THREE MINOR BREEDS 125 
White upon Large White, and animals produced in this way 
should seareely be regarded as a distinct breed. 
Distribution —The Middle White is unknown outside of 
England, its native country, and, if any have been brought 
to America, they were introduced under the name of Large 
Yorkshire. 
Fie, 39.—Middle White boar, an English Royal Show champion. 
Utility—The utility of the Middle White is necessarily 
limited. The practice of crossing, followed by many breeders, 
has told against the usefulness of the breed. Middle Whites 
which have been bred pure for a number of generations would 
no doubt prove quite satisfactory, but so many of them possess 
recent crosses of other blood that the breed as a whole lacks 
prepotency and trueness to type. The mixing of Middle White 
