3 6 SWINE GEOKGB E. DAY. 



arm. Canadian breeders, on the whole, are a little more 

 liberal than American breeders with regard to markin^^s. 



Hints on Selection. As before noted, there is a consid- 

 erable variation in the type of Berkshires. In Canada, there 

 would seem to be good reason to select towards the bacon 

 type, reducing the jowl, neck, shoulder, and width of back, 

 and aiming to strengthen the bone and lengthen the side 

 without losing constitution and quality. Even where 

 the Berkshire is to be used for crossing with the Yorkshire 

 and Tamworth, it is all the better to possess good length, 

 and strong bone. American breeders are running to the 

 extreme, in many cases, with regard to fineness, and have 

 reduced the size and lessened the general utility of the breed. 

 It is much easier to produce quality in a small animal than 

 in a large one, and the highest skill is shown by the breeder 

 who can maintain both size and quality. Some Berkshire 

 breeders are attaining this end, and it would make for the 

 best interests of the breed if all its admirers appreciated the 

 importance of size. 



MIDDLE WHITE. 



The Middle White, or Medium Yorkshire, is almost 

 unknown in Canada and the United States. It is supposed 

 to have originated from a combination of the blood of the 

 Large and Small Whites. Many of the breeders of the 

 Large Whites in England also breed the Middle White, and 

 there is little doubt that many pigs brought to this side of 

 the Atlantic and called Large Yorkshires, possess more or 

 less of the blood of the Medium breed. If Middle White 

 blood has been recently introduced, boars of this breeding 

 are apt to be very unsatisfactory sires, and hence it is 

 important, in selecting a Large Yorkshire boar, to see that 

 he is true to the Large White type and shows no evidence of 

 Middle White characteristics. 



Characteristics. The Middle White is more of the 

 Berkshire type than of the Large White, having shorter 

 snout, heavier jowl, thicker neck and body, and finer bone 



