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SWINE. 



They are pure white, with a very thin skin of pink color, with little 

 hair; are not uniform in this respect, as pigs in the same litter differ 

 widely in the amount of hair; the snout is often long, but very slender 

 and fine; the jowls are plump and the ears erect, the shoulders are wide, 

 and the hams full; the flesh of these hogs is fine-grained, and they are 

 commended on account of the extra amount of mess pork in proportion 

 to offal; the tails of the pigs frequently drop off when young. 



Jersey Reds. The positive origin of this family of swine is un- 

 known. They have been bred in portions of the state of New Jersey, 

 for upwards of fifty years, and with many farmers are considered to be a 

 valuable varietJ^ They are of large size and capable of making a heavy 

 growth, five hundred and six hundred pounds weight being common. 



THE "large white" breed SOW, HOLYWELL QUEEN. 



Mr. David Pettit, of Salem county, N. J., has known of these hogs for 

 thirty years, and Mr. D. M. Brown, of Windsor, for nearly fifty years. 

 They are now extensively bred in the middle and southern portions of 

 New Jersey. In some neighborhoods they are bred quite uniform, being 

 of a dark-red color, while in other sections they are more sand}-, and 

 often patched with white. They are probably descendents from the old 

 importations of Berkshires, as there is no record of the Tani worth, the 

 red hogs of England, ever having been brought into this country; nor is 

 this likely, as the Tamworth were not considered a valuable breed, and' 



