CHAPTER LXXI 



THE VICTORIA 



The origin of the Victoria breed of pigs is accredited to two 

 sources, which are as follows : 



i. The Davis Victoria pig. George F. Davis of Dyer, Lake 

 County, Indiana, combined the blood of the Poland-China, Berk- 

 shire, Chester White, and Suffolk, crossing these and then prac- 

 ticing careful selection to secure a definite type. This work 



Fig. 239. A Victoria sow, first in class at the Ohio State Fair, 1905. Bred 

 and exhibited by George Ineichen of Indiana. Photograph by the author 



began about 1870. The descendants of this breeding represent 

 the present-day Victorias in this country. 



2. The Curtis Victoria pig originated with Colonel F. D. Curtis 

 of Kirby Homestead, Saratoga County, New York, about 1850. 

 The native hog containing a strain of the Irish Grazier and the 

 Byfield breed were first used, and their descendants were crossed 

 on the Yorkshire. What was termed Suffolk blood was also used, 

 but this was probably the Yorkshire or a close relative. Careful 



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