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bred to meet two different market demands. We learned, 

 in the study of horses, cattle, and sheep, that unlike pur- 

 poses cannot best be served by one type of animal, but 

 call for animals of contrasting builds. Swine are no ex- 

 ception to this rule. The choice cuts of bacon require 

 one type of swine ; and a good growth of the lard- 

 bearing tissues requires another type. 



PIGS FEEDING ON ALFALFA. 



308. The bacon swine are long and narrow. They have 

 light loins and shoulders and produce a high proportion of 

 lean meat. Comparatively few bacon swine are raised in 

 the United States, for the reason that corn is not a profit- 

 able feed for them, and that the foreign trade in them has 

 never been developed to the extent that the trade in the 

 lard type has been. In the northern parts of the country, 

 however, where corn is still a doubtful crop, it is becoming 

 more and more common to raise a bacon type. 



The two leading breeds of bacon swine are the Large 

 Yorkshire (white hogs, with erect ears), and the Tarns- 



