THE GENESEE FARMER. 



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CtJMBBRLAND AND YORKSHIRE SMALL WHITE BREED PIG. 



brm of a well made hog approximates closely to 

 hat of a good fat ox. 



The rectangular wooden frame a h e d placed 

 igainst the body of a fat pig is nearly filled up in 

 lie same, triamier as is the frame by that of the ox 

 n fig. 3, the only points of ditFerence being in the 

 lind quarter, where the pig usually droops rather 



T he London Farmers' Magazine contains a steel 

 engraving of a pig bred by Geokge Mangles, 

 o orkshire. Applying Mr. Stephens' rules 

 for judging pigs it is evident at a glance 

 that great improvements have been made of 

 In '(■ A ears in the form, and consequently in the 

 fattening qualities of the hog. Apply the rectangu- 



FIG. 3— THE SIDB VIEW OF A WELL riLLED-CP TAT OX. 



euddenly to the tail, as from e to the tail, as also 

 the hams fall in more suddenly to the hough, as 

 from the tail to/, than in the ox. On looking at 

 the pig both from before and behind, the carcass 

 appears of a rounder form tlian the ox, the square 

 frame oit being applied having spaces at the angles 

 more sa than in figs. 4 and 5. On looking down 

 the back of a pig, as fig. 6 does on that of the ox 

 it will be observed that the body carries its breadth 

 fully from the shoulders to the hannch. 



FIG. 4— THE HIND VIEW OF 4. 

 WELL FILLED-UP FAT OX. 



j,jQ_ 5 — THE FRONT VIEW OF A 

 WELL FILLED-UP FAT OX. 



lor parallelogram to the pig and it would toHch in 

 every part. Perhaps a little of this perfection in 

 form is due to the artist ; as well as to the fact that 

 he is very fat. But making allowance for all this 

 he is evidently a noble pig. He is of the " Improved 

 Cumberlai*! and Yorkshire Small Breed." 



Mr. Mangles is one of the most successful and 

 experienced pig breeders in England. He tried the 

 Essex, the black Leicester, the Berkshire, tlie large 

 Yorkshire, the small Yorkshire, and lastly, the 



