pig-meats suggests that a proportion of the demand might, with 

 advantage, be supplied by the home producer. Tha fall in the pig 

 population of Great Britain during the past year or two, combined 

 with the high prices which have lately prevailed, should certainly 

 prove a stimulus to the pig-keeper to secure some of this trade 

 and afterwards retain it in his own hands. 



It will be seen from the table which follows that the pig po- 

 pulation in 1909 was lower than either in 1907 or 1908. 



The number of pigs in 1908 was 200 ooo greater than in 1907 

 but also 440000 (over 18 per cent.) greater than in 1909. It seems 

 probable that breeding sows have been extensively marketed, for 

 the number is lower this year than at any time since 1893, when 

 it was 308722, compared with 316552 in 1909 and 369476 

 in 1908. " 



W. J. COLEBATCH. Lincolnshire Curly-Coated or Boston Pigs. 



- Jour, of the Dept. of Agric. of S. Australia, Vol. XIII, n. 7, 

 Febr. 1910. Adelaide, pp. -582-089, illustrated. 



For generations past there has existed in the county of Lincoln, 

 chiefly on the eastern side, a top-eared breed of large white, 

 curly-haired pigs known locally as the " bacon pigs of Lincoln- 

 shire. " 



In their own immediate locality they have been appreciated 

 and most carefully bred for a very long period, but it is only 

 during the last 4 years that they have spread and taken their place 

 among the Berks, Yorkshire and other great breeds. 



In March 1907 the Lincolnshire Curly-coated Pig-Breeders As- 

 sociation was incorporated. Its objects are the following: 



i) The encouragement of the breed at home and abroad, and 

 the maintenance of its purity. 



