464 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 



blood, have been brought to America and passed as Large 

 Whites. Generally speaking, they are smaller than the 

 Large Whites, have a shorter side, shorter leg, finer bone 

 and a heavier neck and jowl. They usually have a shorter 

 snout than the Large White, and have more dish in snout 

 and face. They belong to the fat type of hog. 



The Middle White originated from a cross between the 

 Large White and the Small White breeds. Even at present, 

 pigs may appear in Large White litters that are classed by 

 their breeders as Middle Whites, so that it sometimes 

 happens that Large Whites and Middle Whites may come 

 from the same litter, especially in those herds in which 

 Middle White blood is occasionally used to refine the Large 

 White. Sometimes Middle Whites are produced by one 

 cross of Small Whites on Large Whites, and animals pro- 

 duced in this way should scarcely be regarded as a distinct 

 breed. 



The Middle White is unknown outside of its native 

 country, and if any have been brought to America, they 

 were introduced under the name of Large Yorkshire. 



The utility of the Middle White is necessarily limited. 

 The practice of crossing, followed by many breeders, has 

 told against the usefulness of the breed. Middle Whites 

 which have been bred pure for a number of generations 

 would no doubt prove satisfactory, but so many of them 

 possess recent crosses of other blood, that the breed as a 

 whole lacks prepotency and trueness to type. The mix- 

 ing of Middle White blood with that of Large White, as 

 practiced by many English breeders, cannot be too 

 strongly condemned. A so-called Large Yorkshire boar 

 produced in this way may look more attractive to the in- 

 experienced breeder of Large Yorkshires than a pure Large 

 Yorkshire, but he makes a very unsatisfactory sire. 



