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Jefferson County, New York. It is a rather new breed and is 

 little known except in New York and New England. It is 

 medium in size, of white color, has small, pointed, and erect 

 ears, a long body and rather long legs. The pork is said to 

 be of fine quality, possessing a large proportion of lean 

 which makes it rather a bacon type. 



Victoria. — This is still another American breed and had 

 two distinct places of origin. One was in New York where 

 Col. F. D. Curtis was the originator. His breed is no longer 

 bred pure. The other place of origin was in Lake County, 

 Indiana, where Mr. Geo. F. Davis was the originator, 

 Mr. Davis started the breed by breeding together Poland- 

 Chinas, Berkshires, Chester Whites, and Suffolks and then 

 making careful selections. This work was begun about 

 1870. The breed is too young to have a well-established 

 standing, but it has been successfully exhibited at many fairs 

 and at the Chicago Fat Stock Show. Victorias are about the 

 size of Poland-Chinas, white in color, with occasional black 

 spots on the skin. The pork is of good quality. One advan- 

 tage claimed for the breed is that it is less liable to skin dis- 

 eases than other breeds of white hogs. It is confined princi- 

 pally to Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. 



Essex. — This breed is from the county of Essex, England. 

 It is one of the smaller breeds and is not well known in 

 the United States. It is totally black, the ears are short and 

 erect, the body short and chunky, the back rather broad and 

 the legs rather short. The pigs mature early and can be fat- 

 tened at almost any time. The pork is of good quality but 

 has rather too much fat. Essex swine are particularly adapted 

 to keeping in pens and small lots. 



Small Yorkshire. — This is also an English breed and one 



