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and thrifty, whose pedigree is not known, has been introduced 

 here. Some of the best hogs which I have seen have been 

 from an admixture of these three bloods. Mr. Phinney empha- 

 tically approves this cross ; and the weight of his swine when 

 killed, of some of which I subjoin an account, establishes the 

 soundness of his judgment. 



In 1840, Mr. Phinney sent the following hogs to market : 



Feb. 6. j Feb. 15. 



1 weighed 407 lbs.' 1 weighed 469 lbs. 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



414 

 413 

 305 

 364 

 366 



2 

 3 



4 



367 

 362 

 331 



Fee. 17. Mos. old. 



1 weighed 763 lbs. 20 



2 " " 



3 " 



4 " 



5 " 



6 " 



7 " 



8 " 



In 1841, the subjoined is a list of fifteen Berkshire and 

 Mackay hogs from the same farm : 



Februanj 22, 1841. 



1 weighed 738 lbs. 



2 " 655 " 



3 " 579 " 



4 " 574 " 



5 " 556 " 



The grass-fed hogs, which I have before mentioned, are re- 

 gaining their popularity. They have been, to a degree, crossed 

 and intermixed with various valuable breeds in the interior, 

 and are now preferred to all others in the Brighton market. 

 With good care and keeping, at fifteen and eighteen months 

 old they are easily carried to 500 and GOO lbs. 



Of four, fatted by Stephen Morse, of Marlborough, the cur- 

 rent season, the weight was as follows : 539 lbs., 530, 506, 

 459 — averaging 508J lbs. each. These hogs were put into the 

 stye in September, 1840, weighing between 70 and 80 lbs. 

 each, and were killed in October, 1841. They were kept 

 mainly upon boiled potatoes the first winter, and since that, 

 upon the slops of the dairy, skim milk, butter milk, whey and 

 Indian meal. 



