Photograph by G. Heurlin 



PURE-BRED AND HAND-FATTENED 



There are two distinct types of swine — the lard and bacon types. The lard type is much 

 preferred in the United States, while the production of choice bacon is more general in those 

 countries where the feed of the hog is more varied and where corn is not the principal fat- 

 tening grain. 



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