THE BREEDS OF SWINE 



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White is a true lard type of hog. It is a splendid feeder, and 

 when well fattened, carries a very broad, arched back and an 

 excellent ham. The quality of bone in the legs is frequently 

 too fine, and mature animals often stand badly on their feet. 

 The quality of pork is excellent, if one does not object to 

 the large amount of fat. This is one of the large breeds, the 

 0. 1. C. hogs weighing very heavy. The usual run of mature 



Fig. 59. A Chester White boar. Photograph by the author. 



boars will weigh around 600 pounds, and the sows 450 pounds. 

 The sows farrow good-sized litters, the breed ranldng close 

 to the Duroc-Jersey in this respect. Sows commonly have 

 nine pigs to the litter. Chester Whites are widely distrib- 

 uted as a breed in the North, and especially east of the 

 Mississippi. In the South any white breed is unpopular on 

 account of color, white hogs blistering under the sun more 

 readily than red or black ones. Ohio and Indiana have many 

 Chester White herds. 



