24 THE 'MEW PIG 



it was salt, strong, and often rancid. Now it is more 

 difficult to buy bad bacon or ill- cured hams than it was 

 formerly to buy them of good quality. The best is 

 found on the breakfast-tables of all classes, while the 

 Bradenham and Yorkshire hams figure on their merits 

 in city banquets. 





