48 ON SWINE. 



Mr. Moses French, of East Salisbury, offered a litter 

 of four Pigs not quite six months old, weighing 769 lbs. 

 This was a very interesting group of young porkers, of 

 that indefinable size between pig and pork which ren- 

 dered it very difficult to decide to which class they be- 

 longed, but the Committee, although they believe the 

 hog predominated, yet in the absence of any standard to 

 decide the precise time when a pig ceases to be a pig 

 and becomes a hog, have admitted their pighood, and 

 awarded Mr. French the second premium of ^3 00 



Mr. William Willams, of Byfield parish, Newbury, of- 

 fered one breeding Sow with nine pigs, to which was 

 awarded first premium of §5 00 



One breeding Sow with seven pigs. 



One litter of four Pigs 4^ months old, average weight 

 212 lbs., first premium " $6 00 



One Boar 4i months old, to which was awarded the 

 second premium of $2 00 



This is a very superior breed of swine, and the Com- 

 mittee wish it might receive the attention of the farmers 

 of Essex County, and be extended in its present purity 

 over the country. It is the result of a careful crossing 

 of some of the native breeds with a couple of English 

 emi-grunts who came to this country a few years ago, 

 and this improved breed is half English, quarter Mac- 

 key, and quarter Byfield, and appears to possess the best 

 qualities of all three. We verily believe that no pen 

 can adequately describe their many admirable proper- 

 ties ; our own shrinks instinctively from the effort and 

 we can only refer the connoisseur in swine's flesh to the 

 Pens of the Society. 



At the show last year the Committee were so well 

 satisfied by a mere external examination of this breed of 

 Swine, that they awarded Mr. Williams the two first 

 premiums. He was however aware of the truth of the 

 proverb that " the proof of the pudding is in the eating,'* 

 and he accordingly tendered to the chairman of this 

 Committee a delicate portion of the premium pork, for a 

 more perfect test of its quality. In acknowledging the 

 superiority of the pork the Committee take occasion to 



