690 SWINE 



He also testifies to the large weight of the breed and mentions 

 one referred to by Young weighing over 11 30 pounds, and to 

 another still larger. Laurence, in 1790, agrees with CuUey 

 excepting in bone, which he states was large, while he also adds 

 that the muzzle turned up. 



The first improvement of the native Berkshire pig was due to 

 the use of Siamese or Chinese and Neapolitan blood. The 

 habitat and some of the more characteristic features of these 

 so-called breeds are described as follows by Low 1 and Youatt.^ 



Fig. 324. Masterpiece 77000, second-prize Berlcsiiire boar at the Louisiana 



Purchase Exposition, 1904. Sold by A. J. Lovejoy & Son, Roscoe, Illinois, to 



W. S. Corsa of Ilhnois for $2500. One of the greatest Berkshire sires. From 



photograph, by courtesy of Professor William Dietrich 



The Siamese. Native to southeastern Asia, especially Sia'm, 

 Cochin China, Cambodia, Malacca, and Burma, where hogs have 

 long been domesticated. The name "' Siamese breed," therefore, 

 applies to extensive territory, including much more than Siam. 

 Low states that the individuals are of small size, with cylindrical 

 body, back somewhat hollow, and belly trailing near the ground 

 in consequence of the shortness of limbs. The bristles are soft, 

 approaching hair in character. The color is usually black, and 

 the skin a rich copper tint. The ears are short, small, and some- 

 what erect. The Siamese pigs are less hardy and prolific than 



1 David Low, Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands. London, 1842. 

 " William Youatt, The Pig. Philadelphia, 1S47. 



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