50 SWINE IN AMERICA 



of making this book, are, so far, of secondary impor- 

 tance in numbers and intiuence in America. These 

 are the Yorkshire, Tamworth, Hampshire, Victoria, Es- 

 sex, Cheshire and Suffolk. The Hampshire was, for some 

 time, known as the Thin-Rind, but at the time of pre- 

 paring- for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 

 tion at St. Louis in 1904, leading advocates of the breed 

 agreed upon the name Hampshire. The Tamworth, 

 Yorkshire, Suff'olk. Hampshire and Essex are English 

 breeds, while the Victoria and Cheshire are American. 



YORKSHIRES AND SUFFOLKS 



shire (more generally called in England Large White) 

 has attained the most popularity. It is of English origin 

 and impro\-ement and in Great Britain there are three 

 types, known as the "Large White," "Middle \\'hite" and 

 "Small White." The last named is also known in the 

 Cnited States as the Suffolk, sometimes advocated as a 

 distinct breed in America, but it is in no wise essentially 

 different from the English Small Wliite. 



The earliest known Large Yorkshire hog was a large 

 wiiite animal with enormous drooping ears, and wattles 

 hanging from each side of the throat. About 1850 

 other white breeds were crossed with the Large York- 

 shire, with a considerable improvement in the latter. For 

 a time an attempt seems to have been made only to attain 

 size, which was quite successful, but to the detriment of 

 other qualities. At the larger exhibitions numerous 

 specimens weighing more than one thousand pounds each 



