32 SWIKE GEOBGE E. DAY. 



market reports afford no basis for comparison with the 

 Ontario results. 



BRITISH BREEDS OF SWINE. 



In 1904 only five breeds of swine were given classes at 

 the Royal Agricultural Society's show in England. These 

 breeds were the Large White, the Middle White, the Berk- 

 shire, the Tamworth, and the Large Black Pig. The breeds 

 dropped from the prize list were the Small White and the 

 Small Black. This fact indicates that the small breeds are 

 losing popularity. 



In the improvement of British breeds of swine, Chinese 

 and Neapolitan swine were used quite extensively during the 

 early part of the past century. The former, as the name 

 indicates, coming from China, and the latter from Italy. 

 Both these breeds were small and fine-boned, and possessed 

 a marked tendency to fatten, and hence were well adapted to 

 modify the large, coarse-boned, late maturing pigs which 

 existed in Britain at that time. 



LARGE YORKSHIRE. 



The Large White breed of Great Britain is known in 

 Canada and the United States as the Large Yorkshire, or 

 Improved Large Yorkshire. The original Large White 

 pig was extremely large and coarse, but the type has been 

 considerably modified by selection, and possibly by the 

 judicious use of other blood. Owing to the improvement 

 effected in the breed, the term "improved" is commonly 

 inserted in the name. 



Large Yorkshires occupy a prominent place in Great 

 Britain, where they are regarded as the leading bacon pro- 

 ducing breed. In Denmark, they are used exclusively for 

 crossing on the sows common to the country, and the very 

 finest bacon brought into England comes from this cross. 

 In Canada, they are more numerous than any other breed, 

 and thev are being imported into the United States in large 

 numbers. 



