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SECTION XLVJII. 



The proper Sort of Pigs ; and the heft Method of 

 Breeding them. 



PIGS are of various kinds ; and the choice 

 of the fort fhould be regulated by the treat- 

 ment they are to receive. The Chinefe breed 

 with fhort ears are mod profitable, when fuffer- 

 ed to range at full liberty in woods : and even 

 in paftures, they will not only live, but get fat 

 with grafs ; but they will not thrive in the fty 

 or fold with grains or inferior food. 



I tried fome experiments on the Chinefe pigs. 

 I had a mod remarkably fat one of that breed. 

 A gentleman who faw it> and who was famous 

 for breeding that kind, fent me a boar and two 

 gelts. I kept the fows for fome time in a fold, 

 with from fifty to a hundred of a fort, which 

 will be defcribed hereafter: they were larger 

 than the Chinefe, and weighed from twenty to 

 twenty-five (lone each. Mine, though fo much 

 larger than the Chinefe breed, became fat, 

 whilft they remained lean. I then moved them, 

 and gave them better food ; when they foon 

 became nice pigs, and paid well for the meat 



they 



