. Southern pork production. .- but they have been average in price. The Chester WhiteRecord Association, F. F. Moore, Secretary, Rochester,Ind., attends to the registrations and looks after the inter-ests of the breed. -This is a distinct breed thatresulted as an offshootfrom the ChesterWhites. It v^as origi-nated by Mr. L. , v^ho developedhis herd by crossingand selection until heconsidered it superiorto the original ChesterWhite. He referred tothem as the Interna-tional Ohio ImprovedChesters, and in 1891an association wasformed to look afterthe registration of theanimals. This assoc
. Southern pork production. .- but they have been average in price. The Chester WhiteRecord Association, F. F. Moore, Secretary, Rochester,Ind., attends to the registrations and looks after the inter-ests of the breed. -This is a distinct breed thatresulted as an offshootfrom the ChesterWhites. It v^as origi-nated by Mr. L. , v^ho developedhis herd by crossingand selection until heconsidered it superiorto the original ChesterWhite. He referred tothem as the Interna-tional Ohio ImprovedChesters, and in 1891an association wasformed to look afterthe registration of theanimals. This associa-tion is now known asthe O. I. C. SwineBreeders Association,J. C. Hiles, Secretary, Cleveland, Ohio. As a breed, it must be considered along with theChester Whites in so far as it concerns a southern swineindustry. It will probably never enjoy the popularity thathas been accorded the Duroc-Jersey and Berkshire breeds. The Small Yorkshire.—This English breed originatedin Yorkshire County, England, over a century ago as a. Blood Lnes of the Small Yorkshire. BREEDS OF SWINE 59 result of the use of Chinese, Solway, Small White,Suffolk, Windsor, and Cumberland stock on the nativepigs of the country. According to Curtis, they wereintroduced to this country about 1869. This is a dis-tinctly lard breed. The ears are erect and the face short,with an extreme dish. The breed is white, except foroccasional black spots on the skin, which are objection-able. They are small of size, and mature boars averagearound 250, while the sows will average about fiftypounds less. They are in all probability not a breed thatwould be well adapted to our southern are registered as Class A by the American York-shire Club, H. G. Krum, Secretary (1893), with head-quarters at White Bear Lake, Minn. Duroc-Jersey.—This is distinctly an American breed,that originated in New York and New Jersey during thehalf century from 1822 to 1872. According to Plumb, itresulted from the amalgamation of
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