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Relation of Breed to Market Requirements. In each 

 of the five Ontario experiments, the hogs were shipped to 

 the Wm. Davies Co., Limited, Toronto, where they were 

 carefully examined by experts, and judged as to suitability 

 for making Wiltshire sides. In addition to the five experi- 

 ments already noted, a sixth one was conducted with a 

 larger number of hogs of each breed, in which the object 

 was not to compare the breeds with regard to economy of 

 production, but in which the breeds were compared for 

 market purposes as they were in the other five experiments. 

 There were, therefore, six experiments, in which the six 

 breeds were compared as to suitability for making Wiltshire 

 sides. 



Breeds Arranged in Order of Suitability for the 

 !\Ianufacture of Wiltshire Sides. 



1st Experiment. 

 Yorkshire, 



Tamworth. 

 3. Berkshire. 



( Duroc Jersey, 

 4 \ Poland China, 



IChester White 



4th Experiment. 



1. Yorkshire. 



2. Tamworth. 

 Berkshire. 



Chester White. 

 Duroc Jersey, 

 Poland China. 



2nd Experiment. 



1. Yorkshire. 



2. Tamworth. 



I Berkshire, 



) Chester White, 

 Duroc Jersey, 

 Poland China. 



"I 



3- 



5th Experiment. 

 Yorkshire. 

 Berkshire. 

 Chester White. 

 Tamworth. 

 Duroc Jersey. 

 Poland China. 



3rd Experiment. 

 1 Yorkshire, 



( Tamworth. 



3. Berkshire. 



4. Poland China. 

 ("Chester White. 



I Duroc Jersey. 



6th Experiment. 



1. Yorkshire. 



2. Tamworth. 



3. Berkshire. 



4. Duroc Jersey. 



5. Poland China. 



6. Chester White. 



From the table given above, it will be seen that the York- 

 shires had a very distinct advantage in this part of the 

 experiment. The Yorkshire carcasses were characterized 

 b)r good length of side, uniformity in thickness of fat along 

 the back, a good general development of flesh (lean), thickly 

 fleshed loin, fleshy belly, and a fleshy ham, which required 

 little trimming. Their most serious faults ran in the direc- 

 tion of an undue weight of shoulders, coarseness of bone. 



