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LARGE YORKSHIRE OR LARGE WHITE 543 



The introduction of the Large Yorkshire to the United States 



occurred prior to 1840, and in 1841 a pair was imported by 

 A. B. Allen and brought to Ohio. Undoubtedly specimens of 

 this breed have been brought to America from time to time for 

 over a century. In 1893 Wilcox and Liggett of Minnesota 

 imported some of the more modern type, and from this and 

 Canadian stock have come most of the present Large Yorkshire 

 stock in this country. The people of Canada have been breed- 

 ing Yorkshires for many years, and the most important herds in 

 America are in that country. 



The Large Yorkshire's popularity in the United States has not 

 grown in a substantial or even satisfactory way. Undoubtedly 

 it is a superior bacon producer, raises large litters, and is a meri- 

 torious animal. Its slow-fattening character, its usual lean and 

 leggy type, its inferiority as a feeder, and its white color furnish 



FIG. 252. Walton Jewel II, a Middle White sow, first-prize winner at the 

 Royal Agricultural Society of England Show, 1905. Exhibited by Sir 

 Gilbert Greenall, Bart. Photograph from Professor G. E. Day 



more or less of the objection of the western pork producer. If 

 the people of the United States really had a market for bacon 

 that would justify the feeding of this class of hogs, no doubt the 

 Yorkshire would be more extensively bred and fed. 



The distribution of the Large Yorkshire is very widespread. 

 Mr. Sanders Spencer has exported them to forty-six different 



