576 Report on the Exhibition of Live-Stock at Newcastle. 
could not be quite satisfied with what one saw. Cursorily 
inspected, the collection looked really well. It was verv large ; 
all the important varieties were strongly represented ; and 
there was undoubtedly considerable merit in most of the classes. 
Still one could have wished to have found a nearer and more 
general approach to the attributes of the model pig which 
bacon-curers now look for. The Judges were no doubt in the 
main guided in making their selections bv these points of 
practical utility ; yet too often amongst the prize-winners were 
found pigs with ample development in front, but with hind- 
quarters deficient either in length, depth, or thickness, or 
in all three. As a rule, there was sufficient width of rib, and in 
the majority of cases also almost as much depth as is desirable. 
The most frequent and most important fault was a deficiency, as 
has been indicated, in the hind-quarters, generally accompanied 
with greater development in front than there is any need for. 
In the breeding of pigs as much skill and success have 
been manifested as in the breeding of other varieties of farm 
live-stock, and provided that Judges at our leading Shows are 
careful to watch the changing taste of the times, and to give the 
places of honour to the pigs which, from a practical and utilita- 
rian point of view, are best suited to provide the wants of the 
day, we may rest assured that the breeders of pigs, who have 
in the past attained so much success, will not be slow in their 
efforts to mould their stock and modify their practice so as to 
please the consumer. 
Laege White Pigs. 
With an entry of fifty-three pens, a few of which were empty, 
the Large \A bite variety was very well represented. The sows 
especially were of high merit ; and it was noticed that all 
through the Show there was more merit among sows than boars, 
good as a few of the latter were. 
The Earl of Ellesmere, who showed a lot of excellent pigs, 
won all the tickets for Boars farrowed in 1886 with four very 
good-looking pigs. The first, " Worsley General 6th," is verv 
good along the back, but he might be better in the hams, and 
he was rather bare of hair. The second pig, " Worsley General 
8th," though not quite so good in some other points, is rather 
longer in the hind-quarters. 
In the Class for Pens of Three Boars farrowed in 1887, 
Mr. F. A. Walker-Jones took the lead with big, well-developed, 
well-formed pigs, somewhat deficient in lean meat. The next 
three tickets went to the Earl of Ellesmere for good promising 
youngsters. 
