. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE BERKSHIRE 475 pigs of the breed were imported to Canada. In 1839 Messrs. Bagg and Wait, English farmers who had settled in Orange County, New York, made a large importation, and this firm made several other importations later on. In 1841 A. B. Allen brought over forty head after carefully examining British herds, and later made other importations and did much to popularize the Fig. 223. University Lee 72621, second-prize Berkshire boar in class over six and under twelve months at the Ohio State Fair, 1902. Sire of the grand- champion
. Types and breeds of farm animals . Livestock. THE BERKSHIRE 475 pigs of the breed were imported to Canada. In 1839 Messrs. Bagg and Wait, English farmers who had settled in Orange County, New York, made a large importation, and this firm made several other importations later on. In 1841 A. B. Allen brought over forty head after carefully examining British herds, and later made other importations and did much to popularize the Fig. 223. University Lee 72621, second-prize Berkshire boar in class over six and under twelve months at the Ohio State Fair, 1902. Sire of the grand- champion pen of barrows at the International Live Stock Exposition, 1905. Bred by J. M. Hodson of Ohio, and used in the herd of the Ohio State University. Photograph by the author The Berkshire soon moved west. In 1835 a boar and sow were brought to Butler County, Ohio, from Albany, New York, while the Bagg and Wait importations soon found a market in Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and the South. Important families of Berkshire pigs are worthy of note. Among these are the Duchess, of which Royal Duchess 900 by Othello 259 is the founder; the Sallie, descended from Sallie I by Duke of Gloucester I; the Charmer, descended from Royal Charmer 9082 by Exor 3891 ; the Lee, descended from Minnie Lee 14606 by Exor 3891 ; the Nora, descended from Nora B. 14052 by Liverpool Bob 10417. In these families will be found the names of many of the most illustrious animals of the breed that have lived in 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 S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. Boston ; New York : Ginn
Size: 2018px × 1238px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorplumbcha, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1906
