40 The Large While VorksJiire Piy. 



sale at Lincoln, where he has reaped as much success as 

 any one, there are many prize winners that boast the Scanipton 

 blood directly or indirectly. 



A great deal o±" misapprehension has existed as to the history 

 of the cattle, many thinking that they are but a nondescript 

 breed, sprung up anyhow, whereas they are pure Shorthorns 

 which have been inbred to one type and colour, and which 

 have not been registered until recent years. Their merits are 

 well worth making known, and their ability to grow on and 

 improve under adverse conditions that would be unfavourable 

 to most breeds, should certainly appeal to breeders abroad 

 living in a trying climate : those at home desiring a genuine 

 dual-purpose cattle need wish for nothing better than a typical 

 Lincoln Red. 



The accompanying illustrations show a cow from a well 

 known dairy herd, and a famous bull. A heifer of a slightly 

 different type, and another grand bull were figured in the 

 Journal of the Society for 1913 (Vol. 74). 



Geo. E. Collins. 



ir, Bradford Road, 

 Lewes. 



THE LARGE WHITE YORKSHIRE PIG. 



The pristine wild boar is probably the direct ancestor of all 

 our modern types of pigs. In slow process of time new habits 

 have been developed, fresh points of value have been secured, 

 and several absolutely distinct breeds have been created true 

 to their several types. As an instance of the alterations of 

 habits we note that whereas the wild boar buries his snout 

 deep, rooting up the earth before him, the modern breed turns 

 up the soil right and left of him. Moreover the wild hog 

 places his hind feet into the slots made by his fore feet, which 

 is not the case of the pig of to-day. 



It is a question of speculation and controversy as to whom 

 should be attributed the credit of the advance on the road to 

 perfection of the Laige White Yorkshire pig, but at any rate we 

 may be fairly certain that Yorkshire was the stronghold of the 

 old English hog, which is the stem of all the large and many of 

 the smaller white breeds. Of the large breeds the Large White 

 Yorkshire is the most important breed to-<lay. 



The old English hog, which was generally a yellowish white, 

 sometimes spotted with black, was very slow in maturing, but 

 sometimes specimens fattened to a great weight. Generally 

 speaking, however, it was anything but what we should to-day 

 consider a profitable pig ; in fact, just the reverse, being coarse 

 boned, narrow in the back, long in limb and low shouldered — 



