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Pig heaven For endangered swine and other rare agricultural breeds, Maine's Kelmscott Farms is a have from modern efficiency
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There's a marquee-size glossy cutout from the poster for the hit
film Babe festooning the piggery at Kelmscott Farms, in Lincolnville,
Maine, but the tenants look nothing like Hollywood's idea of a pig.
Neither pink nor rosy nor cute, they bear an unsettling resemblance
to water buffalo. But pigs they are, and very special pigs -- so
special that, at most, 400 of their kind roam the planet. To some,
this might seem a good thing. Slovenly and prickly, with ears
flopping, punk style, over beady...
