66 BREEDS OF SWINE 



County, Pennsylvania, hence tlie name. Largo, white pigs were 

 common in Chester C^onnty many years ago. They were taken 

 there hy the earliest settlers, Ijnt it is not clearly known where 

 the origiiial pigs came from. Abont the year 1818, Captain 

 James Jeffries imported from England a pair ef white pigs 

 which are referred to by some as Bedfordshire pigs, and by 



Fig. 20. — Che.stfr ^ hite boar, ^inoer of maDy prizes at State fairs. 







titers as ( 'nml)erland pigs. Captain Jeffries Tised the boar on 

 the white sews of the district with good results. It is stated 

 that, at a later date, white Cdiiuese pigs were brought into 

 Chester County and crossed on the stock of the district. Eventu- 

 ally the (lifl'erent strains of bloixl Avere combined, and from this 

 combination came the original Chester ^Miite breed. 



2. Tlic Improved Clicder White, or Todd's Improved 



