THE CHESTER WHITE 499 



This nicked well with his stock, and he produced superior feeders 

 and handsome pigs, with which he attained show-ring success. 

 At the second state fair held in Ohio Isaac Todd with this stock 

 vanquished all competitors in the show ring. In 1865 Todd first 

 introduced Chester White blood in his herd with satisfactory 

 results. At this period his son, Seth H. Todd, took up the work. 

 More Chester White blood was used, and in 1867 the son bought 

 a pair of pure-bred Chester White pigs of George B. Hickman. 

 These were used in the herd and the boar proved a most success- 

 ful sire. From this period on, for about forty years, Mr. S. H. 



Fig. 231. Purdue Beeler 4755, a Chester White boar owned for some time 

 by Purdue University, and an excellent show boar and sire. Photograph 

 by the author 



Todd bred and improved the Chester White and played a leading 

 part in its development. The claim has been made that Poland- 

 China blood has been used in the improvement of this breed, but 

 this Mr. Todd says "is entirely false" in its application to his 

 own breeding. He rather attributes it to a reversion to the black 

 color found in the Thin Rind or Bedford hog. Besides S. H. 

 Todd, Thomas Wood of Chester County, Pennsylvania, has been 

 an important improver of the breed. 



The origin of the Ohio Improved Chester White is credited to 

 Mr. L. B. Silver. This person lived at Salem, Ohio, and became 

 interested in improved breeds. In 1865 he made a trip through 



