THE BERKSHIRE 



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frequently occurs also on the jowl or on the front arm or at the 

 armpit, by the shoulder. This color need not occur in any exact 

 degree, and if a white spot occur on the body elsewhere, there is 

 no clause to disqualify in the " American Berkshire Herdbook." 

 The color markings of English show Berkshires were studied by 



Fig. 327. Princess Bernice 8th 112969, at one time owned by Sheffield Farm, 



Glendale, Ohio. This v/as a very fine sow, yet with irregular white markings, as 



may be seen. From photograph by the author 



Heber Humfrey some years ago at the Royal Show at Windsor. 

 Quoting from Mr. Humfrey's report : 



We examined every Berkshire in the show. Taking them at all ages, there 

 were 139 animals. We took the generally accepted standard of "four white 

 feet, white tip of tail, more or less white in face, and a little or not, as the 

 case may be, under the jowl, on the point of the elbow, or inside the ear," and 

 we found on looking through our notes that we had marked 1 1 9 down as 

 within the limits of this standard. Only half a dozen were described as having 

 serious defects in the marking ; the remaining 1 4 had only a single small spot, 

 generally on the shoulder or between the ears ; one or two were on the sides, 

 but several of them not large enough to attract notice if we had not been look- 

 ing for them. Out of the half dozen which we thought might be ruled out of 

 competition, only one had a second objection : this was a spot on the front 

 and another on the back of the ham ; the second had a large sandy and white 

 spot on the bottom of the shoulder ; a third had a black foot ; Nos. 4 and 5 

 had black tails, and the 6th a white ear. 



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