THE BERKSHIRE BREED 51 
have given a good account of themselves in the market classes 
of leading exhibitions where they have come into competition 
with other breeds, 
In early maturity Berkshires stand well, attaining good 
weights at an early age and fattening readily. (Fig. 17.) 
Fia. 17.—Berkshire sow. An Iowa State Fair champion. 
Some would place the Poland-China ahead of the Berkshire 
in point of early maturity, while others would place the Chester 
White or Duroc-Jersey at the head of the list; but it is prob- 
able that among the best representatives of the breeds men- 
tioned there is not any very marked difference in point of early 
maturity. 
