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    The Berkshire is a British breed of pig. It originated in the English county of Berkshire, for which it is named. It is normally black, with some white...
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    slave trade. Another suggestion is that the red color came from the Berkshire pig from Britain, a breed that is now black, but at that time was rusty...
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  • company Berkshire Publishing Group, a publisher of academic and educational books Berkshire (soil), soil type Berkshire pig, a breed of domestic pig from...
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    Pig breeds exhibited include: Berkshire (pig), Duroc (pig), Hampshire (pig), American Landrace, Large White pig, Tamworth pig Wessex Saddleback pig....
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  • Berkshire, Japanese: かごしま黒豚, is a Japanese breed of domestic pig found in Kagoshima prefecture in south-western Japan. It derives from the Berkshire breed...
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  • domestic pig native to Transylvania, in present day Romania. The breed was first created in 1872 from crosses between the Mangalitsa and Berkshire pig breeds...
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  • Black pig or Black Pig may refer to: Berkshire pig, a breed of pig native to England known as kurobuta ("black pig") in Japanese Black Iberian pig, a breed...
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  • This article contains a list of pigs in various categories of fiction, including pigs and warthogs. Madame Oink, an early guest star at Chuck E. Cheese's...
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    breeds of European origin including the Berkshire. It was bred as a lard pig, and is among the largest of all pig breeds.: 535 : 193  It is the oldest American...
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    Large Black (redirect from Large Black pig)
    Australia were in 1902 or 1903, with the Large Black being chosen over the Berkshire pig because of their ability to thrive in hot weather, their foraging abilities...
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    second pig in his house who was stolen from her owner and whom he intends to turn into bacon and ham. The second pig, a beautiful black Berkshire sow named...
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  • origins have been suggested for this breed. Up until the 1870s, the Berkshire pig had been the most popular breed in Ireland, but in the latter half of...
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  • while Queenie has won a whole Berkshire pig! The Lark Risers start fattening up the pig in preparation for a sumptuous pig feast, but Twister cannot resist...
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    Mangalica (also Mangalitsa or Mangalitza) is a Hungarian breed of domestic pig. It was developed in the mid-19th century by crossbreeding breeds from the...
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    Empress of Blandings (category Fictional pigs)
    Lord Emsworth, the Empress is an enormous black Berkshire sow, who wins many prizes in the "Fat Pigs" class at the local Shropshire Agricultural Show...
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  • The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (category Animated television series about pigs)
    Derek Jacobi - Jeremy Fisher Chris Lang - Pigling Bland Josie Lawrence - Pig-Wig Selina Cadell - Rebeccah Puddle-Duck Sheila Steafel - Flopsy (adult)...
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  • Chato Murciano (category Pig breeds)
    White and the Berkshire, the Chato Murciano was and still is currently bred for its lean meat and bacon. There were about fifty thousand pigs of this breed...
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    Moore's Brook and used the grounds as a farm to breed prizewinning Berkshire pigs. As of 1908, August Mencken, younger brother of H. L. Mencken, was doing...
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  • HouseBroken (category Animated television series about pigs)
    George Clooney's Berkshire Pig, a former actor and current status obsessed narcissist. He is named after George Clooney's real life pig who died in 2006...
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    The Large White is a British breed of domestic pig. It derives from the old Large Yorkshire breed from the county of Yorkshire, in northern England. The...
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    extinction. It is one of the older breeds of European pigs, though it may have had infusions of Berkshire or other bloodlines in the 19th century. Though it...
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    Krškopolje pig or Black-belted pig (Slovene: Krškopoljski prašič) is an autochthonous breed of pig, originating in Slovenia. This pig represents the only...
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    The Tamworth is a British breed of domestic pig. It is the only red-coloured British pig.: 700  Its origins are unknown, but it appears to have developed...
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  • Pork Kurobuta (Berkshire (pig)) agū [ja] or shimabuta, extinct but reconstructed heritage hog of Okinawa Inobuta [ja] – a domestic pig × wild boar crossbreed...
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    domestic pig from Belarus. It was originally crossbred in Minsk in the late 19th century from the breeding of Large White, Large Black, Berkshire, and Middle...
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  • in 1947 with crosses of Berkshire sows to boars of Danish Landrace and Chester White ancestry. The goal was to produce a pig that would be appropriate...
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    Thames, is a suburban village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. It sits on the banks of the River Thames, to the southeast of Maidenhead...
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    has become a noted herd of shorthorn cattle. His Southdown sheep and Berkshire pigs were also famous. In 1953 the Hall and gardens were sold to ICI, then...
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    walled kitchen garden; it has rare breeds including Hereford cattle and Berkshire pigs. Forge Mill Farm has a farm shop and a farm trail. Sandwell Valley Country...
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  • Emsworth's determination that his prize Berkshire pig, the Empress of Blandings, should win the silver medal in the fat pigs class at the Shrewsbury agricultural...
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