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they are commended on account of the extra amount of mess pork iu 
proportion to the amount of offal. The tails of the pigs frequently drop 
off when young. 
IMPROVED CHESHIRE. 
Recapitulation of Breeds. 
The principal English breeds are as they were known twenty years ago, 
the Berkshire, the Essex and the Yorkshire. The Berkshire is a medium 
breed weighing at full maturity up to 500 pounds. There are large and 
small Berkshire, but the medium family is the most valuable. They are 
now bred entirely black except a dash of white iu the faco and white feet. 
The Essex is all black, or rather a blue black, and will weigh up to 450 
pounds at maturity. They are one of the most stylish of the small 
English breeds, as they are the largest of the small breeds, and to our 
mind the best of the small breeds for the West— quite good feeders, hand- 
some and making good pork. 
The Yorkshires are divided into three classes, small Yorkshires, medium 
Yorkshires, and large Yorkshires. The so called Prince Albert Suffolks 
*re small Yorkshires, and the best of the small white breeds. All the 
Yorkshires have occasional dark spots on the skin. The hair, however, 
is white, and these dark spots are not indications of impurity of blood 
but rather the reverse. 
The American breeds, in the best repute, are first, the Poland-China, 
