THE BERKSHIRE BREED 



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have given a good account of tlieniselws in the market classes 

 o± leading exhibitions where they have come into competition 

 with other breeds. 



In early nmtmity Berkshires stand well, attaining good 

 weights at an early age and fattening readily. (Fig. 17.) 



Fig. 17. — Berkshire sow. An Iowa State Fair cliampion. 



Some would place the Poland-China ahead of the Berkshire 

 in point of early maturity, while others woiild place the Chester 

 ^^liite or Duroc-Jersey at the head of tlie list ; but it is prob- 

 able that among the best representatives of the breeds men- 

 tioned there is not any very marked difference in point of early 

 maturity. 



