THE HAMPSHIRE 753 



print, entitled " Portrait of a Norfolk Thin Rined Hog." This 

 shows a true belted hog, resembling the present-day Hampshire, 

 bred and fattened by William K. Townsend of Prospect Hill, near 

 New Haven, Connecticut, that was butchered in January, 1840, 

 and that at sixteen months old had a dead weight of 480 pounds. 

 The probability is that this Norfolk Thin Rind pig did not 

 represent a distinct breed of this sort in Norfolk, England, for 

 British authorities do not refer to any belted swine in that county ; 



Fig. 351. General Allen 1061, a noted Hampshire show boar and sire. Grand 



champion at eleven state fairs and expositions. Owned by J. Crouch & Son, 



Lafayette, Indiana. From photograph, by courtesy of the owners 



furthermore, they are hardly complimentary in their comments on 

 the pigs there. It is possible that the first belted pigs came to 

 America from Holland. Mr. F. R. Sanders in 1907 visited Holland 

 to study the belted cattle of that country, and on his return reported ' 

 that in North Holland for more than one hundred years noblemen 

 there had bred belted cattle, pigs, and poultry. 



Characteristics of the Hampshire. The head is straight of face, 

 of medium size, with a tendency to lightness of jowl. The ears 

 on young pigs stand rather erect, but with age they incline more 

 or less forward and outward. The back is usually of medium 

 width, though in recent years the breed has been developed to 

 increased width in this respect. Hampshires do not carry a 



1 Dutch Belted Cattle Herdbook, Vol. VIII. 

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