42, QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Junn, 1902. 
Kathleen V., 19 pigs; 18th, Holywell Mousey,°16 pigs; 16th, Holywell 
Geneva, 10 pigs; 18th, Holywell Gigasoline, 11 pigs; 20th, Holywell Cardiff, 
12 pigs; 27th, Holywell Royal Kate, 15 pigs; and Holywell Czarina IT., 16 
pigs; ora total of 177 pigs from 18 sows, by different boars, an average of 
13:5 pigs per litter.” 
I may further quote from an article which appeared in the Christmas 
number of the Harmer’s Advocate, a periodical entered by the Weld Company 
with the Canadian Department of Agriculture, wherein it is stated that 
no class of pure stock has made such rapid progress in Canada in the last 
decade as have the Yorkshires, and their present popularity is certainly well- 
deserved, as the farmers have learned from experience that, either as purebred. 
or for crossing on other varieties, they are exceedingly valuable in producing the 
desired type for the profitable production of the approved quality of bacon, 
while they bring large litters and mother them well, which is half the battle in 
life of the average pig, whose term of existence in this country is seldom more 
than half a year. Alluding to the herd of Messrs. Platt and Son, of Ontario, 
of which they give a photographic portrait in front of their prize-winning pigs, 
the writer continues:—‘‘ Now that the hog-raisers of the corn belt of the 
United States are taking to the Yorkshires on the merits of the breed and for 
the purpose of overcoming the faults of the extreme shortness and thickness of 
back and the lack of fecundity which inevitably follows a prolonged corn diet,’ 
an exceedingly bright future opens for the men who are engaged in breeding 
this variety, as may be inferred from the fact that at the late International 
Exposition at Chicago, Mr. Platt sold to a Minnesota breeder one boar for 
700 dollars, and four sows for 1,661 dollars. Another very large breeder of 
Large Yorkshires is Mr. Jed. Johnson, of Ontario, who has built up his herd by 
importations of a number of high-class English stock.” 
The above extracts confirm the results that have been obtained at the 
College, although I do not give preference to the Large Yorkshire as maturing 
more quickly than the Middle Yorkshire, or the latter crossed with a Berk- 
shire sow. 
The Tamworth.—In dealing with this breed as a purebred, I must admit 
that the poorest results have been obtained. Although the litters are larger, 
the pigs are of a most delicate nature, large consumers of food, and very slow 
in maturing: I find they will not fatten until they reach the age of ten or 
twelve months. Several crosses of a Tamworth sire with a Berkshire dam have 
been made, and in every instance I have found the pigs to be delicate, slow 
growers, and large food consumers. The Tamworth and Tamworth crosses 
may bea profitable pig if reared by grazing until it reaches the age of ten 
months, but the method of feeding with good food from the time of weaning 
up to the age when the animals will fatten would be ruinous. I might 
mention that our Tamworth herd originated from stock imported by the New 
South Wales Government, and from Mr. Chirmside’s herd, Werribee Park, 
Victoria. 
The Berkshire—This breed is too well known to the people of this State 
to need any comment from me, but I may point out that, after years of careful 
observation, I have no hesitation in saying that the Yorkshire is a more profit- 
able and in every respect a superior animal to the Berkshire. Regarding 
constitution and vitality, it would be difficult to determine between the Berk- 
shire and Yorkshire. 
With the view of testing the respective merits as bacon producers, the 
experiments, the results of which are hereinafter detailed, were carried out. 
A record of the amount of food consumed by each pen was kept, the pigs 
were weighed at regular intervals, and the increase in weight, noted with the 
view to ascertain the amount of food for each pound of increase. The pigs 
used for the experiments were as follow:—One improved Berkshire, one 
Middle Yorkshire, five Tamworth-Berkshires, and two Middle Yorkshire- 
Berkshires. 
