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BULLETIN 905, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The improved breeds of hogs have a similar advantage over scrubs 

 in conformation, disposition, early maturity, and ease of^fattening, 

 resulting in the production of a more concentrated food product at 

 no more or at less cost per pound. The hog, however, has such an 





9. — A Pinev- Woods ew( 



excessive tendency to fatten that the most improved breeds do not 

 produce the best quality of meat. They are valuable, primarily, 

 for the lard which they produce. The breeds with more vigorous 



Fig. 20. — First cross between a Piney-Woods ewe and a purebred ram, showing improvement in type 



and wool. 



growth and less tendency to fatten, such as the Tamworth and York- 

 shire, produce a better quality of ham and bacon. 



In parts of the Corn Belt the native hogs have been improved to 

 such extent by crosses with purebreds that the advantages of con- 



