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most nervous in nature. As previously stated, they are not rapid 

 in maturing, but produce an excellent type of bacon, in which the 

 lean is very abundant and well intermixed with the fat. For this 

 reason they are popular with the foreign trade, but American 

 packers do not offer any premium for hogs of this type. They are 

 most proUfic breeders, producing large litters. The sows are good 

 milkers and the pigs quite hardy. 



On account of their breeding properties and their ability as 

 rangers the Tamworth boars make a good cross for grade sows of 



Fig. 27. — Tamworth sow, Oak Ridge, "Annie II," first at Virginia State 

 Fair, 1913. First and champion sow, Chicago International in yearling class, 

 1913. Property of Oak Ridge Farm, Oak Ridge, Va. C. H. Yates, Mgr. 



some of the more clumsy, less prolific breeds. American breeders, 

 however, have never fancied the narrow backs and long noses of 

 the Tamworth breed, and their distribution in this country is com- 

 paratively small. The principal states in which they are to be 

 found are Illinois, Michigan, and Iowa. A strong effort is being 

 made at the present time to increase the popularity of the breed 

 in the South. 



Record Associations. — Associations for the registration of the 

 Tamworth exist in England, Canada, and the United States. The 



