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with headquarters at New York City, N. Y., the other with offices 

 in St. Paul, Minn. The Minnesota association also records the 

 Large Yorkshire breed. 



General Characteristics. — The Small Yorkshire is a very dandi- 

 fied-looking animal, short and thick set, white in color, and reach- 

 ing an early maturity. The head is short, and has a very marked 

 dishing of the face, in fact, so much so that the nose points almost 

 upward in well-marked specimens of the breed. The under jaw 

 also shows a well-marked upward curvature. The shoulders and 

 hams are well rounded and deeply laid with flesh. The back is 

 short, broad, and deeply laid with fat. The legs are of medium 

 length and fine bone. 



Quick Fattener. — This breed develops very rapidly, and is a 

 quick fat producer. In England, its native home, the hog is not 

 a popular one with butchers, on account of the fact that it contains 

 too large an amount of fat in proportion to the lean meat. This 

 gives a very undesirable bacon, and it is the bacon type of hog that 

 enjoys popularity in England as well as other parts of Europe. 



Good Breeder. — The Small Yorkshire has been used with a great 

 deal of success for cross-breeding with larger and coarser breeds, to 

 which they have imparted fineness and increased rapidity of matur- 

 ity. The animal is a fair breeder, producing average size litters 

 and being good mothers. 



For grazing the Small Yorkshire is not extra well suited, owing 

 to their shortness of limb and compactness of form. They are 

 more suited to the needs of the market gardener and city farmer. 

 They do well under crowded conditions, and quickly convert waste 

 and garbage into money. 



The closest resemblance to the Small Yorkshire is to be seen in 



the Suffolk breed. They closely resemble each other, the Small 



Yorkshire being the smaller of the two and having a more dished 



face. 



LARGE YORKSHIRE, OR LARGE WHITE 



History. — The improved Large Yorkshire of the present day 

 is a descendant of the Old Yorkshire, one of the oldest of the 

 English breeds. This old breed has existed in England from the 

 earliest periods, and was described as a very coarse, rough, white 

 animal, with coarse hair and possessed of great activity, very pro- 



