lo April 191:;.] T lie /Vc Indusiry. 241 



The " Standard of I'.xcellence " adopted by the Berkshire Society of 

 Victoria, as published in the first volume of their Herd Book, 191 1, is as 

 follows : — 



Colour — Black, with wliite on face, feet, and tip of tail. 



Skill — Fine, and free from wrinkles. 



Hair — Long, fine, and plentiful. "^ 



Head — Moderately sliort. face dislied. snout broad ; and wide between the eyes and ear.s. 



Eir.s — -Fairly large, carried erect or slightly inclined forward, and fringed with fine hair. 



Xeck — Medium length, evenly set on shoulders ; jowl full, and not heavy. 



Shoulders — Fine and well sloped backwards, free from coarseness. 



Back — Long and straight, ribs well sprung, sides deep. 



Haras — Wide and deep to hocks. 



Tail — Set high, and fairly large. 



Flank — Deep and well let down, making straight iniderline. 



L?gs and feet — Short, straight, and strong, set wide apart, and hoofs nearly erect. 



^J'jjections — A ]ierfectly black face, foot, or tail ; a rose back ; white or sandy spots or 

 whit<? skin on tlic body ; a white ear; a very coarse mane, and inbent knees. 



FIG. 16. BERKSHIRE SOW, '" MANOR EMPRESS QUEEN.'"' 



The Large ^VHITE Yorkshire. 



It has already been mentioned that the large White Yorkshire is the 

 breed with which the Danes have built up their bacon industry, also that 

 many other European countries are large purchasers of the breed in 

 England. Jt has done more for the improvement of pigs than any other 

 breed. In 1890, the Canadian Government introduced pigs to its Central 

 Experimental Farm, the breeds first introduced being Berkshire, Large 

 Yorkshire, and Essex. Since that time Chester Whites, Poland Chinas. 

 Tamworths. Duroc Jerseys, and Large Blacks, have all been tested, with 

 the result that the only breeds now kept are Large Yorkshire, Tamworths, 

 and Berkshiies ; the others having been found more or less faulty for the 

 production of \Vilt.shire bacon. In this country the breeds selected bv 

 the Canadian Government have proved satisfactory, with the exception of 

 the Large Yorkshire, which, I believe, is only to be found at the Dookie 

 Agricultural College. Instead of the Large Yorkshire, the Middle York- 

 shire is largely bred here ; it makes a very excellent cross with the 



