remains 

 have been found in the tertiary and diluvial deposits of Europe ; and fos- 

 sils of a species closely allied to them have been found in as ancient de- 

 posits in India. Whatever their oiigin may have been, their aptitude for 

 taking care of themselves in a wild state — for they are both fiesh and 

 vegetable feeders — and their great fecundity would soon have enabled 

 ibem to overrun large territories. 



XL The Native American Species. 



While the original of the domesticated hog was only found in Asia, 

 Africa and Europe, yet allied native species are found m America- In 

 Australia, the Polynesian groups, and the other Pacific islands, swine wwe 

 unknown until introduced there by civilized people. The same is true of 

 America. The allied species here are not, we believe, continuouoly fertU* 

 with the domesticat>ed bo^ 



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