Hog
in zoölogy, Sus scrofa. It has two large teeth or tusks in the upper, Berkshire, the Shropshire, the Northand two in the lower, jaw. The body is HOGARTH hogs, as the Chinese, the Suffolk, the and two in the lower, jaw. The body is ampton, the Neapolitan, etc. The point aimed at, is to make the animal quickly increase in flesh without increasing in bone. Their period of gestation is about four months; they begin to breed at the HAMPSHIRE HOG covered with bristles. When wild it is of a dark brindled hue, with soft short POLAND-CHINA BOAR 6 hairs beneath its bristles. In domesti- YORKSHIRE SOW age of 18 months to two years, do so twice in a year, and bring forth from 5 to 10, or more, at a time. The hog is wild in Continental Europe, many parts of Asia, and in north Africa. The horned hog, or babiroussa, is a native of the Indian archipelago. Its upper tusks are very long and curve backward.
It has long legs and the flesh is good eating.