BREEDS OF PIGS IN THE UNITED STATES. 



CHESTER COUNTY WHITE PIGS. (Figure 27.) 



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The most popular and extensively known breed of pigs 

 in the United States at this time is, unquestionably, the 

 Chester County breed, or, as they are generally called, the 

 "Chester Whites." The rearing and shipping of these 

 pigs has become a very large and profitable business. 

 One firm alone in Chester Co., Penn., informs us that, for 

 the last three or four years, they have shipped from 2,500 

 to 2,900 of these pigs each year, and many other breed- 

 ers have also distributed large numbers of them. 



There are several reasons why the Chester Whites are 



Fig. 27. CHESTER COUNTY WHITE. 



more popular than the English breeds. In the first place, 

 they are a large, rather coarse, hardy breed, of good con- 

 stitution, and well adapted to the system of management 

 ordinarily adopted by the majority of our farmers. They 

 are a capital sort of common swine, and it is certainly for- 

 tunate that they have been so extensively introduced into 

 nearly all sections of the country. Wherever Chester 

 Whites have been introduced, there will be found sows 

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