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will be found to vary more or less in type, and some importers 
select the larger, stronger-boned animals and import them under 
the name of Large English Berkshires. As a matter of fact, 
some of them may be litter mates of animals of the fine-boned 
type. 
Utility——The Berkshire is better suited for supplying the 
market demand for fat hogs than it is for producing bacon 
Fic. 16.—A Berkshire sow of nearly bacon type. 
hogs. Where backs, shoulders, and hams are the main re- 
quirements, the Berkshire fits in exceptionally well, but for 
the export bacon trade in ‘* Wiltshire sides” it has scarcely 
enough length of side and has too heavy a neck and shoulder. 
When crossed with the Large Yorkshire or Tamworth, an 
excellent farmer’s hog is the result, though perhaps it is a 
little nearer the bacon type than the fat type. Berkshires 
