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where they bred and successfully increased. This stock met with 

 favor and was considerably distributed south, notably in Kentucky 

 and Virginia. These had erect ears and were of a red color. 



The Berkshire as a source of red swine early occupied a place 

 of prominence. Writings relating to swine prior to 1875 commonly 

 refer to the more or less red color of this breed. Undoubtedly 

 numerous red, or sandy-colored, Berkshires were imported to 

 America many years ago. In view of the generally accepted 



Fig. 332. Ohio Chief 8727 a, first-prize aged Duroc-Jersey boar at the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition, 1904. One of the great sires of the breed. Bred and ex- 

 hibited by S. E. Morton & Co., Camden, Ohio. From photograph, by courtesy 

 of Professor William Dietrich 



prevalence of sandy-haired Berkshires early in the last century, 

 and their considerable use in crossing on other breeds, it would 

 not seem unreasonable to believe that the Duroc-Jersey inherited 

 its color to some degree from the Berkshire. 



The Jersey Red breed of pigs was for many years a favorite 

 one in New Jersey and the East. They were very large and coarse, 

 weights of 500 to 600 pounds being common, with specimens ex- 

 ceeding 1000 pounds. In reporting on this breed to the National 

 Swine Breeders' Convention in 1872, Colonel F. D. Curtis stated 

 that D. M. Brown of Windsor, New Jersey, had known of them 

 back to nearly 1832. In neighborhoods they were bred very 



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