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Title: Southern pork production
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Ewing, Perry Van
Subjects: Pork industry and trade Swine
Publisher: New York, Orange Judd Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e Duroc-Jersey,an ideal pork animal is pro-duced. Their fecundity andbreeding capacity is high. Dr.A. W. Bitting found 400 littersto average 8.22 pigs each, which must be considered high.The boars are quite prepotent on account of the age ofthe breed, and they stamp their type strongly on un-improved and grade animals. As a breed they are widely distributed over the South,but they are not so numerous as the Duroc-Jersey. Theyhave sold in the past at rather fancy prices, but they do Tenth Ann. Rept. Ind Agr. Exp. Sta. (1897). fl) y 1 / s 1 / 1 // 5 / h. / y 1 fV 1 f ^ ^ ? Blood lines of the Berk-shire. BREEDS OF SWINE 67 not now range above the average. The interests of thebreed are largely looked after by the American BerkshireSwine Breeders Association (1875), F. S. Springer,Secretary, with headquarters at Springfield, Ohio. Thisassociation looks after registering the pure-bred animals. Hampshire or Thin Rind.—This is distinctly anAmerican breed that originated in Massachusetts and
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Hampshire gilt owned by J. P. Tilley, Jr., of Alabama. Kentucky, principally in the latter state. It is possiblethat some swine from Hampshire, England, figured inthe formation of the breed, but no authentic evidence isat hand to prove it. There is evidence, however, thatsome Chinese blood was used. In characteristics of bodythe animal possesses many things similar to the Berk-shire. The nose is rather long and the ears point straightahead. The conformation tends toward the bacon type,but the development of the hams is excellent. 68 SOUTHERN PORK PRODUCTION The color is black, with a white belting from 4 to 12inches wide that starts at the neck or fore shoulder andextends back to the heart-girth, generally taking in theforelegs. It is not a large breed; mature boars willaverage around 400 pounds, and the sows from 300 to 350pounds. As a breed, it seems fairly well adapted tosouthern conditions, and will probably meet with con-siderable favor, as it has already done in several sections

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