THE MODERN BREEDS OF ENGLISH PIGS. 59 



now perhaps the most popular breed in England, has been 

 derived. This breed is divided into three classes: the 

 Large, Medium, and Small 



THE LARGB YORKSHIRES. (FlgS. 13, 14 and 15.) 



We have shown what the old Lincolnshire and York- 

 shire pig was before any especial efforts had been made to 

 improve it. In 1854, Mr. A. Clarke, of Long Sutton, 

 Lincolnshire, the author of a valuable treatise on the 

 breeding and management of pigs in Morton's Cy- 

 clopedia of Agriculture, writes : <c In the adjoining county 

 of Yorkshire the breeders have outdone the Lincolnshire 

 breeders in point of size, but not in any other respect. 

 The specimens lately exhibited at our meetings, of the 

 large Yorkshire breed, by Messrs. Abbot, Taylor, Tuley, 

 and others, have attained a size too large for any useful 

 purpose, and would exceed in weight that of a moderately 

 grown Scotch ox. The present taste of the public is de- 

 cidedly set against such an overgrown sort ; at present, 

 however, they make large prices." We believe there is 

 now no breed known as the Lincolnshire. It has been 

 merged in the Yorkshire. 



Of the old, unimproved large Yorkshire, Sidney 

 says : " It was a long time coming to full size, and 

 could be fed up to 800 Ibs., but whether with any profit, 

 is doubtful. It was and is still very hardy, and a very 

 prolific breeder. Attempts have been made to improve it 

 by crossing with the Berkshire, Essex, Neapolitan, and 

 other black breeds, which produced a black and white 

 race. Those from the Berkshire are a hardy, useful sort, 

 but fatten slowly ; the other crosses have little or no hair, 

 are too delicate for the North, and are fast wearing out. 



** The first step taken in the right direction for improv- 

 ing the old Yorkshire seems to have been the introduction 

 of the White Leicesters. These were a large sort, with 



