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Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Indiana. There are also a number 

 of herds in Canada. 



General Characteristics. — The Suffolk is very much of the same 

 general appearance as the small Yorkshire, but somewhat larger. 

 The Suffolk has a relatively small, short head, with a well-dished 

 face; small, very short snout; firm, well-filled jowl; short, erect ears 

 and a very short thick neck, which gives the animal an appearance 

 very much as if the head was set directly upon the shoulders. 

 The shoulders are heavy and prominent, the chest wide and deep, 

 and the back broad and inclined to be of good length. The hams 

 are well rounded, wide, and full. The legs are very short, and in 

 the sow are just about long enough to keep the belly off the 

 ground. They set wide apart and are fine boned. The tail is 

 thin, long, and tends to taper quite markedly. 



The skin is thin and of a pinkish color. The hair is thick, fine, 

 and silky in appearance and of a yellowish-white color. 



Easy Keepers. — This breed is an easy keeper, and is especially 

 desirable as a hog to be kept where quarters are rather crowded, 

 as in city feed lots. The hog is always in good condition, matures 

 rapidly, and shows the most profitable returns when marketed 

 at about the age of six months, under rather than over. They 

 are poor grazers, owing to the shortness of limb and the heavi- 

 ness of body. As breeders also they are not prolific, and the 

 mothers do not make overly good nurses. This breed has been 

 used to some extent for crossing with other heavier and coarser 

 breeds where it is desired to improve the type and produce more 

 rapidly maturing quahties. 



The nearest breed in comparison to the Suffolk is the Small 

 Yorkshire, which they so closely resemble as almost to be regarded 

 in many quarters as one and the same. 



THE VICTORIA 



The origin of what is now generally regarded as the Victoria 

 breed of swine is accredited to Mr. George Davis, of Lake County, 

 Indiana. The history traces back in the Indiana breed to a sow 

 known under the name of "Queen Victoria," from which the breed 

 takes its name of Victorias. Mr. Davis established this definite 

 type of swine by crossing of Poland-China, Berkshire, Chester- 



