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than the latter. It is scarcel}' likely to ever occupy a prom- 

 inent place on this continent. 



LARGE BLACK PIG. 



The Large Blacks are the latest addition to the registered 

 pure breeds of swine in England. Little appears to be 

 known regarding their origin, but they have been bred for 

 many years in the South and East of England. They are 

 practically unknown on this continent, though a few of them 

 were brought to the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, 

 a few years ago. 



Characteristics. They are a large breed, all black in 

 color. The ears are large and drooping, and the general 

 type of the animal inclines to coarseness. In their native 

 counties they are highly valued as scavengers. They are 

 a prolific breed, and it is claimed that they excel as bacon 

 producers, though the representatives brought to Ottawa 

 proved very much inferior to the Yorkshire and Tamworth 

 in the matter of bacon production. 



SMALL WHITE. 



At one time there were numerous strains of Small White 

 pigs in England, but they are now all included in what is 

 known as the Small White breed. The modern English 

 Small Whites are known in America as Small Yorkshires. 

 The breed known in America as the Suffolk is an offshoot 

 of the English Small Whites, but is maintained in America 

 as a distinct breed. Thus, the American representatives of 

 the English . Small Whites are the Small Yorkshire and the 

 Suffolk. In the production of the Small Whites, it is quite 

 certain that Chinese blood was largely used. 



Characteristics. SmaU Whites represent the extreme 

 type of small, fine-boned, early-maturing, fat pigs. Their 

 lack of size will always be a barrier against their taking a 

 prominent place in any country, though in the past they have 

 played an important part in the improvement of some of the 

 coarser breeds. 



