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FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



breed is getting common in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 

 Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. 



The Chester White is still another American breed, 

 originating in Pennsylvania and Ohio. It is white in 

 color of skin and hair, and small black spots sometimes 

 occur 'in the skin. The head is straight and the ear 

 lopped over much like the Poland-China. The back 

 and hams are well developed, for this breed belongs 

 to the lard type. The Chester White fattens easily, 

 and the sows produce good-sized litters. The weight 

 of the boars is about 600 pounds, and sows 450 pounds. 

 In warm, dry summer climates, hogs of this breed tend 

 to sun scald, so that for this reason it lacks the popu- 

 larity of the black breeds. Chester Whites are fairly 

 common in the Northern United States east of the Mis- 

 sissippi River. 



The Berkshire is a breed that originated long ago 

 in Berkshire county, Southern England. It is black in 



FIRST PRIZE YEARLING BERKSHIRE. 



Bred and owned by Ohio State University. 



(Photograph by C. S. Plumb.) 



