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the Middle White. In the United States there is a tendency 

 to show hogs of this type as Large Yorkshires, as they meet 

 with more favor from our swine raisers. In Great Britain, 

 a Large Yorkshire (Large White) may farrow a litter, 

 some of the pigs of which may be Middle Whites, and will 

 be so recorded on the records of the National Pig Breeders' 

 Association of Great Britain. There is a still smaller type 

 known as the Small Yorkshire (Small White) that, at one 

 time, was very common in England. This was a very short. 



Fig. 298. — Large Yorkshire boar, bred and owned in England by Mr. 

 Sanders Spencer. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



wide-bodied, extremely dished-faced pig, the breeding of 

 which has been about discontinued. Recently the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England abolished a place in its 

 premium list for the Small White breed, which is equivalent 

 to condemning it for further breed consideration. 



