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autumn from the country round, just as they were in 

 the New Forest. These pigs were rufous, sandy, or 

 mahogany coloured animals, just matching the dead 

 leaves of beech and oak in autumn and early winter. 

 In the beginning of the century the Forest was rapidly 

 enclosed, and the farmers found that the independent 

 pig, who expected his autumn holiday regularly, and 

 ' saw that he got it/ by breaking out of his sty and 

 taking to the woods, was rather troublesome. So they 

 crossed him most appropriately with the Neapolitan 

 pig, who is the laziest of all pigs, and produced the 

 Tamworth, a * golden ' pig, resembling the forest swine 

 in shape and colour, but having the love for the dolce 

 far niente inherited from his Neapolitan ancestors. 

 Berkshire pigs, the Marge white pigs/ originally bred 

 in Yorkshire, middle whites, and small whites, complete 

 the pedigree list, and it is interesting to note that, 

 though few in number, they are unequalled in quality. 

 England has provided Berkshire pigs for the model 

 farms of the Austrian Government in Bosnia and 

 Herzegovina. It has exported Tamworths and * large 

 whites ' to Argentina, Illinois, and the Sandwich Islands, 

 and reclaimed by intermixture many relapsed and im- 

 perfect breeds of pigs in Germany and Austria. 



In England, during recent years, the great ham 

 question has much enhanced the difficulties of breeders. 

 To produce an animal from whose body good bacon 



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