Science Art: Genesee County Hogs of the “Swill-Pail Breed,” from Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, March 22, 1862

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Swill-pail hogs from upstate New York, as featured on the front page of Moore’s Rural New-Yorker, a delightful paper that promised “Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Life, Literature, Science, Art, News.” If you’ve got a few minutes, I recommend flipping through the collection at the Biodiversity Heritage Library. But at the very least, check out the masthead here:
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That’s some American art, there. This is a publication that knows how to get your hogs healthy, get rid of your pea bugs, and uplift your soul with poetry while they’re at it.

Excelsior, Rochester!