CHAPTER LXXV 



THE BACON TYPE OF PIG 



The demand for the bacon type of pig comes mainly from the 

 export trade. Only in recent years has the American swine pro- 

 ducer had his attention actively called to this class. This has 

 been largely due to the demand of the British market for superior 

 bacon. Denmark, Ireland, and Canada furnish much of the bacon 

 consumed in England and Scotland. This bacon requires a liberal 



Fig. 244. Oak Lodge Royal Canadian, a Large Yorkshire boar owned by 

 the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. This boar is in breeding con- 

 dition only, and shows the desirable conformation of the bacon type of 

 pig. Photograph from Professor G. E. Day 



mixture of lean with fat, and suits the foreign trade much better 

 than the fatter type produced in the Mississippi Valley. In spite 

 of the British demand for this sort the American packers do not 

 pay a premium for it ; consequently the feeder prefers to produce 

 the more rapid-fattening, heavier-fleshed, earlier-maturing lard 

 type. In spite of this fact the production of bacon pigs seems 



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