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The leading states in hog production. Sixty per cent, 

 of all our pork is raised in ten states. In the order of their 

 importance in pork production these states are: Iowa, Illi- 

 nois, Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Texas, 

 Wisconsin, Georgia. The percentage that each of these 

 states supply of all hogs produced in the United States is 

 shown in the following chart : 



13.4% 



The number of swine in these states runs from about 

 two million in Georgia to nine million in Iowa. 



2. Breeds of Hogs 



Many of our important breeds of cattle and horses orig- 

 inated in Europe, but we have ourselves developed nearly 

 all our chief breeds of hogs. The breeds most favored in 

 the United States are Poland-China, Duroc-Jersey, Ches- 

 ter-White and Berkshire. The Berkshire, the only imported 

 breed, came from England. Other less well-known breeds 

 are the Yorkshire, Cheshire, Suffolk, Hampshire and Essex. 



Poland-China. Poland-China has long been a favorite 

 breed of hogs, especially in the corn states. They are black 

 in color, with irregular white markings on almost every 

 part of the body. The ears are drooping. The Poland- 

 Chinas make a rapid growth, and reach good size. They 

 are rather small of bone, and not so good foragers as some 



