BREEDS OF SWINE 



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The early types were both black and white and were very 

 refined, showing plainly the results of the Neapolitan 

 blood. Early types of Essex were introduced to America 

 about 1820, but the breed never 

 met with any great success 

 here. In many ways the breed 

 resembles the Berkshire, the 

 blood of which breed it shows 

 plainly. The face is broad and 

 the nose short and upturned. It 

 is inclined to be on the order of 

 bacon hogs in form, but de- 

 cidedly of easy-fattening tend- 

 dencies. It is small of stature 

 and bone, and possesses ex- 

 treme quality. In color it is 

 black all over, and white is ob- 

 jectionable. The size of the in- 

 dividuals is as a rule small, and 

 mature boars average around 

 300 pounds, and the sows 

 about 250. 



Their distribution is not 



widespread, but a few are found in the southern states. 

 As a rule they seem to be increasing just a little in popu- 

 larity. The American Essex Association (1887), F. M. 

 Strout, Secretary, McLean, 111., attends to the registra- 

 tions and looks after the interests of the breed in general. 



Cheshire. This is a distinctly American breed that 

 was originated largely in Jefferson County, New York. 

 It resulted from the use of Large Yorkshire and White 

 Suffolk blood on the native stock of the county. The 

 origin of the name is obscure, but in all probability it 



Blood lines of the Essex. 



