. Livestock on the farm. Livestock. 2()S LI\'KH'1XJ('K ON TUK l-'AHM leaning and the eolor is white. This is a good breed of hogs for bacon production and is extensively used in Canada and other bacon-producing countries. The animals are longer in })ody than the Tamworth and not quite as wide in ham or long in rump. They furnish the standard Wiltshire side to the bacon trade. Berkshire.—Berkshires are an old improved breed from l']ngland. The breed was developed by crossing highly- im-. Fia. .51.—Poland China sow. (From "Correspondence Course in Swim- Husbandry," by author for Corres
. Livestock on the farm. Livestock. 2()S LI\'KH'1XJ('K ON TUK l-'AHM leaning and the eolor is white. This is a good breed of hogs for bacon production and is extensively used in Canada and other bacon-producing countries. The animals are longer in })ody than the Tamworth and not quite as wide in ham or long in rump. They furnish the standard Wiltshire side to the bacon trade. Berkshire.—Berkshires are an old improved breed from l']ngland. The breed was developed by crossing highly- im-. Fia. .51.—Poland China sow. (From "Correspondence Course in Swim- Husbandry," by author for Correspondenre College of .\Krieulture, Fort Wayne, Tnd.) proved hogs from southern Europe on large coarse hogs of England. The southern hogs used for this purpose were the Neapolitan, Siamese and Chinese. These probably tlate back to ancient civilizations. The Berkshire is a black hog with six white points. These are the four feet, the tail and parts of the face or snout. Wliile this is the characteristic color, sometimes some of the points named are black. The ear of the Berkshire is upright or forward leaning and the snout rather short and blunt with some disl) in the 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 Dietrich, William, 1871-. Philadelphia and London, W. B. Saunders Company
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