. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE LARGE YORKSHIRE BREED 93 and too thick a skin, together witli a hick in quantity and quality of flesh. The best tyjDe of Large Yorkshire has suth- 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 hreeilers incline towards a rather shorter and thicker type than is popular with Canadian hreeders. (Fig. 2(1.) Utility.—Tlie Large Yorkshire is highly valnetl for hacon production, where a long side abounding in lean meat, and a.
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE LARGE YORKSHIRE BREED 93 and too thick a skin, together witli a hick in quantity and quality of flesh. The best tyjDe of Large Yorkshire has suth- 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 hreeilers incline towards a rather shorter and thicker type than is popular with Canadian hreeders. (Fig. 2(1.) Utility.—Tlie Large Yorkshire is highly valnetl for hacon production, where a long side abounding in lean meat, and a. Fig. 26.—Champion and reserve champion Larere Yorl<shire sows at the Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition. light shoulder and neck, arc especially desirable. For qmality 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 peciiliarly 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 grades always take a prominent place in the bacon carcass competition, and carrj- 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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