. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE LARGE YORKSHIRE BREED 93 and too thick a skin, together with a lack in quantity and quality of flesh. The best type of Large Yorkshire has suffi- cient length to make a good Wiltshire side, and has constitution and quality to such a marked degree that it is unexcelled from a feeder's stand-point. Generally speaking, American breeders incline towards a rather shorter and thicker type than is popular with Canadian breeders. (Fig. 26.) Utility.—The Large Yorkshire is highly valued for bacon production, where a long side abounding in lean meat, and a. Fig.
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE LARGE YORKSHIRE BREED 93 and too thick a skin, together with a lack in quantity and quality of flesh. The best type of Large Yorkshire has suffi- cient length to make a good Wiltshire side, and has constitution and quality to such a marked degree that it is unexcelled from a feeder's stand-point. Generally speaking, American breeders incline towards a rather shorter and thicker type than is popular with Canadian breeders. (Fig. 26.) Utility.—The Large Yorkshire is highly valued for bacon production, where a long side abounding in lean meat, and a. Fig. 26.—Champion and reserve champion Large Yorkshire sows at the Louisiana Pur- chJse Exposition. light shoLdder and neck, are especially desirable. For quality of bacon, it is rivalled only by the Tamworth. The large proportion of lean to fat, the thick, fleshy belly, and great length of side render the breed peculiarly desirable from the bacon-curer's and the consumer's stand-point. At the Ontario Provincial Winter Fair, held annually at Guelph, Canada, Large Yorkshires and their grade's always take a prominent place in the bacon carcass competition, and carry off a large share of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott company
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