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Two grains of calomel, for two or three nights, may also be 
given with advantage. 
CRACKED EARS. 
In hot seasons pigs are liable to excoriation and cracking 
behind the ears : the ointment recommended for mange 
may be applied, and afterwards, the composition for sore 
udder. 
CHAPTER III. 
BREEDING, GESTATION, AND PARTURITION. 
BREEDING, ETC. 
Like all our other domestic animals, the hog has, of late years, 
been much improved, and nearly a uniform shaped animal 
is now generally diffused throughout Great Britain and Ire¬ 
land. In the latter country, twenty-five years ago, the pre¬ 
vailing character was more that of a greyhound than of ? 
hog: long-bodied and legged, high-backed, and leanness, 
being their ordinary characteristics. 
The body should be of moderate length ; the head broad 
and rather flat; the carcase well rounded and compact; the 
legs of moderate length, and rather short than otherwise, 
and fine in the bone ; the shoulders broad, breast wide, and 
the quarters full; the hide must be fine and thin, and the ears 
rather small; the feet should be rather small, with the claws 
upright and even. The form which we have particularized 
holds good, whether the animals be of a large or small size 
