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Lincoln Pigs at the Smithfield Show, 1908-11. 



* 1909-11 only. 



f 1908-11. 



THE LARGE WHITE ULSTER. 



This breed has existed in the north of Ireland in very much its 

 present form for some considerable time, although it was not a 

 registered breed till about 1908. When the Royal Ulster Agricul- 

 tural Society, after consultation with the Irish Department of 

 Agriculture, decided to establish a Herd Book, a scale of points 

 was drawn up, and arrangements made to determine by inspection 

 the eligibility of boars and sows for registration. This inspection 

 is made by competent judges at various centres throughout Ulster 

 at stated periods each year. Before the end of 1911 there were 

 428 boars and 793 sows entered in the Herd Book. 



In appearance the Large White Ulster closely resembles the 

 Large White Yorkshire, " except that its ears are long, thin, and 

 inclined well over the face, with a paucity of hair on the body 

 fine and silky in texture, thereby indicating a thin skin, so much 

 desired by the bacon curer." The thin skin is specially favoured in 

 the brine-cured, rolled bacon industry which is prevalent in the 

 north of Ireland. 



