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smooth, thick-meated body, built close to the ground. It is solid 
red in color. 
It is an active, hardy hog, a good feeder and a good grazer. 
When well fed, it matures early, and if kept until full grown can 
be made very heavy. 
The Duroc-Jersey is a prolific breed. Records taken from 
hundreds of sows by the U. S. Department of Agriculture show 
an average of nine pigs to the litter. 
Mature sows can be handled in Colorado to have two litters 
a year, and the prolific character of the breed, together with its 
good feeding qualities, have made the Duroc-Jersey very popular. 
The carcass often shows more bone than either the Berkshire 
or the Poland-China, and the meat is often not so fine grained. 
THE POLAND-CHINA. 
Prize Winning Poland-China.* 
Duroc-Jerseys for breeding should have constitution and qual¬ 
ity. Coarseness of bone and hair, particularly of the hair along 
the back, should be avoided. Hogs of this breed are inclined to 
have weak pasterns, and breeding animals should be selected that 
are strong in this respect. 
The Poland-China is an almost perfect meat making machine. 
It is not excelled by any breed of any kind of live stock for con¬ 
verting feed into flesh. It has a voracious appetite, a good diges¬ 
tion, and is lazy—not using much of its energy in travel or ex¬ 
citement. It will stand heavy feeding and considerable neglect. 
♦Owned by H. C. Dawson & Sons, Endicott, Nebraska. 
