. Southern pork production. been looked after by several associa-tions. The American Poland-China Record Company (1878), W. M. McFadden, Sec-retary, Union Stock Yard,Chicago, 111.; the National Po-land-China Record Co. (1905),A. M. Brown, Secretary, Win-chester, Ind.; and the StandardPoland-China Record Associa-tion (1887), Geo. F. Wood-worth, Secretary, Marysville,Mo., all register and look afterthe interests of the breed. The Chester White.—This isa distinctly American breedthat originated largely inChester County, foundation stock for thebreed came from England,principally
. Southern pork production. been looked after by several associa-tions. The American Poland-China Record Company (1878), W. M. McFadden, Sec-retary, Union Stock Yard,Chicago, 111.; the National Po-land-China Record Co. (1905),A. M. Brown, Secretary, Win-chester, Ind.; and the StandardPoland-China Record Associa-tion (1887), Geo. F. Wood-worth, Secretary, Marysville,Mo., all register and look afterthe interests of the breed. The Chester White.—This isa distinctly American breedthat originated largely inChester County, foundation stock for thebreed came from England,principally from Bedfordshireand Cumberland. Chinese,Irish Grazier, and Normandyswine were also used in mak-ing the breed, according toPlumb. The farmers, prin-cipally from Chester County,developed the breed, and being a white breed, the nameChester White was appropriate. This breed is distinctly of the lard type and conforma-tion. The face is medium in length and straight. Theears break over for the outer third or half their QtE9TeR-yff/T£ Oeszf Blood lines of the ChesterWhite and O. I. C. BREEDS OF SWINE 57 The back and hams show the extreme of a rule, the bone is small and weak, and it is in thepasterns that this breed is noticeably deficient. Thecolor is pure white, and the animals average large inweight on account of the extreme fattening boars will weigh around 500 and the sowsaround 400 pounds. Some individuals will, of course,greatly exceed these figures. The breed is suited primarily for Corn Belt conditions,and is not easily adapted to other conditions. There area few small herds of the breed in the South, but they willprobably never attain any great prominence. They areextremely early maturing, but they rank low as cannot stand up in the pasterns. As feeders andfatteners they rank high, but they are not adapted tointensive methods of feeding on grazing crops. Theircolor is against them In the extreme South. The pork
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