i 7 . YORKSHIRE. 13$ 



SWINE. 



THE HUSBANDRY of fvvine has un r 

 dergone a total change in this part of the 

 Diftridt within the laft thirty or forty years. 



Formerly, there was fcarcely aBREEDiNQ 

 sow in the Vale. The entire fupply of ftore 

 pigs was from the Wolds, through the me- 

 dium of Malton market. Now, they are 

 bred wholly in the Vale. 



The BREED, too, has been totally changed. 

 The Wold pigs were of the white, gaunt, 

 long-legged fort, which appear to have been 

 formerly the prevailing fpecics throughout 

 the kingdom. Now, the black-fandy Berk- 

 ihire breed is prevalent; with a mixture, here, 

 as in other places, of the oriental fpecies. 



There is a variety of this fpecies the indi- 

 viduals of which have two valuable proper- 

 ties, 



