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BREEDS OF SWINE 



or wiiether cross-breeding was rosoi-ted to. The TaBiwortli is 

 one of the oldest of English breeds, but it was not given a 

 separate class at the Royal Show until 1885. 



Distribution. — Taniworths were brought to the United 

 States nearly thirty years ago, l;iut they have not made rapid 

 progress. Possibly the long snout tends to prejudice the 



Fig. 27. — Tamworth boar. An English Hoyal winner. 



farmer against them, but the fact that the production of bacon 

 hogs receives scant encouragement in the United States is an 

 imjiortant factor in deterring the progress of the breed. Repre- 

 sentatives of the breed are to be found in a number of states, 

 notably in Illinois, Kentucky, Towa, Kansas, Texas, Wisconsin, 

 and Ohio. 



Tamwortlis have made much more progress in Canada 



