LARGE YORKSHIRE, OR LARGE WHITE 71 



Large Yorkshires were introduced into the United States 

 about 1840, and in 1841 A. B. Allen, of Ohio, imported a pair from 

 England. From time to time, for over fifty years, the breed has 

 been imported in small numbers, but no great amount of interest 

 was developed in the animals. In 1893 Wilcox and Ligett, of 

 Minnesota, imported some modern specimens of the breed, and this 

 herd is the foundation of most of the Large Yorkshires now to be 

 found in the United States. Canadian breeders have raised this 

 type for a number of years, and most of the high-class Large York- 

 shire herds on this side of the Atlantic are to be found in Ontario. 



Fig. 35. — "Delia of the Cedars" as a yearling champion sow of the breed at 

 1912 International. (Photo by W. H. Fisher, Columbus, Ohio.) 



The raising of bacon hogs for the English market is very popular 

 in Canada, and this, in large measure, accounts for the popularity 

 of the breed in that country. One of the leading breeders in the 

 United States is Mr. W. H. Fisher, of Columbus, Ohio. 



In the United States the Large Yorkshire does not meet with 

 favor for a number of reasons. In the first place, the hog is not of 

 a type that is popular here. In the Central West the farmers like 

 a hog that shows rapid development, broadness of back, and rapid 

 weight-producing qualities. These are not to be found in the 

 Large Yorkshire. This breed is slow in development, and does not 



