THE DUROC-JERSEY BREED 



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Distnhution. — The most iinpdrtaiit centros f<ir Duroc- 

 Jerseys are Iowa, Illinois, Xeliraska. Kansas, ]Missiiui'i, 

 Indiana, Oliio, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, Kentucky, 

 Tennessee, Michigan, and "Wisconsin, l)nt the hrecd is also 

 quite largely represented in many other states. It has also 

 been introduced into Canada, but is not largely represented. 



Fig. 23. — Two-year-old Duroc-.Tersey sow, an Illinois Stat« Fair Champion. 



Types. — ronsidei'abk' variation is found in tlie type of 

 Duroc- Jerseys, as is also the case with other breeds. It is 

 claimed by some, that breeders have gone too far in their 

 efforts to jn'oduce a finedioiicd, smuotli animal, in that they 

 have sacrificed too much of size and fecundity in doing so. 

 Be this as it may, breeders are to be found who are prodiicing- 

 hogs of more Iwne and greater size, and their hogs arc attract- 



