. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 181. — Berkshire sow. Berkshire. — One of the oldest breeds of swine is the Berk- shire (Fig. 181). This is an Enghsh breed and the animals are widely distributed in America, where they are very popular. They are blue-black in color and most of them show six white points — one on the face, the tip of the tail, and the four feet. An occasional splash of white is found on the forelegs. A sohd black color or white spots on the body are objected to by breeders. In size the animals are a trifle larger than the other lard breeds. A mature
. Effective farming; a text-book for American schools . Fig. 181. — Berkshire sow. Berkshire. — One of the oldest breeds of swine is the Berk- shire (Fig. 181). This is an Enghsh breed and the animals are widely distributed in America, where they are very popular. They are blue-black in color and most of them show six white points — one on the face, the tip of the tail, and the four feet. An occasional splash of white is found on the forelegs. A sohd black color or white spots on the body are objected to by breeders. In size the animals are a trifle larger than the other lard breeds. A mature boar, when fat, should weigh five hundred pounds and a mature sow, four hundred pounds. The conformation is that of the lard- type hog. The face is short and dished and the ears are short, pointed, and usually erect. The Berkshire has been largely used for crossing with scrub stock, as the animals work marked improvement in the offspring with what- ever stock they are crossed. In the corn-belt states and in the South, Berkshires are very pop- ular. Poland-China. — This breed (Fig. 182) origi- nated in the Miami Valley in Ohio as a result of crossing native hogs with Berkshires. Careful selection of the offspring followed with the result that to-day the Poland-China is a fixed type. The animals are found in all parts of the country, but more especially
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