THE DUROC-JERSEY BREED 77 



Distribution. The most important centres for Duroc- 

 Jerseys are Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, 

 Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, 

 Tennessee, Michigan, and Wisconsin, but the breed is also 

 quite largely represented in many other states. It has also 

 been introduced into Canada, but is not largely represented. 



FIG. 23. Two-year-old Duroo-Jersey sow, an Illinois State Fair Champion. 



Types. Considerable variation is found in the type of 

 Duroc-Jerseys, as is also the case with other breeds. It is 

 claimed by some, that breeders have gone too far in their 

 efforts to produce a fine-boned, smooth animal, in that they 

 have sacrificed too much of size and fecundity in doing so. 

 Be this as it may, breeders are to be found who are producing 

 hogs of more bone and greater size, and their hogs are attract- 



