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points in which the sows are deficient. Thus 

 if a sow is too short-headed, with small ears 

 which are pricked, heavy neck, and a carcass 

 indicative of aptitude to produce pigs which 

 are too fat, the selection of a boar in which 

 these points are replaced by points of an 

 opposite character will assist in the correction 

 of the faults. As a rule, however, small 

 farmers usually possess sows which are lengthy 

 not only in the body, but the head, the ears, 

 and the neek, and which are usually too lean 

 for breeding purposes, although they are well 

 calculated to produce rapid growth in the 

 young. 



Pig meat is consumed in this country to 

 so large an extent that there is a never- 

 ceasing demand both for pork and bacon; 

 and the man who breeds pigs consistently, 

 not ceasing when prices are low or corn 

 dear, or breeding more when prices are better 

 or corn cheaper, will be well rewarded for his 

 pains. Small holders are frequently in a 

 position to realise better prices for their pigs 

 than farmers who breed much larger numbers. 

 Thus, instead of killing a batch of youngsters 

 when they are fit for the market and sending 

 them to a London salesman in the carcass, 

 they are in a position to kill one at a time, 



