740 SWINE 



Chester White pigs of George B. Hickman. These were used in 

 the herd, and the boar proved a most successful sire. From this 

 period on, for about forty years, S. H. Todd bred and improved 

 the Chester White and played a leading part in its development. 

 The claim has been made that Poland-China blood has been 

 used in the improvement of this breed, but this Mr. Todd says 

 "is entirely false" in its application to his own breeding. He 

 rather attributed it to a reversion to the black color found in 



Fig. 345. Big Buster 46015, grand-champion Chester White boar at the igi8 



National Swine Show. This boar at seventeen months of age weighed S20 pounds. 



From photograph, by courtesy of the Chester White Journal 



the Thin Rind or Bedford hog. Besides S. H. Todd, Thomas 

 Wood of Chester County, Pennsylvania, has been an important 

 improver of the breed. 



The Ohio Improved Chester White, commonly referred to as the 

 O. I. C, is a line of breeding especially promoted by L. B. Silver, 

 who began breeding at Salem, Ohio. In 1865 he made a trip 

 through the Eastern states to study the pure breeds of swine. 

 In an article written in 191 1 he states ^ that the parent stock 

 was selected with much care in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 

 " from time to time, from the best herds, and as many as possible, 

 in order to have a large number not akin." Mr. Silver desired to 



1 Breeders' Gazette, November i, 191 1. 

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