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pigs of the breed were imported to Canada. In 1839 Messrs. 

 Bagg and Wait, English farmers who had settled in Orange 

 County, New York, made a large importation, and this firm made 

 several other importations later on. In 184 1 A. B. Allen brought 

 over forty head after carefully examining British herds, and later 

 made other importations and did much to popularize the breed. 



Fig. 223. University Lee 72621, second-prize Berkshire boar in class over six 

 and under twelve months at the Ohio State Fair, 1902. Sire of the grand- 

 champion pen of barrows at the International Live Stock Exposition, 

 1905. Bred by J. M. Hodson of Ohio, and used in the herd of the Ohio 

 State University. Photograph by the author 



The Berkshire soon moved west. In 1835 a boar and sow were 

 brought to Butler County, Ohio, from Albany, New York, while 

 the Bagg and Wait importations soon found a market in Ken- 

 tucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and the South. 



Important families of Berkshire pigs are worthy of note. 

 Among these are the Duchess, of which Royal Duchess 900 by 

 Othello 259 is the founder; the Sallie, descended from Sallie I 

 by Duke of Gloucester I ; the Charmer, descended from Royal 

 Charmer 9082 by Exor 3891 ; the Lee, descended from Minnie 

 Lee 14606 by Exor 3891 ; the Nora, descended from Nora B. 

 14052 by Liverpool Bob 104 17. In these families will be found 

 the names of many of the most illustrious animals of the breed 

 that have lived in America. 



