BREEDS OF PIGS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



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cess, that they may be confidently relied upon as possess- 

 ing such an identity and fixity of character as a distinct 

 breed, as to give assurance that they will certainly and 

 unmistakably propagate and extend their good qualities. 



" They can scarcely be said to have a well-established, 

 distinctive name. They are extensively known as the 

 4 Magie stock.' They are sometimes called the ' Gregory 

 Creek hogs,' but more generally they are known as the 

 ' Butler County stock.' It will be doing no one injustice 

 to say that D. M. Magie has bred these hogs as extensive- 

 ly and judiciously as any other man in the county. He 

 has not only bred them for his own use, but also to sup- 

 ply the extensive demand that has been made upon him 

 from all parts of the West and North-west. 



" While we claim that Butler County has more good 

 hogs than any other county in the State, we do not desire 

 to do our neighbors any injustice by appropriating all the 

 credit for this breed of hogs to ourselves. Warren County 

 assisted in the formation and establishment of this breed 

 of hogs. They continue to raise them in their purity and 

 full perfection, and take into the market as fine lots of 

 hogs as have ever been raised and sold. 



"In verification of what we claim, we propose to show 

 the averages of hogs sold and delivered to packers not 

 isolated cases, nor single specimen hogs, but the lots of 

 hogs raised by our farmers, and sold in the market. These 

 hogs are usually wintered over one winter, and are sold 

 at ages ranging from eighteen to twenty-one months. 

 Mr. David M. Magie has made the following sales : 

 One lot of 63 Hogs Average weight 444 Ibs. 



40 

 80 

 60 

 72 



103 

 43 

 35 



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