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pounds, and the sows 400 pounds. Lord Premier 50001 at seven 

 years old weighed 890 pounds, King Lee 27500 at ten months 

 weighed 420 pounds, while the famous Longfellow 16835 ^-t i7 

 months weighed 726 pounds. 



The adaptability of the Berkshire to environment is of the first 

 class. The breed is found growing successfully and meeting 

 with favor in the colder, more northerly sections of America, 

 where the winters are severe, and in the warmer southwest and 



Fig. 224. A yearling Berkshire sow, a prize winner at the Toronto E.\posi- 

 tion, 1905. Owned by William Wilson, Brampton, Ontario. Photograph 

 from Professor G. E. Day 



more temperate regions. Walker, however, in discussing the 

 adaptability of the Berkshire to climate says : 



A.s far as our own actual experience goes, Berkshires do not prove nearly 

 so profitable in the north of England and in Scotland as in the south, and 

 this harmonizes with our remark that they love warmth and a genial clime. 



In spite of this opinion it is doubtless true that no breed of 

 swine is bred and fed under more varied conditions with the 

 success that is attained with the Berkshire. 



The early-maturing qualities of the Berkshire are very good. 

 There are those, however, including the author, who do not give 

 them first rank in this respect. Individual Berkshires may fatten 

 rapidly and mature early, but in a broad comparison of breed 



