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must have small bones ; a short face ; silky hair ; fine, small, upright ears ; 
a comparatively square form ; must have good square hams, the most 
valuable part of the hog ; must carry the moat near the ground ; llat on 
Che back , straight and cubic in form. 
tfHI. Lancashire Middle Breod. 
Tliis breed is one which partakes of the quality of the small breed and’ 
the size of the large breed. Middle bred hogs are got by crossing largo 
bred sows with small bred boars, but all attempts to attain the same results 
by reversing the operation, and putting largo bred boars to small bred 
cows, have proved failures. The largest of the middle bred sows are used 
