454 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
sive hog to feed. Careful experiments go to show that 
such is not the case, and that, under most circumstances, 
it is capable of giving as good results for food consumed 
as any other breed. It is, perhaps, not so well adapted to 
grazing as some other breeds, and a hot sun is likely to 
blister the skin. It is probable, too, that an exclusive 
corn ration would not agree with it so well as with some 
other breeds that have been developed especially to con- 
sume corn. The Large Yorkshire has been developed in a 
country where a mixed ration is used, and where feeding 
in pens is largely practiced ; and under such conditions it 
gives an excellent account of the food it consumes. 
For quality of bacon, the Large Yorkshire is rivaled 
only by the Tamworth. The large proportion of lean to 
fat, the thick, fleshy belly and great length of side, render 
the breed peculiarly desirable from a bacon curer’s and a 
consumer’s standpoint. At the Provincial Winter Fair, 
held annually at Guelph, Canada, there is the largest 
exhibit of bacon carcasses of any show in existence, and the 
Yorkshires and Yorkshire grades always carry off the 
largest share of the prizes. 
Large Yorkshire sows are very prolific, and are splendid 
nurses. The boars are exceptionally prepotent and stamp 
their character and color on their progeny to a remarkable 
degree, no matter what they are crossed with. 
575. Distribution. — On the American continent, Large 
Yorkshires have made the greatest progress in Canada, 
owing to the fact that Canadians have been paying special 
attention to the production of bacon hogs. In the United 
States, their progress has been comparatively slow, and 
it is doubtful whether they will ever attain a high degree 
of popularity, especially in the corn-belt, where the fat 
type of hog seems better adapted to prevailing conditions. 
