LARGE YORKSHIRE, OR LARGE WHITE 



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lific as a breeder, and quite hardy. In its early history the breed 

 was principally raised by factory hands and artisans living in and 

 around the cities of Leeds, Keighley, and Skipton. These men 

 crossed the coarse Yorkshire breed with the more refined white pigs 

 of Cumberland County, and with the white Liecesters and later 

 with the Small Yorkshires. 



Joseph Tuley, an artisan from Keighley, showed an excellent 

 animal of the improved Yorkshire type at the Royal Agricultural 

 Show in 1851. The animal was a prize winner, and attracted con- 

 siderable attention to the breed. From a boar, "Samson," and a 

 sow, "Matchless," Mr. Tuley developed much of his famous 



Fig. 33. — Champion Yorkshire sow, Minnesota State Fair, 1910. 



stock. A few years later a Mr. Wainman, of Carhead, Yorkshire, 

 began improving on the Tuley stock, and developed a herd of 

 exceptional quality, from which he made importations over the 

 entire world. Mr. Spencer, of St. Ives, later became a famous 

 breeder of the Large Yorkshire hog, and has done much to bring 

 it up to its present standard. 



General Characteristics. — The Large Yorkshire is a very mas- 

 sive animal, often scaling over 1000 pounds. Animals of this breed 

 are white in color and rather coarse in general appearance. The 

 head is of medium length, with a slight upward curve. The ears of 

 the best animals are erect or point slightly forward. They incline 



