THE CHESTER WHITE 183 



A Heavy Breed. The Chester "White is classed as a large breed 

 of the lard type. Specimens of the ancestors of the breed dressed 

 over 1,000 pounds. In fact, specimens in any period of the breed's 

 history have dressed 1,000 pounds. While the breed has the capacity 

 for making large hogs, a table of the average weights of the ani- 

 mals shown at the National Swine Show, Omaha, Nebraska, in 

 October, 1917, may be of interest : 



15 aged boars averaged 744 Ibs. heaviest one 915 Ibs. 



7 senior year boars averaged 572 Ibs. heaviest one 710 Ibs. 



15 junior year boars averaged 583 Ibs. heaviest one 720 Ibs. 



26 senior year boars averaged 404 Ibs. heaviest one 460 Ibs. 



20 aged sows averaged 586 Ibs. heaviest one 690 Ibs. 



9 senior year sows averaged 551 Ibs. heaviest one 630 Ibs. 



18 junior year sows averaged 501 Ibs. heaviest one 530 Ibs. 



23 senior sow pigs averaged 401 Ibs. heaviest one 415 Ibs. 



A well-known swine writer in his report of this breed at the 

 National Swine Show says : " As to uniformity of size for age the 

 Chester White breed is unexcelled." With this reputation and with 

 the winnings that this type of Chester White has made in the bar- 

 row shows and carcass contests, it is the opinion of the writer that 

 it might be a mistake to standardize an average weight very much 

 higher than is shown above. The Chester White is easily acclimated 

 and contented under different conditions ; is a good grasser a clean 

 dresser and a profitable cutter ; is prolific and raises a large percent 

 of a big litter, and can be fitted for the packer's market at any 

 age. The finished product, or the carcass of the Chester White and 

 its crosses, has an unparalleled record of winnings at the Inter- 

 national Live Stock Exposition in Chicago. The standard of type 

 for the breed, as formerly used, was revised by representative mem- 

 bers of the Chester White Swine Record Association and the 0. 1. C. 

 Swine Breeders' Association in 1913, and it is the official score card 

 for the breed and is so recognized by the American Association of 

 Expert Judges of Swine. 



The Record Associations for the breed universally recognized 

 are the Chester White Swine Record Association, Rochester, 

 Indiana, the 0. I. C. Swine Breeders' Association, Goshen, Indiana, 

 and the National Chester White Record, West Chester, Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



