amary type, a majority ot tHe litter lias the peculiarity oi iiic 
sire apparent. 
There has just been reported to me from Sioux City, Iowa, 
(famous for its annual " corn palace ") a similar case. Indeed, 
it would seem as if the owner was quite alive to their rarity 
and had been breeding them for some time, and had now as 
many as induced him to advertise them for sale, " not alone 
for being a curiosity, but hi a commercial sense a valuable pro- 
duction for mankind! " The owner continues : " The exper- 
ience of the writer convinces him that there is no better hog 
for the healthy growth of pork. These hogs are of long body, 
and have well proportioned hams and shoulders. It is true 
they have not the fine head of the 'improved' breeds. . . In 
size they are fair, a couple of barrows (accidently castrated) 
now near thirteen months old, without special care weigh 
over 350 pounds each. As yet there has been no sign of any 
loss from disease whatever (though diseases have been com- 
mon in that district for years). A 
^^^^^^ few boars, six to eight weeks old, 
We are making further inquiries 
into the above, and will report re- 
these " mule-footed " hogs are of fre- 
quent occurrence in America. Sorne 
"get into print," and some don't. 
For instance we are obliged to the 
Rural New Yorker for two more 
cases. A known correspondent to 
that excellent periodical writes thus, 
from Cottonville, Louisiana, in the 
issue for September 22d : " As a 
curiosity which I never saw before, 
or even heard of, I send the foot of 
a 'mule-footed' hog. There is a 
herd of them ranging the woods, 
about eight miles north of Baton 
Rouge. None of the old settlers can 
give me any further information con- 
cerning them than " that they are a 
herd of wild hogs.' " An exact draw- 
\^ ing is pLfblished with the above, which 
is enclosed for your reproduction. 
IHog. (Fig. I.) The editor adds a note to 
