The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . ESSEX BOAR AND SOW. This engraving, sketched by Burk from the herd of W. J. Neely,Ottawa, 111., who has maintained for many years a herd of purely-bred Essex swine, is a good illustration of typical animals of thebreed. For description and history see page 460. (472). SUFFOLK, CHESTER WHITE, AND SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE. The white breeds are very fairly typified in the engraving on theopposite page. In the center are shown a pair of Chester Whites,the largest of our white breeds; on the left is a pair of Suffolks,which in everything ex
The breeds of live stock, and the principles of heredity .. . ESSEX BOAR AND SOW. This engraving, sketched by Burk from the herd of W. J. Neely,Ottawa, 111., who has maintained for many years a herd of purely-bred Essex swine, is a good illustration of typical animals of thebreed. For description and history see page 460. (472). SUFFOLK, CHESTER WHITE, AND SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE. The white breeds are very fairly typified in the engraving on theopposite page. In the center are shown a pair of Chester Whites,the largest of our white breeds; on the left is a pair of Suffolks,which in everything except color might well pass for typical Berk-shires; and on the right are a pair of Small Yorkshires. The char-acteristics of these several breeds are described on pages 456, 457and 459 of this volume. (-174)
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