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HARRIS ON THE PIGr. 



" No animal of the pig species carries so great a propor- 

 tion of flesh to the quantity of bone, or flesh of as fine a 

 quality, as the small Yorkshire, or can be raised at so 

 small a cost per pound. With common store food they 

 can al \vays be kept in condition with common care, and 

 slight addition to food, they are ready to be killed, for 

 porklets, at any age ; and if required for bacon, take one 



Fig. 17. PIUZE YORK-CUMBERLAND PIG. SMALL BREED. 



From Farmers' Magazine, 



farrow of pigs from a yelt.* You ought to. have from 

 seven to ten pigs the first time. I have four sisters, yelts, 

 that have brought me thirty-eight pigs this last January. 

 They are as pure as ' Eclipse,' being descended from the 



* A " yelt " is a young sow before she has had pigs. The idea here is, when it 

 is desired to obtain bacon from the small breeds, to take one litter of pigs from 

 a young sow, and then fatten her. Ordinarily, it will not pay to keep these pigs 

 long enough to make large pork : but if a litter of pigs can be obtained iu the 

 meantime, it is then very profitable. But if we should continue to breed from 

 pigs of the first litter, the size would soon become too small. 



