CHAPTER LXXIV 



THE SUFFOLK 



Two so-called breeds exist under this name, one in America, 

 the other in England. The American breed is white, the Eng- 

 lish black. At one time a type of small white pigs existed in 

 England under the name of Suffolk, but it finally became absorbed 

 with the Small Yorkshire, and to-day no such breed as a White 

 Suffolk is recognized abroad. 



The English Suffolk pig is black, and, as will be seen in the dis- 

 cussion of the Essex pig on page 521, this is known abroad as 

 the Small Black breed, although the names Essex or Suffolk are 

 appropriate and are used to a certain extent. 



The origin of the American Suffolk pig is no doubt of Small 

 Yorkshire ancestry in England. This breed is said to have been 

 imported to the United States in 1855 by John Wentworth of 

 Illinois. The breed has never had much development in America, 

 and so little impression has it made under the name of Suffolk 

 that, although an association was years ago organized in its behalf, 

 the American Suffolk is not recognized in the October, 1904, 

 list of accredited swine-record associations of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Characteristics of the American Suffolk pig. In 1872 the 

 National Swine Breeders' Convention at Indianapolis, Indiana, 

 approved of the following description of the breed, which is 

 republished here as more specific than the published standard of 

 the American Suffolk Swine Breeders' Association. 



Head small, very short ; cheeks prominent and full ; face dished ; snout 

 small and very short ; jowl fine ; ears short, small, thin, upright, soft, and 

 silky ; neck very short and thick, the head appearing almost as if set on 

 front of shoulders, no arching of crest ; chest wide and deep ; elbows stand- 

 ing out; brisket wide but not deep ; shoulders thick, rather upright, rounding 

 outward from top to elbow ; crops wide and full, long ribs, well arched out 



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