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have shovel-shaped noses with 

 which they dig up the ground 

 and gather such things as wild 

 roots, potatoes, artichokes, 

 peanuts, and other under- 

 ground foods. Because they 

 can eat such a variety of feeds 

 they may often be kept at 

 little cost, and they are some- 

 times called the " economy 

 animals " of the farm. 



Classes of swine. --There 

 are two classes of swine, the 

 bacon hog and the lard hog. 

 The difference between these 

 two classes seems to have 

 been produced by differences 

 in food. The Yorkshire and 

 Tamworth breeds, which came 

 from England, are bacon hogs. 

 The principal lard hogs are the 

 Poland-China, Duroc Jersey, 

 Chester White, and Essex. 

 The Berkshire, which came 

 from England, is a lard type 

 of hog when fed on fattening 

 foods, but is intermediate when 

 fed on food that has less carbo- 

 hydrates and more protein in it. 



Tamworth 



Poland-China 



Chester White 



Duroc Jersey 

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