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breed, had good feeding qualities, although it may not 

 have been suited for the ordinary work and treatment of 

 a farm. Cross-bred animals have had the greatest suc- 

 cess. Pure Essex and Berkshire, and large Yorkshires, 

 have not met as much success as at breeding stock shows. 

 The most successful animals at Smithfield have been cross- 

 bred. The prize- winning white pigs, under whatever 

 name, have all had a large dash of Cumberland- York- 

 Leicester ; the black pigs, of Neapolitan-Essex. 



" Among the most successful exhibitors at the Smithfield 

 Club Shows, has been H.R.H., the Prince Consort, with 

 what has lately been called the Windsor breed. 



" This is a white pig, the result, apparently, of many 

 crosses, the prevailing blood being small York-Cumber- 

 land. Thus, H.R.H. won, according to printed prize-list, 

 in 



1846, with Bedfordshires. 



1847, " Bedfordshire and Yorks. 



1848, " Suffolks. 



1849, " Suffolks. 



1850, " Yorkshires. 



1851, Bedfordshire and Suffolks. 



1852, " Suffolks. 



(These were, all but one, second prizes.) 



1853, " Suffolks. 



(First prize and gold medal for best pen of pigs in 

 any class.) 



1854, " Windsors. 



" And since that time only the breed has been called 

 Windsors. His Royal Highness took a first prize in small 

 boars at Warwick with his Windsor breed, and a com- 

 mendation for a Berkshire sow. 



" It is a tribe greatly in demand among gentlemen pig- 

 breeders, and crosses admirably with strong county sows. 



" The COLESHILL is a white pig, closely connected with 



