LARGE YORKSHIRE OR LARGE WHITE 541 



produce most desirable feeders but should also increase the size 

 of litters and thus improve the defective fecundity of many sows. 

 The Large Yorkshire as a bacon producer has special distinction. 

 The breeders of this pig emphasize the value of this character. 

 In Denmark, England, Ireland, and Canada, where bacon pro- 

 duction is an important industry, the Yorkshire and its crosses 

 is the most common blood used. The Messrs. Denny, an English 

 bacon firm, desired to introduce the best type of bacon hog to 

 use on the common stock of Ireland. After some experimental 

 work with the English breeds they sent Large Yorkshires as 



FIG. 250. A pure-bred Large Yorkshire barrow, about six months old, 

 one of the champion pen of the breed at the International Live 

 Stock Exposition, Chicago, 1905. Bred and exhibited by Ohio 

 State University. Photograph by the author 



the best, as they had the thickest bellies and the most streaky 

 meat. In Denmark the Large Yorkshire boar is extensively used, 

 in fact it is the standard for breeding to ordinary Danish sows. 

 The William Davies Packing Company of Canada also advocate the 

 use of Large Yorkshires and their crosses for bacon production. 



Large Yorkshires dress out just fair in slaughtering. In the 

 report of the block test at the Ontario Provincial Winter Fair in 

 1901 the average percentage of dressed weight of the Yorkshire 

 carcass was 78.4. The fatter pigs dress out somewhat heavier. 

 Mr. Spencer states that this breed will dress out 76 to 82 per 

 cent. Yorkshires fed in the corn belt, with Indian corn as the 

 main food, will no doubt kill out better than if fed barley, peas, 



