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leaning and the color is white. This is a good breed of hogs 

 for bacon production and is extensively used in Canada and 

 other bacon-producing countries. The animals are longer 

 in body than the Tamworth and not quite as wide in ham or 

 long in rump. They furnish the standard Wiltshire side to the 

 bacon trade. 



Berkshire. Berkshires are an -old improved breed from 

 England. The breed was developed by crossing highly im- 



FIG. 51. Poland China sow. (From "Correspondence Course in Swine 

 Husbandry," by author for Correspondence College of Agriculture, Fort 

 Wayne, Ind.) 



proved hogs from southern Europe on large coarse hogs of 

 England. The southern hogs used for this purpose were the 

 Neapolitan, Siamese and Chinese. These probably date back 

 to ancient civilizations. 



The Berkshire is a black hog with six white points. These 

 are the four feet, the tail and parts of the face or snout. While 

 this is the characteristic color, sometimes some of the points 

 named are black. The ear of the Berkshire is upright or 

 forward leaning and the snout rather short and blunt with 

 some dish in the face. 



