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universal. An intelligent and very exact farmer at Braintree, 

 B. V. French, has found them to answer his expectations. Up- 

 on recently killing a number, he was well satisfied with their 

 appearance, and is of opinion that much of the prejudice which 

 exists against them belongs properly to the impure but not to 

 the genuine race. 



The introduction of the Chinese hogs into this country and 

 into England seems to have been the foundation of all the ex- 

 traordinary improvements which have taken place in this race 

 of animals — improvements which, within less than half a cen- 

 tury, have doubtless enriched the State of Massachusetts many 

 hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the country by millions. 

 The effects of this cross with other swine have been to give 

 fineness of bone, plumpness and fulness of form, extraordinary 

 thriftiness, and quietness of demeanor. The old race of hogs, 

 seemed to be of the wolf species in temper as well as condition, 

 and were the personification of ugliness and rapacity. The 

 first introduction of one of these animals into a secluded part of 

 Scotland, within the last century, is matter of comparatively 

 modern history. Having got loose from his stye, he appeared 

 to the terrified imaginations of these simple people as the arch- 

 fiend himself, and crowds hovered together through fear — the 

 parish schoolmaster being at their head with an open bible, to 

 endeavor to lay this evil spirit ! The animal now, in his im- 

 proved condition, is regarded as one of the farmer's best friends ; 

 he eats what nothing else will eat ; he is a general scavenger, 

 and an excellent composter of manure. His own manure is 

 one of the most enriching substances which can be supplied to 

 the soil, though not one of the most lasting in its effects ; and 

 his flesh is the most frequent dish upon the farmer's table. — 

 This county may boast of great improvements in their swine. 

 A Mr. Mackay, of Boston, owning a faim in Weston, obtained 

 from abroad, some years since, a valuable hog, whose natural 

 good qualities by good management he greatly improved. Some 

 of this breed of swine have been most remarkable for thrift and 

 weight. Besides this, a hog called the Mocho hog, long, round 



