. Judging farm animals . Livestock. NOTES ON THE BACON TYPE 549 the Middle White. In the United States there is a tendency to show hogs of this type as Large Yorkshires, as they meet with more favor from our swine raisers. In Great Britain, a Large Yorkshire (Large White) may farrow a litter, some of the pigs of which may be Middle Whites, and will be so recorded on the records of the National Pig Breeders' Association of Great Britain. There is a still smaller type known as the Small Yorkshire (Small White) that, at one time, was very common in England. This was a very Fig. 298.—Large
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. NOTES ON THE BACON TYPE 549 the Middle White. In the United States there is a tendency to show hogs of this type as Large Yorkshires, as they meet with more favor from our swine raisers. In Great Britain, a Large Yorkshire (Large White) may farrow a litter, some of the pigs of which may be Middle Whites, and will be so recorded on the records of the National Pig Breeders' Association of Great Britain. There is a still smaller type known as the Small Yorkshire (Small White) that, at one time, was very common in England. This was a very Fig. 298.—Large Yorkshire boar, bred and owned in England by Mr. Sanders Spencer. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) wide-bodied, extremely dished-faced pig, the breeding of which has been about discontinued. Recently the Royal Agricultural Society of England abolished a place in its premium list for the Small White breed, which is equivalent to condemning it for further breed 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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