THE BERKSHIRE 699 



South. Walker, however, in discussing the adaptability of the 

 Berkshire to climate says : " As far as our own actual, experience 

 goes, Berkshires do not prove nearly so profitable in the north 

 of England and in Scotland as in the south, and this harmo- 

 nizes with our remark that they love warmth and a genial clime." 

 In spite of this opinion it is doubtless true that no breed of 

 swine is bred and fed under more varied climatic and other 

 conditions with the success that is attained with the Berkshire. 



Fig. 329. Double's Duchess 5th 252585, first-prize junior yearling and champion 

 Berkshire female at the igi8 International Live-Stock Exposition. Bred and 

 shown by Hood Farm, Lowell, Massachusetts. From photograph, by courtesy of 



the Berkshire World 



The quality of Berkshire pork, viewed from the standpoint of 

 the American market, is of the very best class. Fed in the same 

 manner as the Poland-China, Chester White, and Duroc-Jersey, 

 the Berkshire will show a class of meat with a larger percentage 

 of lean than any of them. In feeding experiments conducted by 

 the author at the Indiana Station, in a comparison of Berkshires 

 and Poland-Chinas bearing on the influence of food on carcass, 

 the larger percentage of lean to fat in the Berkshire was strik- 

 ingly shown. The meat of this breed has a fine grain and, when 

 not all corn fed, a desirable blending of fat and lean. In certain 

 localities where select sausages are made Berkshire pork has been 



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