BREEDS AND TYPES 47 



Points 



Coat: Moderatelv thick and fine; straight, smooth, and covering the body 

 %vell : 2. 



Color: Cherry red, without other admixtures 2 . 



Sice: Large for age and condition. Boars 2 years old and over should 

 weigh 600 pounds; sows, same age and condition, 500 pounds; boars 18 months 

 475 pounds; sows, 400 pounds; boars, 12 months, 350 pounds; sows, 300 pounds; 

 boar and sow pigs 6 months, 150 pounds. These figures are for animals in a 

 lair show condition 5 . 



Action and Style: Action, vigorous and animated. Style, free and easy. . 4. 



Condition: Healthy; skin free from any scurf, scales, sores, and mange; 

 flesh evenly laid over the entire body and free from any lumps 4. 



Disposition: Very quiet and gentle; easily handled or driven 3 . 



Total 100. 



BERKSHIRES 



The Berkshire, a hreed extremely popular with many 

 in the United States, is nati\'e to England, and was 

 improved there in the latter part of the eighteenth cen- 

 tury, by crossing with Chinese, Siamese and Neapolitan 

 stock. By judicious selection and care the breed had 

 become one of the most esteemed in all parts of England 

 and also in Scotland as early as the beginning of the 

 nineteenth century. 



According to A. B. Allen, who was awarded a prize 

 of $ioo b}^ the American Berkshire Association shortly 

 after its organization for the best collected information 

 on the Berkshire breed, "the first importation of Berk- 

 shires to America was made in 1823 by John Brentnall, 

 an English farmer who settled in English Neighbor- 

 hood, New Jersey. The next importation was in 1832, 

 by Siday Hawes. an English farmer who settled at Al- 

 bany, New York." Other importations followed and 

 animals from tlie New York stock were introduced both 

 west and south. 



The Berkshire may be classified as either a medium- 

 sized or large breed. The mature animals in breeding 

 condition will weigh from four to eight hundred pounds. 



