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or whether cross-breeding was resorted to. The Tamworth is 
one of the oldest of English breeds, but it was net given a 
separate class at the Roval Show until 1ssh. 
Distribulion—Tamworths were drought to the United 
States nearly thirty years ago, but they have not made rapid 
progress. Possibly the long snout tends to prejudice the 
Fie, 27.—Tamworth boar. An English Royal winner. 
farmer against them, but the fact that the production of bacon 
hogs receives scant encouragement in the United States is an 
important factor in deterring the progress of the breed. Tepre- 
sentatives of the breed are to he found in a number of states, 
notably in Mlinois, Kentucky, Iowa, Kansas, Texas, Wisconsin, 
and Qhio. 
Tamworths have made much more progress in (‘anada 
