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the Magie hogs, and would not be understood as saying 

 that they are of this kind. They may be the best breed 

 in the world, but the fact that the credit of the breed is 

 awarded to the county, and not to individuals, does not 

 indicate any special and decided characteristics. Breeds 

 do not originate in this way. It is not to the farmers of 

 Leicestershire that we owe the Leicester sheep, but to 

 Robert Bakewell ; it is not to the farmers of Durham, but 

 to the Messrs. Collins, that we owe the Durham or 

 Shorthorn cattle. The farmers of Sussex are entitled to 

 no credit for the Sussex or Southdown sheep. Ellman 

 did more to improve these sheep than all the other Sussex 

 farmers had accomplished in a thousand years. We owe 

 the Essex hogs to Lord Western and Fisher Hobbs, and 

 not to the farmers of the county and so it always is. 

 The old Essex pig was one of the worst in England ; 

 Fisher Hobbs made it one of the very best in the world. 



