BREEDS OF SWINE. 953 



heavy weights and fattening kindly. If the illi stration, reproduced from 

 an English cut, showing the hog in breeding f^esh is a good representation 

 of the breed, they ought to be valuable in the West. The great trouble 

 with our breeders is that they are working tfteir stock too fine. Many of 

 them have not head and jaw enough to perfectly grind corn. They have 

 too little hair, and their constitutions have suffered from too close breed- 

 ing, rendering them liable to disease. We believe the coming hog will be 

 the reverse of this. 



Vm. The Suffolks. 



The Suffolk is now regarded as only a variety of the Yorkshire, one of 

 the best of the English white breeds. The Manchesters, the Middlesex, 

 the Suffolk, the so-called Windsor, the Calehill and the Cheshire of New 

 York State have all been formed on the Yorkshire-Cumberland stock, 

 and the differences in all these breeds are trifling. 



The characteristics of the Suffolks are given in the Swine Register as 

 follows: Head small, very short; cheeks prominent and f uL ; faco 

 dished ; snout small and very short ; jowl fine ; ears small, thin, upright, 

 soft and silky ; neck very short and thick, the head appearing almost a'^ 

 if set on front of shoulders ; no arching of crest ; crest wide and deep ; 

 elbows standing out ; brisket wide, but not deep ; shoulders and crop- 

 shoulders thick, rather upright, rounding outward from top to elbows; 

 crops wide and full. Sides and flanks — ribs well arched out from back, 

 good length between shoulder and ham ; flank well filled out and coming 

 well down at ham. Back broad, level and straight from crest to tail, not 

 falling off or down at tail ; hams wide and full, well rounded out ; twist 

 very wide and full all the way down. Legs and feet — legs small and very 

 short, standing wide apart, in sows just keeping the belly from the ground • 

 bone fine; feet small, hoofs rather spreading; tail small, long and 

 tapering. Skin, hair, and color — skin thin, of a pinkish shade, free from 

 color ; hair fine and silky, not too thick ; color of hair pale yellowish 

 white, perfectly free from any spots or other color. Size small to 

 medium. 



The principal objections to the Suffolk are ; They have too nmch fat ; 

 they are bad nurses ; the i)igs arc weak-, and they are subject to scrofula. 



rx. The Yorkshire. 



The Yorkshire is, to our mind, one of the very best of the English white 

 breeds. They are hardy, vigorous, and well-haired ; they arc prolific 

 and good nurses ; they are uniform in shape and color, and of any size 

 requisite, from 200 pound hogs up to heavy weights, according as you 

 select the small, the middle, or the large breed. The middle br^ed ie 



