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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 



The Bacon Type. There are two different kinds, 

 or types of hogs. The people of Canada, and espe- 

 cially of England, like bacon with considerable lean 

 meat in it. This can only come from swine which 

 have well developed muscles. And so hog raisers 

 have brought forth a lengthy, muscular animal 

 called the bacon type, such as the Yorkshires and 

 Tamworths. It costs more to raise the bacon type. 



The Lard Type. In our great corn belt it has 

 been found that a fine type of fat hogs can be raised 

 chiefly on corn, which is cheap food. So farmers 

 have developed a fat hog type or lard variety. 

 This type has small bones, a short, round body, 

 and short legs. 



Berkshires. There are several breeds of fat hogs 

 that are popular, one of which is the Berkshire. 

 The Berkshire hog is a fine lard-type animal usu- 

 ally black with white marks on the face, feet, and 

 tail. Berkshires are found in every state but are 



Fig. 24. Berkshires on clover. 



