THREE MINOR BREEDS 125 



White upon Large A¥liite, and animals prodnced in tliis way 

 should scarcely bo regarded as a distinct breed. 



Dlstrihutloii. — Tlie Middle A^^iite is unknown outside of 

 England, its native country, and, if any have been bronght 

 to America, they were introduced under the name of Large 

 Yorkshire. 



Fio. 39. — Middle White boar, an English Royal Show cliampion. 



Utility. — The utility of the Middle White is necessarily 

 limited. The practice of crossing, followed by many breeders, 

 has told against the usefulness of the breed. Middle AVhites 

 which have been bred pure for a nunil)er of generations would 

 no doubt prove quite satisfactory, but so many of them possess 

 recent crosses of other blood that the breed as a whole lacks 

 prepotency and trueness to type. The mixing of Middle White 



