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the farmers of Illinois and Iowa. Father, with his 

 natural leaning towards Buckeye State productions, 

 sent to headquarters for a good boar, and MAGIE 

 shipped out a hog that I can still see as plainly as 

 though it were but yesterday he was uncrated 

 long, deep, heavy-boned, great "lop" ears and some 

 sandy spots along with the black-and-white. The 

 black predominated, but the white spots were far 

 more extensive than would have been accepted in 

 Poland-China circles a few years later. This boar 

 proved a good producer, and all of the half-blood 

 pigs were quickly bought up by the neighboring 

 farmers for breeding purposes. Later on a pair of 

 Essex were bought, but they lacked the size de- 

 manded by the feeders of that district, and the 

 blood never became popular. An English type of 

 whites, known then, and yet where bred, as 

 Cheshires, next engaged attention, and with these 

 was scored one of the most marked successes of 

 that period. They had finish, weight and quality, 

 and the fine fat litters captivated everybody on 

 sight. These "chubby" pink-skinned pigs were the 

 one special joy of my own youthful heart. The truth 

 is I have never seen anything quite so attractive 

 since. What a great thing indeed it is to be a live, 

 healthy boy with all the world yet a terra incognito, 



