Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . ined to be coarse, and should be pure white incolor. Dark spots in the skin are admissible, but are objected toby breeders. The white hair and unpigmented skin make thisbreed, as in the case of the Chester-White, susceptible to the actionof the sun, and in the Central Western States mange and scurfi-ness are common in these breeds. LARGE YORKSHIRE, OR LARGE WHITE 71 Large Yorkshires were introduced into the United Statesabout 1840, and in 1841 A. B. Allen, of Ohio, imported a pair fromEngland. From time to time, for over fifty years
Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . ined to be coarse, and should be pure white incolor. Dark spots in the skin are admissible, but are objected toby breeders. The white hair and unpigmented skin make thisbreed, as in the case of the Chester-White, susceptible to the actionof the sun, and in the Central Western States mange and scurfi-ness are common in these breeds. LARGE YORKSHIRE, OR LARGE WHITE 71 Large Yorkshires were introduced into the United Statesabout 1840, and in 1841 A. B. Allen, of Ohio, imported a pair fromEngland. From time to time, for over fifty years, the breed hasbeen imported in small numbers, but no great amount of interestwas developed in the animals. In 1893 Wilcox and Ligett, ofMinnesota, imported some modern specimens of the breed, and thisherd is the foundation of most of the Large Yorkshires now to befound in the United States. Canadian breeders have raised thistype for a number of years, and most of the high-class Large York-shire herds on this side of the Atlantic are to be found in Fig. 35.—Delia of the Cedars as a yearling champion sow of the breed at1912 International. (Photo by W. H. Fisher, Columbus, Ohio.) The raising of bacon hogs for the English market is very popularin Canada, and this, in large measure, accounts for the popularityof the breed in that country. One of the leading breeders in theUnited States is Mr. W. H. Fisher, of Columbus, Ohio. In the United States the Large Yorkshire does not meet withfavor for a number of reasons. In the first place, the hog is not ofa type that is popular here. In the Central West the farmers likea hog that shows rapid development, broadness of back, and rapidweight-producing qualities. These are not to be found in theLarge Yorkshire. This breed is slow in development, and does not 72 DISEASES OF SWINE seem to take well to the class of foods to which our lard types areaccustomed. Neither is the Large Yorkshire a good grazer onAmerican pastures. These po
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