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1. The Land Pike. The old common breed of the country, 

 sometimes called "land-pikes," may be described as "large, 

 rough, long-nosed, big-boned, thin-backed, slab-sided, long-leg- 



Fig. 26. 



THE LAND PIKE HOG. 



ged, ravenous, ugly animals." Speaking of this race, A. B. Allen 

 says: "No reasonable fence can stop them, but, ever restive 

 and uneasy, they rove about seeking for plunder ; swilling 

 grunting, rooting, pawing ; always in mischief and always de- 

 stroying. The more a man possesses of such stock the worse 

 he is off." But this breed is rapidly disappearing. Crosses 

 between the land-pike and the Chinese or the Berkshire pro- 

 ducing a fine animal, the original breed is being very generally 

 improved. 



2. The Chinese Breed. This breed was introduced into this 

 country from China some forty years ago. The Chinese hog is 

 small in limb, round in body, short in head, and very broad in 

 cheek. When fattened, it looks quite out of proportion, the 

 head appearing to be buried in the neck, so that only the tip of 

 the nose is visible. It has an exceedingly thin skin and fine 

 bristles. 



The pure-blooded Chinese hog has been bred to only a limited 

 extent in the United States, on account of the smallness of its 

 size (it seldom attaining more than two hundred and fifty 

 pounds), and its lack of hardiness in a cold climate. In this 

 last respect, however, it is well adapted to the South. Crossed 



