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HARRIS OX THE TIG. 



Western's death, Mr. Hobbs purchased his best breeding 

 sows. The difference between Lord Western's Essex 

 and Mr. Fisher Hobbs' improved Essex, is shown very 

 plainly by the two portraits which illustrate this section, 

 the one drawn by Mr. Youatt, in 1845 (fig. 23), and the 

 other from ' Emperor,' an eight-year-old working boar 

 drawn for me in April, 1860 (fig. 22). 



" The improved Essex, with symmetry, have more size 

 and constitution than the original Essex-Neapolitans, and 



Fig. 25. ESSEX sow. 



this has been maintained without any crosses for more 

 than twenty years, by judicious selection from the ' three 

 distinct families.' " 



Very excellent specimens of the Essex pigs are owned 

 by various breeders in this country. We give engravings 

 (figs. 24, 25, ) from photographs of animals owned by 

 L. A. Chase, Esq., Northampton, Mass., descended from 

 animals imported by Samuel Thome, Esq., from Fisher 

 Hobbs' stock. They are in only working condition. 



