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legs, back broad, straight, and evenly fleshed ; ribs well 

 developed, rumps and twists good ; hams well down, and 

 low ; breast and neck full, and well formed ; no creases in 

 the neck ; ears clean, fine, of a moderate size, and standing 

 a little forward ; nose short ; body evenly covered with 

 short, fine hair." 



At the Birmingham show, in 1850, Mr. Brown won ail 

 first prizes in small breeds for the "best boar," "best 

 sow," and "best pen of pigs," with his Cumberland 

 breed ; and sold a boar and sow under six months old for 

 forty-three guineas to Earl Ducie. At the sale, on the 

 death of the Earl, the sow " Miss Brown " was sold to 

 the Rev. F. Thursby for sixty-five guineas. " She paid 

 me," he writes to Mr. Sidney, " very well, having sold 

 her produce for 300, and have now (February, I860,) 

 four breeding sows from her." 



THE YORK-CUMBERLAND BREED (fig. 16). 



Mr. Sidney classes the Small Yorkshire and Cumberland 

 together, " because, although originally, they somewhat 

 differed in size, the Cumberland being the larger they 

 are being continually intermixed, with mutual advantage ; 

 and pigs of exactly the same form, the result of crosses, 

 are constantly exhibited under the names of Yorkshire or 

 Cumberland, according to the fancy of the exhibitor." 



Mr. Mangles writes " The Small Cumberland is a great 

 deal larger than the Small Yorkshire. By judiciously 

 crossing the two, I have obtained a breed combining size, 

 aptitude to fatten, and early maturity. From the Cum- 

 berland I got size, and from the Yorkshire quality and 

 symmetry. I have tried a great many breeds of pigs, 

 and, keeping the pounds, shillings and pence in view, have 

 found no breed equal to the Yorkshire and Cumberland 

 cross." 



A Warwickshire correspondent of Mr. Sidney writes : 



