Chapter LXIII. 



TODD'S IMPROVED CHESTER-WHITES. 



This breed has lately forced itself into recognition among the farm- 

 ers of Ohio and other Western states, and we can do no less than 

 grant its claim to the title of "breed," since it is already proved by the 

 marked similarity of its pure-bred offspring. We are not personally 

 familiar with the breed, but give the following account of its origin, and 

 a description, based on letters from breeders, and the history as outlined 

 by S. H. Todd in Volume I., Record of Todd's Improved Chester-White 

 Swine, which appeared in 1885: 



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TODD'S IMPROVED CHESTER BOAR, DANDY, 017. 



Owned by C. W. BAKER, Delaware, Ohio. 



' ' Kneeland Todd took a boar of the breed known as ' Norfolk Thin Rind' black 

 belted with white and a white sow pig of the Connecticut so-called ' Grass breed, ' to 

 Ohio in 1834. Isaac Hoskins had moved to Wakeman, Ohio, from New Bedford, Mass., 

 the previous year 1833 taking with him at that time, a boar of the ' Byfield' breed 

 large white, rather leggy and slow to mature and a sow of the ' Auterdale' breed prob- 

 ably identical with the ' Grass breed' above mentioned. These two gentlemen bred care- 

 fully and with good judgment, and finally bred the best animals of each herd together. 

 At this juncture 1848 the twin brother of Kneeland Todd bought a boar from Mr. 

 Mead, of Norfolk, Ohio, of what Mr. Mead called the ' Large Grass breed', and this boar 

 was used on the Todd-Hoskins stock with great success. About 1862, the same gentleman 

 purchased a white boar with fine curly hair, called 'Normandy,' said to be of French 

 origin. This proved to be a valuable addition, and the combination animal thus produced 

 became quite well known as the ' Todd Hog.' 



" Mr. S. H. Todd son of the originator of the Todd Hog in 1867 began crossing 

 these animals with pure Chester-Whites, using in all some six or seven crosses, and finally 

 producing what is now known as Todd's Improved Chester- White." 



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