. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. 180 AMERICAN BREEDERS MAGAZINE. trade in these hogs with zoological parks. He does not give his authority for the statement concerning the shipment from the South Sea Islands. Other breeders, in their catalogues, make the claim that the mule- foots originated from a cross between the peccary and the hog. This claim is evidently based upon the supposition that the peccary has a solid hoof, which, however, is not the case. The peccary does lack one toe on the hind foot, but it is one of the small hanging toes, so that the peccary
. American breeders magazine. Breeding; Plant breeding; Heredity. 180 AMERICAN BREEDERS MAGAZINE. trade in these hogs with zoological parks. He does not give his authority for the statement concerning the shipment from the South Sea Islands. Other breeders, in their catalogues, make the claim that the mule- foots originated from a cross between the peccary and the hog. This claim is evidently based upon the supposition that the peccary has a solid hoof, which, however, is not the case. The peccary does lack one toe on the hind foot, but it is one of the small hanging toes, so that the peccary has a split foot like that of the ordinary Ohio Chief, Representative op Mule-Foot Breed. Weight 910 pounds. Photo furnished through courtesy of Mr. W. H. Morris, Indianapolis, Ind. Another breeder states that the mule-foots were brought to Dela- ware from Sweden in the year 163'7. This statement is of some in- terest in connection with a statement of Mr. Q. I. Simpson, of Palmer, 111., that an old writer speaks of a solid-hoofed breed in Sweden in the vicinity of Udall. Mr. Simpson is also authority for the statement that one of his neighbors, Mr. Madison Curvey, on a trip to Texas some sixty years ago, saw these hogs in the Choctaw Nation, and states that the tradition of peccary ancestry was then held by the squaw men. Mr. Simpson further states that Darwin, in 1859, mentioned. 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 American Breeders Association; American Genetic Association. [Washington, D. C. :] The Association
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