958 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



ment is on the authority of Colonel F. D. Curtis, who gives it as 

 his belief that all the red hogs in America are descended from 

 the original Berkshires. The same hog undoubtedly is bred in 

 many parts of the country under the name of Red Berkshire. 

 There is at present quite a diversity in the appearance of dif- 

 ferent families of these hogs, some of them being very large 

 and coarse, while others have been bred to a medium size and 

 finer form. 



The standard of characteristics adopted by the convention of 

 breeders of these hogs is as follows : " The true Duroc or Jersey 

 Red should be long, quite deep bodied, not round but broad on 

 the back, and holding the width well out to the hips and hams. 

 The head should be small compared with the body, with the 

 cheek broad and full, with considerable breadth between the 

 eyes. The neck should be short and thick, and the face slightly 

 curved, with the nose rather longer than in the English breeds; 

 the ear rather large and lopped over the eyes and not erect; 

 bone not fine nor yet course, but medium; the legs medium in 



JERSEY RED HOG. 

 From Wlllinm Henry Manic, Philadelphia, Penn. 



size and length, but set well under the body and well apart, and 

 not cut up high in the flank or above the knee; the hams 

 broad and full, well down to the hock. There should be a good 

 coat of hair of medium fineness, inclining to bristles at the top 

 of the shoulders, the tail being hairy and not small. The hair 

 usually straight, but in some cases a little wavy. The color 



