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sidered a good specimen of the breed at the time the work 

 was written. As compared with the figure of the old origi- 

 nal English pig, and also with those of Hampshire, Here- 

 fordshire, and Suffolk, given by Loudon (figs. 9, 10, and 

 11), it is easy to trace the influence of the Chinese cross. 

 Loudon speaks of the Berkshire, at that time, as a small 

 breed, and it is undoubtedly true that the first effect of 

 an improvement in the fattening qualities and early ma- 

 turity of an animal is to reduce the size. On the whole, 

 this picture of an improved Berkshire, forty-five or fifty 

 years ago, doos not give one a very favorable idea of the 



Fig. 10. HEREFORDSHIRE PIG. 



breed at that time; yet it was then probably the best 

 bred pig in England. Comparing this engraving with the 

 one given by Youatt (fig. 12), in 1845, and with those given 

 by Sydney in I860 (figs. 20 and 21), we can form some 

 idea of the remarkable effects of judicious breeding and 

 high feeding. The engraving, figure 12, indicates the 

 effect of a cross with the Chinese; the others show 

 what can be done by persistent efforts in improving 

 a breed of a mixed origin. It is highly probable that 



