Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . eders,however, have never fancied the narrow backs and long noses ofthe Tamworth breed, and their distribution in this country is com-paratively small. The principal states in which they are to befound are Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa. A strong effort is beingmade at the present time to increase the popularity of the breedin the South. Record Associations.—Associations for the registration of theTamworth exist in England, Canada, and the United States. The HAMPSHIRE, OR THIN RIND 63 association in this country is known as the Americ
Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . eders,however, have never fancied the narrow backs and long noses ofthe Tamworth breed, and their distribution in this country is com-paratively small. The principal states in which they are to befound are Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa. A strong effort is beingmade at the present time to increase the popularity of the breedin the South. Record Associations.—Associations for the registration of theTamworth exist in England, Canada, and the United States. The HAMPSHIRE, OR THIN RIND 63 association in this country is known as the American TamworthSwine Record Association, and was organized in 1897. HAMPSHIRE, OR THIN RDMDHistory.—This is a breed of American swine of which the history-is very indefinite. As far back as about 1820 a retired sea captain,named MacKay, Uving near Boston, imported some hogs whichafterward became known as Thin Rinds. In Kentucky for manyyears there has been a breed of swine which was also known asThin Rinds. The source of these Kentucky hogs is surrounded by. Fig. 28.—Hampshire boar, General Lipton, No. 1677. Owned by Isoni , Lancaster, Mo. First prize Iowa State Fair, 1913. more or less obscurity. Some claim that the Kentucky hogs werepurchased from eastern breeders in the early 30s, while othersassert that they came from Tonquin, China, by way of New Or-leans. For many years this breed was known as Thin Rinds, no doubton account of the thin character of the skin. In 1904 the AmericanThin Rind Association voted to change the name of the breed toAmerican Hampshire, and it is under the name Hampshires thatthe hogs of this type are now officially recognized. In Englandthere also exists a breed known as the Hampshire, but they arenot identical with the American Hampshire. 64 DISEASES OF SWINE General Characteristics.—The American Hampshire is a me-dium-sized animal of the bacon type, the most prominent charac-teristic of which is the presence of a white-colored stripe o
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