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SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION 



traces back to Cheshire, England, in some way. The 



older types very much resemble the Yorkshire breed. 

 Owing to the free use of the Large Yorkshire breed, it 



very much resembles that breed in characteristics. It is 



smaller, however, and more 

 nearly resembles the Middle 

 Yorkshire breed. It has a 

 dished face, straight ears, and 

 a form between the lard and 

 bacon type. It is solid white 

 in color. They are only me- 

 dium in size, mature boars 

 weighing around 450 and ma- 

 ture sows around 350 to 400 

 pounds. 



-As a breed it is not widely 

 distributed in the South. There 

 are a few herds in the South- 

 east, where they have been 

 bred for many years. The 

 Cheshire Swine Breeders' As- 

 sociation (1884), Ed. S. Hill, 

 Secretary, with offices at Free- 

 ville, N. Y., looks after the 



registrations and the general interests of the breed. 



Blood lines of the Cheshire. 



The Berkshire. — This is one of the older English 

 breeds that originated in the counties of Berkshire and 

 Wiltshire, England. It resulted from the crossing of 

 Chmese, Siamese and Neapolitan swine on the native 

 English swine. The name, of course, comes from the 

 county in England where the breed largely originated. 

 The early types of the breed had large pendent ears, with 



