66 BREEDS OF SWINE 
County, Pennsylvania, hence the name. Large, white pigs were 
common in Chester County many years ago. They were taken 
there hy the earlicst settlers, but it is not clearly known where 
the original pigs came from. About the year 1818, Captain 
James Jeffries imported from England a pair of white pigs 
which are referred to by some as Bedfordshire pigs, and by 
Fia. 20.—Chester White boar, winner of many prizes at State tars. 
others as Cumberland pigs. Captain Jeffries used the boar on 
the white sows of the district with good results. It is stated 
that, at a later date, white Chinese pigs were brought. into 
Chester County and crossed on the stock of the distriet. Eventu- 
ally the different strains of blood were combined, and from this 
combination came the original Chester White breed. 
2. The Improved Chester White, or Todd’s Improved 
