. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. THE BREEDS OF SWINE i07 White is a true lard type of hog. It is a splendid feeder, and when well fattened, carries a very broad, arched back and an excellent ham. The quality of bone in the legs is frequently too fine, and mature animals often stand badly on their feet. The quahty of pork is excellent, if one does not object to the large amount of fat. This is one of the large breeds, the O. I. C. hogs weighing very heavy. The usual run of mature. Fig. 59. A Chester White boar. Photograph by the author. boars will weigh around 600 pounds, a
. Beginnings in animal husbandry. Livestock; Poultry. THE BREEDS OF SWINE i07 White is a true lard type of hog. It is a splendid feeder, and when well fattened, carries a very broad, arched back and an excellent ham. The quality of bone in the legs is frequently too fine, and mature animals often stand badly on their feet. The quahty of pork is excellent, if one does not object to the large amount of fat. This is one of the large breeds, the O. I. C. hogs weighing very heavy. The usual run of mature. Fig. 59. A Chester White boar. Photograph by the author. boars will weigh around 600 pounds, and the sows 450 pounds. The sows farrow good-sized htters, the breed ranking close to the Duroc-Jersey in this respect. Sows commonly have nine pigs to the htter. Chester Whites are widely distrib- uted as a breed in the North, and especially east of the Mississippi. In the South any white breed is unpopular on account of color, white hogs blistering under the sun more readily than red or black ones. Ohio and Indiana have many Chester White 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 Plumb, Charles Sumner, 1860-1939. St. Paul, Minn. : Webb Pub. Co.
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