. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE LARGE YORKSHIRE BREED 91 seems to be unknown. Owing to tlie great size of the original type, it w'iis possible to cross them with finer breeds and still retain plenty of size in the iniprcived animal. 'I'lie main im- provement in the bi'eed has taken place within the past sixty or seventy years, and it is said that the first important stej) was the crossing of the Yorkshire with the White Leicester,. Fig, 25.—Large Yorkahire sow, champion at the English Royal Show. The illustration shows a little weakness in hind pasterns, but the sow is not standing we
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE LARGE YORKSHIRE BREED 91 seems to be unknown. Owing to tlie great size of the original type, it w'iis possible to cross them with finer breeds and still retain plenty of size in the iniprcived animal. 'I'lie main im- provement in the bi'eed has taken place within the past sixty or seventy years, and it is said that the first important stej) was the crossing of the Yorkshire with the White Leicester,. Fig, 25.—Large Yorkahire sow, champion at the English Royal Show. The illustration shows a little weakness in hind pasterns, but the sow is not standing well. whicli was a large breed, but finer in the bone and more easily fattened than the (dd Yorkshire. It is also said that the White resulted from crossing a white Thinese breed with the original Further improvement was effected by crossing with the Small White breed of England,—at least, such is the claim made by some authorities, though we have no very definite. 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 Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott company
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