. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 1'.i;i;ki)s ok swim:. f^oy scattered more oi' less omt llie Ixxiv ; lliis is uiHl(iiil)le(ll\- owiiiji' to Inter and liheial iiilusioiis (if iiidderii llerksliire hlodd. XIV. The Cheshire. This variety', mid()ul)tedlv oiilv a iiiodilied Yorksiiire, is saiil to liavo orif^iiuitcd iii Jefferson county, N. Y. They are pure white in color, with little hair and a pink skin, thin and i)Iial)le, hut not quite uniform, marked distinctions sometimes heinjjj noticed ; and, like the Suffolks, the tails of th(^
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 1'.i;i;ki)s ok swim:. f^oy scattered more oi' less omt llie Ixxiv ; lliis is uiHl(iiil)le(ll\- owiiiji' to Inter and liheial iiilusioiis (if iiidderii llerksliire hlodd. XIV. The Cheshire. This variety', mid()ul)tedlv oiilv a iiiodilied Yorksiiire, is saiil to liavo orif^iiuitcd iii Jefferson county, N. Y. They are pure white in color, with little hair and a pink skin, thin and i)Iial)le, hut not quite uniform, marked distinctions sometimes heinjjj noticed ; and, like the Suffolks, the tails of th(^ younii pijrs often drop off. Tlu? snout is often long, hut very slender and fine. The jowls ai'c plump, and tiic car erect, fine, and thin. The. IMI"HOVi;i) CllKSniKK. shoulders are wide and the hams full. The flesh of these hogs fine- grained, and they are commc^ndod on account of the extra amount of mess-pork in pro))ortion to the; amount of offal. The proI)ahility is they will never 1)0 very popular among tlunirecders in the West and South. Yet, for fatt(Miing exclusively in the pen, therc^ an; few of the white breeds that excel them. XV. Jersey Red Swine. The origin of this breed is not positivi^ly known. In some portions of New Jersey they have been bred for over fifty years, and are there con- sidered valuable. Their size is immense, a weight of 500 or fiOO pounds being not unusual. They are also hardy, strong in constitution, and fi-ee from disease: and they ai-e said not to lie subject to mange. They. 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 Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
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