THE DUROC-JERSEY BREED 77 
Distribution—The most important centres for Duroe- 
Jerseys are Towa, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, 
Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, 
Tennessee, Michigan, and Wisconsin, but the breed is also 
quite largely represented in many other states. It has also 
been introduced into Canada, but is not largely represented. 
Fig. 23.—Two-year-old Duroc-Jersey sow, an Iinois State Fair Champion. 
Types.—Considerable variation is found in the type of 
Duroc-Jerseys, as is also the case with other breeds. It is 
claimed by some, that breeders have gone too far in their 
efforts to produce a fine-boned, smooth animal, in that they 
have sacrificed too much of size and fecundity in doing so. 
Be this as it may, breeders are to be found who are producing 
hogs of more bone and greater size, and their hogs are attract- 
