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At this time Yorkshire was credited with being in the first rank 

 as a pig-breeding county, having the largest white breed in England 

 and the largest hogs in the world. 



The early improvers of the Large Yorkshire may perhaps date 

 from Mr. Tuley, as has been indicated. From a sow Matchless and 

 a boar Sampson of his breeding came some of his best stock. 

 Mr. W. B. Wainman of Carhead, Yorkshire, used hogs of Tuley 

 blood and added to the merits of the breed, for he produced stock 



Fig. 360. Roger (7203), first-prize and champion Large Yorkshire boar and winner 



of the Berkshire Society gold medal at the Royal Agricultural Society of England 



Show, 1904. Owned by the Earl of EUesmere. From photograph, by courtesy of 



WilUam Cooper & Nephews, Berkhampstead, England 



of much quality and sent them to various parts of the world. In 

 his herd selected pigs by careful feeding would attain a weight of 

 about five hundred pounds in twelve months. Besides Tuley and 

 Wainman numerous others have long bred and improved this 

 breed, notably Sanders Spencer of St. Ives, Huntingdon County, 

 who for a half century was a most distinguished breeder. 



The introduction of the Large Yorkshire to the United States 

 occurred prior to 1840, and in 1841 a pair was imported by 

 A. B. Allen and brought to Ohio. Undoubtedly specimens of 

 this breed have been brought to America from time to time for 

 over a century. In 1893 Wilcox and Liggett of Minnesota im- 

 ported some of the more modern type, and from this and Canadian 



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