THE BERKSHIRE 



703 



Royal Windsor 22889, Model Duke 17397, Columbia's Duke 

 3385s, Masterpiece 77000, Lord Premier's Successor 161500, 

 Superbus 136000, Grand Leader 2d 190377, and Epochal 232232. 

 Of the above Longfellow had far more influence on the breed 

 than any other sire. Masterpiece also was one of the most 

 famous of Berkshire sires. In recent years the breeding of 

 Epochal has received much attention and special advertising. 



High prices for 

 Berkshire pigs. In 

 1889 N. H. Gentry 

 sold the yearling boar 

 Model Duke 17397 at 

 private sale to Andrew 

 Smith of California for 

 ^750. Mr.Gentrypaid 

 ^700 for Lord Liver- 

 pool 221 in England. 

 In the seventies Robin 

 Hood 801 was sold by 

 T. S. Cooper of Penn- 

 sylvania for ^1400. In 

 1903 Mr. Gentry sold 

 Lord Premier 50001 

 to G. C. Council for 

 $1500. This boar died 

 in 1905, after which 

 Mr. Council bought 



Premier Longfellow 68600 of Mr. Gentry for ;^2000. The grand- 

 champion sow of the breed at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 

 Duchess 279th 75009, was sold for ^2000 to Still & Laughlin 

 of Missouri. In 1905 A. J. Lovejoy of Illinois sold Masterpiece 

 77000 to W. S. Corsa of the same state for ^2500. In 1906 

 James Qurollo of Missouri sold to F. W. Morgan of Wisconsin the 

 boar Lord Bacon 87415 for ^3000. In 1906, at a public sale of 

 G. C. Council of Illinois, Lord Premier's Rival 92805 sold for 

 ^3200 to I. L. Weirick of the same state. Star Value 1 17336 

 sold by E. J. Barker of Indiana at private sale to Townshend 

 Farms of Ohio for ^4000. Star Masterpiece 102000 sold at 



Fig. 331. Baron Duke 5th, champion Berkshire 

 barrow at the 1916 International Live-Stock Expo- 

 sition, and grand champion over all breeds, grades 

 and crossbreds. Bred and exhibited by Sheffield 

 Farm, Glendale, Ohio. From photograph by Hilde- 

 brand, by courtesy of Sheffield Farm 



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