464 THE BREEDS OF LIV E-STOCK 
blood, have been brought to America and passed as Large 
Whites. Generally speaking, they are smaller than the 
Large Whites, have a shorter side, shorter leg, finer bone 
and a heavier neck and jowl. They usually have a shorter 
snout than the Large White, and have more dish in snout 
and face. They belong to the fat type of hog. 
The Middle White originated from a cross between the 
Large White and the Small White breeds. Even at present, 
pigs may appear in Large White litters that are classed by 
their breeders as Middle Whites, so that it sometimes 
happens that Large Whites and Middle Whites may come 
from the same litter, especially in those herds in which 
Middle White blood is occasionally used to refine the Large 
White. Sometimes Middle Whites are produced by one 
cross of Small Whites on Large Whites, and animals pro- 
duced in this way should scarcely be regarded as a distinct 
breed. 
The Middle White is unknown outside of its native 
country, and if any have been brought to America, they 
were introduced under the name of Large Yorkshire. 
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 Whites 
which have been bred pure for a number of generations 
would no doubt prove 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 mix- 
ing of Middle White blood with that of Large White, as 
practiced by many English breeders, cannot be too 
strongly condemned. A so-called Large Yorkshire boar 
produced in this way may look more attractive to the in- 
experienced breeder of Large Yorkshires than a pure Large 
Yorkshire, but he makes a very unsatisfactory sire. 
