20 BIGGLE SWINE BOOK. 



The breed is a valuable one, and is popular in certain 

 parts of the country. There is a Cheshire register. 



VICTORIAS. This white breed was originated in 

 Indiana, within recent years, by George F. Davis. 

 The ancestry is said to be Poland China, Chester 

 White, Berkshire and Suffolk. The Victoria is a 

 larger hog than the Small Yorkshire, and more on the 



AGED MIDDLE WHITE YORKSHIRE SOW. 



style of the Berkshire, but white in color and of quieter 

 disposition. It is said to fatten more readily than the 

 Berkshire. There is a herd register of Victorias, two 

 volumes of which have been issued (1898). 



The name Victoria was formerly applied in Eng- 

 land to a cross between the Small Yorkshire and the 

 Cumberland Small, but that stock now goes under the 

 name of Small Yorkshire, and the name Victoria in 

 America refers to the Indiana breed above described. 



ESSEX. This is a small wholly black breed of 

 English origin, having been developed in Essexshire. 

 It has nearly or quite passed out of existence in its 



