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and their form is less extreme. In fact, in length and 

 width of body and fullness of hams and shoulders they are 

 intermediate as to type. The head is somewhat elongated, 

 the face straight and tapering, the ears erect but directed 

 forward. Color is the most striking feature of Hamp- 

 shire hogs, although it is not fixed by any means. That 

 desired is a white belt clearly defined on an otherwise 

 black body. The belt is sometimes missing, however, solid 



Fig. 144, — A Yorkshire sow. 



black colors occurring in litters where some of the pigs, hke 

 the parents, are belted. Quahty is usually conspicuous in 

 Hampshires, they being smooth and fine. 



303. The Yorkshire. — The Large Improved Yorkshire 

 is the only representative of this breed with which Ameri- 

 can hog growers are much concerned. This is one of the 

 oldest breeds of swine, and earliest references to it indicate 

 that it was then, as now, notable for size, boars and even 

 sows weighing 1000 pounds (Fig. 144). Yorkshire form 



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