Vol. XLII. No. 1749. 
NEW YOKE, AUGUST 4, 1883. 
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[Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by the Rural New-Yorker in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.! 
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SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE. 
Among the many new breeds of domestic 
animals introduced into this country during 
the last twenty years, few have attracted more 
attention or excited greater interest than the 
Small Yorkshire breed of swine, types of which 
are shown in Fig. 407. Though not so widely 
known as some others, it must be borae in 
mind that its introduction to the American 
breeder dates buck only a decade, for swine 
of this sort were not imported in any consider¬ 
able numbers prior to 1874; and were not ex¬ 
hibited as a breed, in numbers sufficient to fill 
a “class,” pre¬ 
vious to the 
Autumn of 187(5, 
though a few 
specime n s had 
been shown by 
enter pr is ing 
breeders as 
early as 18?2. 
The first ex¬ 
tensive importa¬ 
tions were made 
by Col. Richard 
M. Hoe, the 
great printing- 
press inventor, 
of New York 
City, who 
spared neither 
trouble nor ex¬ 
pense to procure 
the choicest 
strains o f the 
breed to be 
found in Eng¬ 
land, and whose 
celebrated 
* • B r i g h tside ” 
herd, formed 
the foundation 
of most of the 
fine herds of 
this breed now 
scattered ove r 
the Eastern, 
Middle and 
Western States. 
Win. H. Cole, 
of Clinton, N. 
J., was also 
among the 
ea r 1 y import- | 
ers, and was a 
judicious and 
c o u s c i entious 
breeder, whose 
herd and i m - 
pulsations were 
second to those 
of Col, Hoe in 
numbers only. 
The tlrst ex- M 
hibitions of the 
Small York- 
shires, in num- 
b e r s filling a 
“ class” were at 
the Northern Oliio State Fair, the Indiana 
State, and St. Louis Fair in the Autumn of 
187(5. Wherever shown they excited great 
attention and admiration, on account of their 
symmetry of figure, uniformity of type, and 
quiet disposition; and, from the time of their 
first appearance at the great Western fairs, 
dates the commencement of their introduction 
in this country, In any general sense. At 
present choice specimens of this breed are to 
lie found in every State from Maine to Cali¬ 
fornia, and in most of the Eastern, Middle 
| and Western States extensive herds are to 
be met with, while at many of the leading 
agricultural fairs in the West the Small 
Yorkshires constitute one of the most interest¬ 
ing and attractive features of the porcine ex- 
I hibition. 
The breeders of Small Yorkshires have 
organized a breeders’ club, and keep a Pedi¬ 
gree Record, the first volume of which will be 
issued during the season of 1888-4. The asso¬ 
ciation is known as the American Small York¬ 
shire Club. Mr. August Belmout Jr., of New 
York, is President of the Club; Col. M. C, 
Weld, of New York, is Vice-President; F. K. 
Proctor, of Utica, New York, Vice-President 
for the State and Geo. W. Harris, Morrisania, 
N. Y., Sec’y and Treas. I make this statement 
in reference to the club because it is a factor 
any Small Yorkshire blood in their veins; 
hence some have been disappointed in what 
they erroneously supposed were Small York¬ 
shires. 
The distinguishing peculiarities of the breed 
(Fig. 407) as shown in the form, are as follows: 
They are very short in the snout; finely 
dished in the face;lengthy in body; deep in 
chest; straight and very broad on back, with 
high-sprung ribs; fine in bone and tail; very 
short in leg. with small, thin, erect ears; they 
have thick, square, deeply cut bams and shoul¬ 
ders; are very short iu the neck, with the fore 
ham extending well towards the head. They 
have small heads with heavy jowls; are low 
in the fork; very low cut in the flank and they 
have good top and bottom lines. 
Among the special characteristics of the breed 
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in the history of the Small Yorkshires iu this 
country. 
The purely bred Small Yorkshires have 
proved so satisfactory tliat I have never 
known a judicious breeder who has carefully 
tested them, who has not given them the pre¬ 
ference over all other breeds; but, as usually 
happens in the ease of anything both new and 
desirable, ignorance and cupidity have doue 
much to retard the introduction of these swine; 
for the unscrupulous have palmed off upon the 
uninitiated many unimals that had little if 
I may name purity of blood or fixedness of 
type, in cousequence of which they can be 
depended on to reproduce their like; aud hence 
the}’ show a uniformity in breeding found in 
no other breed. 
I would also call attention to another trait 
in which they have no equals—quietness of 
disposition. They can be kept in field or sty 
by a fence so low and slight as to lie no bar at 
all to animals of other breeds. The quality of 
the flesh also as an article of food is another 
. nt in which they excel. The excellence of 
tested in comparison with that of other breeds 
the contrast be mg about the same as that 
between the flesh of a coarse Shanghai and 
that of a pure-bred Game fowl. Their ability 
to turn food into flesh is truly wonderful and 
is readily proved by a comparison of their 
offal with that voided by animals of other 
breeds: the difference in the amount of undi“ 
gested food passed by them and other breeds 
being as considerable as it is surprising. 
Another point in which they excel is their 
ability to fatten at any age and their early 
maturity, in which they have no equals among 
other breeds. 
Small percentage of waste in dressing for 
| market is another quality in which they stand 
without a rival. Another respect iu which 
the Small York¬ 
shires excel and 
for which they 
are probably 
most remark¬ 
able is the very 
small amount of 
food on which 
they will sub¬ 
sist, thrive and 
fatten. Careful 
experiments 
show that what 
will keep one 
Chester - White 
or Jersey-Red 
in p as sab1e 
■“trotting trim,” 
will keep two or 
three Small 
Yorkshires s o 
fat that they 
will do 2 e away 
the time be¬ 
tween meals in 
unconscious 
quiet. A given 
amount of food 
consumed b y 
Small York¬ 
shires will pro¬ 
duce more pork 
than the same 
amount of food 
will produce 
when fed to any 
other breed. 
This fact is 
without doubt 
due to their re¬ 
markable power 
of assimilation. 
The Yorkshire 
breeds of swine 
are the most 
thoroug h b r e d 
hogs known.and 
according ly 
when crossed on 
other swine they 
impress their 
own character¬ 
istics in a re¬ 
markable way 
upon the pro¬ 
geny. Nearly 
all the popular 
breeds iu this country and England are indebt¬ 
ed for many of their valuable qualities to 
crosses with the Yorkshires. G. w. H. 
farm {Topics. 
FOOD AND MANURE. 
HENRY STEWART. 
There are two ways of lookiug at things. 
If one looks through smoked glasses every 
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