THE SMALL YORKSHIRE 773 



The small Yorkshire as a grazing pig will do extremely well ; 

 at least, that is the experience in England. Professor Long states 

 that when a Small White pig is fit for exhibition it gets very little 

 but grass, and that he has repeatedly seen fat pigs of this breed 

 which in summer were entirely grass- fed. 



The fecundity of the Small Yorkshire is about medium, with a 

 tendency to small litters, such as might be expected from a breed 

 tending to excess of fat development. The nursing females pro- 

 duce but a moderate amount of milk. 



The popularity of the Small Yorkshire has decreased to such an 

 extent that it is but slightly bred to-day in England or America. 

 As a breed it was largely developed by fanciers, often for show. 

 Its excessive fat, however, caused it to become unpopular in the 

 British market, where a lean type of bacon is most in favor. 

 About 1913 the Royal Agricultural Society of England discon- 

 tinued recognition of this breed, and it was dropped from its prize 

 list. This is equivalent to the death sentence of a breed in Great 

 Britain. In the United States there are a few herds, but they are 

 almost unknown, unless brought out for live-stock shows. 



The distribution of the Small Yorkshire is mainly in England 

 and the United States, in small herds and in a limited degree, as 

 has been indicated. They are mainly located in the eastern United 

 States, notably in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, with 

 a few small herds in the Middle West and on the Pacific slope. 



The promotion of Small Yorkshire Swine in America was first 

 brought about by the organization in New York City, in 1878, of 

 The American Small Yorkshire Club. This club, which has long 

 been defunct, registered about fifteen hundred pigs in the first two 

 and only volumes of the herdbook issued. The American York- 

 shire Club, organized in 1893, with headquarters in Minnesota, 

 registers this breed in the "American Yorkshire Record," of 

 which five volumes have been published. In the herdbooks of 

 this club the Small Yorkshires are registered in a group by them- 

 selves, as Class A, the Large Yorkshires being in Class B. Only 

 a few hundred of the Small Yorkshires have been registered in 

 this club, these being mainly in the Western states. There is also 

 what is known as the United States Small Yorkshire Association, 

 with headquarters in Michigan. 



