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The following year, 1834, Kneeland Todd brought tO 

 Ohio from Connecticut a Norfolk Thin Rind boar, which 

 was imported from England by William K. Townsend in 

 1833. Mr. Todd also brought a white sow of the native 

 grass breed from East Haven, Connecticut. These were 

 noted for their early-maturing and good feeding char- 

 acteristics and the excellent quality of their meat. These 

 two men, together with a twin brother of Mr. Todd's, 

 bred their respective herds with great care, and then 

 crossed the best of the two herds, which were then said 

 to be the best in the state. 



In 1848 a man by name of Joel Mead had some very 

 fine specimens of pigs, known as the large grass breed, at 

 the county fair at Norfolk, Ohio. Mr. Todd bought the 

 best boar pig from this herd to use upon his own herd. 

 The pigs of this mating were said to weigh 365 pounds at 

 nine months of age and were able to win from all other 

 hogs shown at that time. 



At a still later date, about 1862, a boar called Nor- 

 mandy, which probably was of French origin, was 

 brought into the herd. This boar was very characteristic 

 in type. In color he was pure white, very stylish in ap- 

 pearance, medium in quality, had a coat of fine curly hair, 

 a face that was rather sharp and a little long, a strong 

 neck that was short and thick, a most excellent back and 

 loin as well as hams, and short straight legs, standing 

 well up on his toes, and a light, fine tail. By using this 

 hog, as well as the boar of the grass breed already men- 

 tioned, on the original herds, the Todd strain of the Ches- 

 ter Whites was produced. 



In 1865 Mr. Todd also used a boar sired by a pure 

 Chester White of Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 

 one of his sows. In 1867 Mr. S. H. Todd, a son of the 



