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BREEDS OF SWINE 



will be found to vary more or less in type, and some importers 

 select the larger, stronger-boned animals and import them under 

 the name of Large English Berkshires. As a matter of fact, 

 some of them may be litter mates of animals of the fine-boned 

 type. 



Utility. The Berkshire is better suited for supplying the 

 market demand for fat hogs than it is for producing bacon 



FIG. 16. A Berkshire sow of nearly bacon type. 



hogs. Where backs, shoulders, and hams are the main re- 

 quirements, the Berkshire fits in exceptionally well, but for 

 the export bacon trade in " Wiltshire sides " it has scarcely 

 enough length of side and has too heavy a neck and shoulder. 

 When crossed with the Large Yorkshire or Tamworth, an 

 excellent farmer's hog is the result, though perhaps it is a 

 little nearer the bacon type than the fat type. Berkshires 



