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positive knowledge, that they are rather deHcate, and difficult to raise. 



The objections to them are, that they are not large enough, not satis- 

 factory as breeders and nurses, and that their skins are too tender, and 

 thinly haired, to withstand the exposure to which the average farmer's 

 hogs are subjected. 



As to size, the best strains of Suffolks are large enough for those who 

 prefer to raise hogs of medium weights, while for quietness and easy 

 keeping qualities, no breed of swine can excel them, and to those who 

 like pets, we would recommend a cleanly-kept Suffolk pig in preference 

 to any "poodle," or other diminutive canine we ever saw. The sows 



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are not so prolific, so regular as breeders, nor usually so good sucklers 

 as others that mature less early, and not so predisposed to excessive fat- 

 ness while j'oung. 



Experience with the Suffolks has convinced many that wind, sun, and 

 mud, make sad work for their tender, papery skins, and we have 'seen 

 them, when reasonably well kept, become chapped and cracked all over, 

 and the smaller pigs so mangy and sore as to present the appearance of 

 a solid scab. Of course, all Suffolks are not so affected, and we think 

 that in many localities, they are no more liable to suffer in this way than 

 any other white breed. The climate of some Western and Southern 

 States is unmistakably severe on white hogs, not well haired, and when 



