YORKSHIRE HOG 



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The Cheshire. — The Cheshire is a lard hog of medium 

 size. The color is white, the face slightly dished, the ears 

 small and erect, and the shoulders and hams are usually 

 well developed. The quahty of meat is quite as good as 

 that from any of the breeds of lard hogs. This breed 

 originated in the northern part of New York and is simply 

 a development of the Yorkshire hogs that were early in- 

 troduced into that state. 



THE LARGE YORKSHIRE 



History. — The Large Yorkshire, or the Large White 

 as it is sometimes called in its native country, England, 

 is the most popular hog of Great Britain. It possesses 

 the finest bacon qualities and stands first among the 

 bacon breeds of swine. The superb bacon of Ireland and 

 Denmark comes from these hogs. They are found in large 

 numbers in Canada, to which country they have been im- 

 ported to improve the bacon qualities of the Canadian 

 hogs In the United States, they are not so numerous as 



Fig. 62. — Yorkshire boar. 



