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History Of the Different Breed Of Hog
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white hog found in the counties Of
! Chester and Delaware, Penna., which
was supposed to have been brought
I there by the Quakers who came over
! with William Penn. The environment
of these counties was favorable to the
productions OF heavy swine, as feed was
abundant and the farmers progressive.
4 The leaders sought to improve the
stock of the country by selecting and
breeding together the best 1t appears
that they We're successful in producing
deep bodied. broad backed hogs OF ex.
cellent feeding capacity, for in the tif.
ties and sixties the Chester county hogs
became very popular with the west and
central west. N.
Imported Stock
! The origin Of this breed is somewhat
obscure but the foundation is attrbut-
ed by two of the oldest breeders tThos.
Wood Of Chester county, Penna., and
L. E. Silver, of Ohio to importations of
white pigs from England in 1918 by
Captain Jeffrey, of Chester county,
Penna. Mr.. Woods states that these
consisted of one pair and that from
these and their crosses on the native
stock the Chester County Whites orig
mated: and they were named from the
county.
Captain Jeffrey, who resided in West
Chester, Chester county. Penna.. in one
of his voyages to England had put in
his keeping a pair of Bedfordshire pigs,
ITO be delivered to q man then living in
Pennsylvania; but for some unknown
cause the boar never went out of the
hands of Mr.. Jeffrey. This boar proved
Ia wonderful acquisition in toning down,
refining and making profitable the large
coarse hog before mentioned.
Soon after this Harvey Atwood, Of
Delaware county, Penna., had intro.
duced the improved English China blood
and all of the China blood that is in the
veins of the Poland China hogs OF today
came from Delaware county, Penna.
This China hog was broad backed, deep
of carcass, back usually swayed a little.
legs short, jowl heavy, short head and
lop ear, large in front and tapering be-
hind. The color was white and black,
blue sandy spots in hair; he was an ex-
cellent feeder and matured at any age.
The value of this blood in forming the
Chester Whites and Poland Chinas can
hardly be estimated.
The Cumberland hog, or the hog that
Mr.. Jeffrey brought over from Bed
fordshire, England, was a large. broad
backed hog, with excellent hams, short
legs, neat head and lop ears. His color
was white with black and blue spots in
the skin and frequently black spots in
the hair he had great notoriety in Eng
land, taking many Of the best prizes
offered there at fairs in competition
with all other breeds. The combination
of the blood of the Cumberland hog, the
Improved China hog and the white hog
of Chester county, Penna.,, constituted
what was then known as the Chester
County White Hog of Pennsylvania and
the minglng of this Chester White hog
and the Todd hog constituted the I'm
proved Chester White hog.
The Todd Hog
The Todd hog was produced from DIFF
ferent crosses with other breeds of hogs
Foundation blood was imported from
England by VIM. X. Townsend, of East
Haven, Conn. in 1927. This breed of
hogs was called the Norfolk Thin Rind.
They originated in Norfolk. England.
They were of medium size, square in
form, good type, short legged. fine hair
ed. OF most excellent constitution; their
color was black, dotted with white, or
with white belt. r.
Kneeland Todd and his brother, Isaac
Todd, brought a boar of this breed, al-
so a sew, known in East. Haven, Conn.
as the Grass breed. which were cons
sidered there very valuable hogs. They.
We're of medium size and pure white.
Although bearing the name of Grass
Breed without question they were the
Irish eiGrazier. The Todd brothers
brought these two pigs with them to.
Ohio in 1880, commenced the work of