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familiar and less important animal. In Hawaii, the hog in- 

 dustry has been fairly well developed, particularly in the hands 

 of the Chinese and Japanese who are extremely fond of pork. 

 The breeds in most common use there are Berkshire, Duroc- 

 Jersey, and Hampshire. Wild hogs are found in the islands 

 and bring approximately as high a price as improved breeds. 

 These wild hogs are, of course, merely the descendants of do- 

 mesticated hogs which escaped and are taking care of them- 

 selves in the mountains. Pigs of Spanish breeds are found 

 throughout French West Africa, but all hogs are, of course, 

 taboo to all Semitic and Islamitic races in Africa or wherever 

 they may occur. 



The Chinese are constant pork eaters and the swine indus- 

 try in China has been widely developed for ages. Certain 

 breeds peculiar to China have been developed there, particu- 

 larly in southern China, where a breed of white color is pre- 

 ferred. The hog industry has been extensively developed in 

 the Island of Hainan, and Chinese pigs are also raised on a 

 large scale in Sumatra, Java, and the Philippines. In Egypt, 

 Tunis, and Algeria pigs are raised only by Europeans. In 

 eastern Africa there is little development of the pig industry, 

 except in Mozambique. 



SHEEP 



The sheep industry is far more important in some of the 

 strictly tropical countries than is perhaps commonly supposed. 

 In Hawaii, there are a number of ranches devoted chiefly 

 to sheep, the most important breeds being Shropshire, Merino, 

 and Tunis. On the Island of Molokaf, considerable attention 

 has been given to Tunis sheep on account of their adaptability 

 to the local conditions and their somewhat unusual merit as 

 mutton producers. On the Island of Lanai one or two types 

 of Australian Merino have been tried with satisfactory results. 

 The most serious disease from which sheep suffer in Ha- 

 waii is scab, and this is, of course, readily controlled by dip- 



