The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-06-20
THE GREAT o. |. C.'S.
ohio's Famous Hog Family Of Chester
White Type.

ohio's Famous Hog Family Of Chester
White Type.
Porkdom boasts no prouder family,
certainly none of more individual big
ness, than the o. I. C.'s. Its early his
who wants few prosaic facts as to
where the Ohio Improved Chester
White comes from, what the age and
makeup of the breed is, will find some
enlightenment in the following from SO
authoritative a source as L. U. B. Of
Ohio In the Breeders Gazette, Chi
cago:
Ohio Improved Chester White hogs
seem to be modern in name, but in fact
have the color and type of the white
hogs which have found their way into
many states and even into Canada.
The name seems to have been devised
by L. B. Silver of Ohio. He showed
a preference for the large type of Ches-
ter White hog that before Mr.. Silver
became interested In the sale of hogs
had evolved, as have all other breeds,
families which varied greatly In size
and quality. Prior to the advertis-
ing of the Silver type there had been
good work done by s. II. Todd and his
father before him. They called their
white hogs Todd's Improved Chester
Whites. They credited the origin of
their hogs to what s. II. Todd called
foundation blood" imported from
England in 1927, and said this breed
was called the Norfolk Thin Rlnd and
sow of the so called Grass breed, or,
more definitely. the Irish Grazier. The
brothers Kneeland and Isaac Todd
brought these two pigs to Ohio In 1880.
Joseph Haskins brought with him
from Massachusetts, to Todd's neigh
borhood a Byfield boar, large ind
coarse, and a SOW resembling the Irish
Grazier brought out by the Todds from
Connecticut These Todd and Haskin
hogs were crossed and recrossed until
/ 1S48, when a boar of the so called
large Grass breed was bought from
Joel Mead of Ohio. In 1862 Isaac Todd
purchased boar Of large size, short
legged, curly haired and quick feed
er, said to be Of French origin. The
Todds were successful feeders and
breeders. A record was established
and published for several years as
Todd's Improved Chester White Rec
ord.
William Penn 40 Hog Faneier.
The Todd hog was a great improve
ment on the old Chester White that
took its name from Chester county,
Pa, where the breed is said to have
originated from a pair of white pigs
brought from Bedford county, England,
by Captain Jeffries of West Chester
The boar is said to have been a prize
winner In England and made marked
Improvement on the old white hogs OF
Pennsylvania, said to have originated
from large coarse white hogs coming
over with William Penn and his fol
lowers. The early Chesters were yer,
large, heavy in front, tapering bacl
and invariably white and growthy and
coarse. They found their way in du,
time west Of the Ohio and are doubt
less the real foundation stock whenc,
have sprung the improved types.
Later Records.
The name Ohio Improved Cheste
White, so far as l remember hog his
tory In Ohio, came to the front afte
the record of the Todd's Improved wa
changed to American Chester Whit
Record, This was in 1894. Three year
later the Ohio Improved Chester Whit
association was formed. Its leading
spirit was L. P. Silver. =:
In the earlier history of Cheste
Whites, Plumb says 1t was the larges
D breed in the country. specimens weigh
ing over 1000 pounds. The tendenc
. of modern breeding, he says, has bee
. toward refinement and smaller size.