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the purity of their strain for over one hundred years. Breeders 

 with registered herds are established in over twenty counties 

 of England, and one in Scotland, and the list of members of 

 the society in 1904 numbered 220. Of these about 90 belong 

 to Suffolk and Essex and about 60 to Devon and Cornwall 

 the two main centres interested. The wide distances apart, 

 and till recently the want of combination and intercourse 

 among the breeders, have led to different types being 

 established. 



Prominent Breeders. T. Bannister, Haywards Heath, 

 Sussex ; Kenneth M. Clark, Sudbourne Hall, Oxford, Suffolk ; 

 Ephraim Gimblett, Davidstow, Camelford, Cornwall ; J. H. 

 Glover, Cornwood, Ivybridge, Devon ; John Goddard, Tunstall 

 R.S.O, Suffolk ; Thomas Goodchild, Great Yeldham Hall, 

 Essex ; John Grose & Sons, The Manor, Quedgeley, Glou- 

 cester ; H. J. Kingwell, Great Aish, South Brent, Devon ; 

 A. S. Mann, Little Bentley, Colchester, Essex ; C. F. Marriner, 

 Thorpe Hall, Hasketon, Woodbridge, Suffolk ; J. M. Moubray, 

 Sutton Farm, Lewes, Sussex ; J. Oscar Muntz, Goodameavy, 

 Yelverton, R.S.O., Devon ; R. S. Oliver, Trescowe, Par Station 

 R.S.O., Cornwall ; J. Robinson, Rings Hill, Borstal, Kent ; J. 

 and H. Robinson, Iford, Lewes, Sussex ; R. R. Rothwell, 

 Fulwood Hall, Preston, Lanes ; William Townsend, The 

 Manse, Stroud, Gloucester ; Harold Wardlaw, Holway Farm, 

 Sherborne, Dorset ; John Warne, Treveglos, St Mabyn, 

 Cornwall ; Thomas Warne, Trevisquite Manor, St Mabyn, 

 Cornwall. 



The West country pig is the larger and finer bred, while 

 it is claimed for the East country type that "they afe 

 possibly more hardy and prolific" qualities which a few 

 years will probably blend to the advantage of both types. 



Distinguishing Characteristics. A whole black colour 

 of a mealy hue, easily cleaned, and not liable like white to sun- 

 scald ; head broad and of medium length ; snout long and 

 straight ; ears long, thin, and inclined well forward over 

 the face (in rather than out) and set on wide apart ; jowl 

 medium in size ; back long and level (a slight rise in the 

 centre not objected to) ; tail set high, the larger the better, 

 but not coarse ; legs short, straight, and set wide ; skin fine 

 and soft/with a moderate quantity of straight, silky hair. 



The chief objections are any unshapeliness or deformity, 



