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year 1 ( J00 some 224.231 goats in the Netherlands is significant when it is borne 

 in mind that dairy cattle are also kept in large numbers in that country. 



Holland possesses perhaps the only Goat Breeding Experiment Station in 

 the world. This Station was established through the generosity of a private 

 individual, but the Station is stated to be now maintained by subscriptions 

 from the provincial Unions, by grants from Local Authorities and from the 

 Government. 



Productive Swine Husbandry.— (George E. Day. London and New 

 York ; J. B. Lippincott Company ; price 10s. 6d. net.) This volume is a third 

 and revised edition and forms one of the series of Farm Manuals published 

 by the J. B. Lippincott Company. As " review questions " are given at the 

 end of each chapter, it may be surmised that the author had specially in view 

 the needs and instruction of farm students. Productive Swine Husbandry, 

 with its chapter on suggestions to beginners, is eminently suitable to farm 

 students as well as to those who are already engaged in the breeding of pigs 

 and the production of pork. The illustrations (ninety-five) are well repro- 

 duced and should be of great assistance to the reader. 



One of the early chapters is devoted to a description of the two types of 

 swine, the lard type and the bacon type — divisions which appear to have been 

 considered to a greater extent in the United States than in this country, ami 

 in the near future will receive still greater consideration if the pork packers 

 persist in their endeavour to pay far greater attention to the requirements of 

 the British market for pork and bacon, and the produce of pigs of the bacon 

 type which have not been fattened mainly on maize. 



A considerable amount of space has been devoted to descriptions and 

 histories of the various breeds of swine which have originated in the United 

 States and in this country. The former appear to be clear and complete, 

 although the scales of points show quite a number of variations from similar 

 ones adopted in England. In the Poland China score card, twelve points are 

 allotted to chest, fourteen to back and loin, ten to sides and ribs, ten to ham 

 and rump, and ten to feet and legs. Action and style, condition, disposition 

 and symmetry of points, together claim ten points. The American breeds 

 described include the following : — Poland China, Chest er white, Duroc Jersey 

 Thin Kind, or Hampshire, Victoria, Cheshire, Essex, Suffolk and Mule Foot 

 The descriptions of the British breeds are not so complete and refer to laree 

 Yorkshires or Large Whites, Tamworths, Small Yorkshires, or Small Whites 

 and of two so-called minor breeds, Large Blacks and Middle White? 

 Probably the cause for this last is that in Canada particularly the two latter 

 breeds are little known. Further, the fact that in this country these two 

 breeds have enormously increased in popularity of late years does not appear 

 to have been realised on the American Continent. The Cumberland. 

 Gloucester Spots, Lincolnshire Curly Coat, Essex or Wessex Saddleback are 

 not described. 



The chapters on selection of bear and sow, on breeding, feeding and 

 fattening are very complete, and a considerable number of experiments an- 

 described, many of which are acknowledged to be from Benry's* admirable 

 work on "Feeds and Feeding." The various systems of pig-keeping are 

 fully given, with illustrations of piggeries varying from large and permanent 

 buildings to the small movable pen, which is freely utilised in small enclosures 



