. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. 66 BREEDS OF SWINE County, Pennsylvania, hence tlie name. Largo, white pigs were common in Chester C^onnty many years ago. They were taken there hy the earliest settlers, Ijnt it is not clearly known where the origiiial pigs came from. Abont the year 1818, Captain James Jeffries imported from England a pair ef white pigs which are referred to by some as Bedfordshire pigs, and by. Fig. 20.— ^ hite boar, ^inoer of maDy prizes at State fairs. 0 titers as ('nml)erland pigs. Captain Jeffries Tised the boar on the white sews of the district with good resu
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. 66 BREEDS OF SWINE County, Pennsylvania, hence tlie name. Largo, white pigs were common in Chester C^onnty many years ago. They were taken there hy the earliest settlers, Ijnt it is not clearly known where the origiiial pigs came from. Abont the year 1818, Captain James Jeffries imported from England a pair ef white pigs which are referred to by some as Bedfordshire pigs, and by. Fig. 20.— ^ hite boar, ^inoer of maDy prizes at State fairs. 0 titers as ('nml)erland pigs. Captain Jeffries Tised the boar on the white sews of the district with good results. It is stated that, at a later date, white Cdiiuese pigs were brought into Chester County and crossed on the stock of the district. Eventu- ally the (lifl'erent strains of bloixl Avere combined, and from this combination came the original Chester ^Miite breed. 2. Tlic Improved Clicder White, or Todd's Improved. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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