LECTURE NO. 9. 



THE VICTORIAS ORIGIN AND HISTORY, CHARACTER- 

 ISTICS AND STANDARD POINTS. 



ORIGIN AND HISTORY. 



I. The name Victoria has been given to two 

 breeds or types of swine, essentially distinct in their 

 origin. 



1 i ) The first of these originated in the state of New York 

 and the second in Indiana. 



(2) The latter only appears to be protected by an associa- 

 tion and by registration. 



(3) Both are of medium size, although the latter is the 

 larger of the two, and both are white in color. 



II. Origin of the Victorias of New York. 



(1) They originated with Col. Frank D. Curtis, Kirby 

 Homestead, Charlton, Saratoga county, N. Y., about the 

 year 1850. 



(2) They were formed by crossing successively the native 

 breeds of the county possessed of the Grazier strain with the 

 Byfield, the Yorkshire and the Suffolk. 



(3) They appear to bear considerable resemblance to the 

 Suffolks, but have finer heads and with not so much of dish. 



III. Origin of the Victorias of Indiana. 



(1) The breed of white hogs in the United States, now 

 more generally recognized as Victorias, originated with George 

 Davis, Dyer, Lake county, Ind., about 1870. 



(2) They are the outcome of the amalgamation of four 

 distinct breeds, viz : The Poland-Chinas, the Chester Whites, 

 the Berkshires and the Suffolks. 



IV. Recognition in the show rings. 



(i) They first appeared in the show rings in 1878, when 

 several specimens were exhibited at the county fairs of Indiana 

 and Illinois, and also at the Chicago Fat Stock show. 

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