100 THE HOG. 



number of sheep 50,000,000, whose value is estimated at 67,000,000. 

 The extent of the capital invested in swine is . still more extraor- 

 dinary, when we reflect how little it is thought upon or taken 

 into account. The number of pigs of all ages, rearing, and breed- 

 ing, is calculated to be upwards of 18,000,000, which, taking one 

 third at 2 each, and the remainder at 105. each, gives a value of 

 18,870,000, as the capital invested in pigs alone. 



This is of course only an approximation to the truth, for the 

 stock of all our domestic quadrupeds is liable, from various circum- 

 Cu instances, both to increase and decrease ; nevertheless, the state- 

 ment, with every deduction, is calculated to excite some degree of 

 surprise. MARTIN. 



