. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 474 THE PIG them. A half century ago William Hewer of Sevenhampton, Wiltshire, was a leading breeder and improver. Important modern improvers of the Berkshire in England as well as America are worthy of record here. In England, Russell Swanwick at Cirencester and the late Heber Humfrey at Abing- don for years bred with signal ability and did much for the breed. In America N. H. Gentry of Sedalia, Missouri, has long held a most distinguished place as a Berkshire breeder. In a list of prominent American breeders during the last twenty-five years of
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. 474 THE PIG them. A half century ago William Hewer of Sevenhampton, Wiltshire, was a leading breeder and improver. Important modern improvers of the Berkshire in England as well as America are worthy of record here. In England, Russell Swanwick at Cirencester and the late Heber Humfrey at Abing- don for years bred with signal ability and did much for the breed. In America N. H. Gentry of Sedalia, Missouri, has long held a most distinguished place as a Berkshire breeder. In a list of prominent American breeders during the last twenty-five years of the nineteenth century high place should be accorded to the names of James Riley and I. N. Barker of Indiana, M. K. Prine of Iowa, A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois, and J. G. Snell of Ontario, Canada. The introduction of the Berkshire pig to America first took place in 1823, according to A. B. Allen, who credits John Brentnall,. Fig. 222. Lyneham Lad, first-prize aged Berkshire boar at the Royal Agri- cultural Society of England Show, 1904. Owned and exhibited by Sir Alexander Henderson. Photograph from William Cooper & Nephews, Berkhamsted, England an English farmer, who settled in the English neighborhood in New Jersey, with this importation. In 1832 Sidney Hawes, another English farmer, brought some Berkshires to America and settled near Albany, New York. Allen states that he owned pigs descended from each of these importations. In 1838 a few. 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
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