SMALL YORKSHIRES. 351 



(2) They have been a favorite breed with certain noblemen 

 in England, owing probably to the great symmetry of form 

 which characterizes them. 



V. Introduction into the United States. 



(1) Information on this point is not plentiful, but 



(2) Within the last two decades considerable attention has 

 been given to breeding them in the eastern states. 



VI. Organization. 



(1) Two associations are recording Small Yorkshires in 

 the United States. 



(2) Qne of these, the American Small Yorkshire Club, 

 has headquarters in New York city. 



(3) The other, the American Yorkshire Club, has head- 

 quarters in St. Paul, Minn., and it records also Large Improved 

 Yorkshires. 



VII. Distribution in the United States. 



(1) Small Yorkshires are now bred in more than half 

 the states of the Union. 



(2) They are probably most numerous in the states of 

 New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Minnesota. 



VIII. Registration in the United States. 



(1) In the American Yorkshire record there have been 

 recorded 762 Small Yorkshires, of which 346 are boars and 

 416 sows. 



(2) The other association, the American Small Yorkshire 

 Club, has probably recorded a larger number. 



LEADING CHARACTERISTICS. 



I. Relative size. 



(1) The Small Yorkshires are probably the least in size 

 of all the pedigreed breeds of swine in America, but 



(2) Owing to their compactness of form, they weigh well 

 in proportion to their apparent size. 



II. Adaptability. 



(1) The Small Yorkshires have highest adaptation for 

 intensive conditions where rapid growth and early maturity 

 are important considerations, and where there are markets 

 which call for pork of light weight. 



(2) They will quickly convert into money value the waste 

 vegetable refuse of the truck farmer and the market gardener, 



