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auction by W. S. Corsa for ^5500 to Kinloch Farm of Missouri. 

 Rival's Lord Premier 11 3100 when six years old sold for $4050. 

 Epochal's Emancipator 250000 is reported by the Gossard Estate 

 to have been sold by them in 191 8 to Tom Stanton for $10,000. 

 Many Berkshires have changed hands at from $500 to $1000 

 per head. Seventeen daughters of Lord Premier are credited 

 with having brought a total of $10,560, or an average of 

 $621 each. 



The distribution of the Berkshire pig is very widespread. It is 

 found in various parts of England, although more generally in the 

 south section. It is also found to some extent in Scotland, Wales, 

 and Ireland. On the continent of Europe the breed is not so 

 common, although it has been more or less exported to various 

 European countries. In the British provinces of Canada and 

 Australasia the Berkshire is common. Between 1905 and 1916 

 there were issued 2272 export certificates by the British Berkshire 

 Society, 1000 being for Argentina, 148 for the United States, 

 129 for Russia, 200 for South Africa, 163 for Brazil, and 94 for 

 Germany. In the United States no breed is more widely dis- 

 tributed than this, and it is generally found all over the Union, 

 although it is perhaps most common in New York, Peiinsylvania, 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, and'Wisconsin. 

 In recent years Berkshires have attracted considerable attention 

 on the Pacific coast, especially in California. In the South they 

 have a great lead over other breeds as a popular favorite. 



Organizations for the promotion of the Berkshire pig exist in 

 England and the United States. The American Berkshire Swine 

 Breeders' Association was organized in 1875 at Springfield, Illinois, 

 since which time to January, 1918, fifty-three herdbooks have been 

 published, including the registration of 235,000 pigs. The National 

 Berkshire Record Association was organized March i, 1893, at 

 Indianapolis, Indiana. This society up to 1905 had published 

 seven herdbooks, including the registration of about 9000 animals. 

 This organization is now defunct. The " British Berkshire Herd- 

 book," published by the British Berkshire Society, first appeared 

 in 1885, since which time, up to 1919, thirty-five volumes have 

 thus far appeared, registering about 21,000 animals. 



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