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"Cleveland," the "Clydesdale" and the "Suffolk," the 

 last being the smallest in size but an excellent worker. 

 Locally the breed is known as the "Suffolk Punch." 

 Some reference may now be made to the ponies, 

 many of which are well-bred and in great demand. 

 The native breeds of these small animals include 

 English, Dartmoor, Exmoor, New Forest, Welsh, 

 Highland, and Shetland ponies. It will thus be seen 



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Exmoor ponies 



that they are found in the less fertile and more rugged 

 parts of our country. 



We may now pass to the consideration of pigs, 

 which in early times were the most numerous of 

 British domestic animals, feeding on the beech mast 

 and the acorn in the extensive forests all over our land. 

 Great droves of pigs were attended by swineherds in 

 the glades, as they are to-day in the forest lands of 

 the Balkan States. There are now nearly ten times as 



