THE WELSH PIG.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19481, 30 November 1928, Page 10

THE WELSH PIG.

A GOOD BACONER. ■' (TBOM. OTO OWN CORRESPONDENT.)^ LONDON, October. 19. The Agricultural Correspondent of. •the ''Daily telegraph" writes:— \ . The; farmers of. Wales .have, at last ievolved a national pig. : * It is to be known as the Welsh pig, and it has offices all- its own and a staff of officials to keep the pedigree charts correctly and pure at No. 10 EgCrton street, Wrexham. Those who were farmers in the early fifties can recall this pig, now nationalised, filling the styes of the holdings of their fathers and. It was, and still is, a white pig, with long, thin drooping ears, inclined well over the face, v? Its-head is of medium length, and it !is fairly wide between the ears. ■ Its nose is fine and straight, and its jowl-is light and clear—in fact, it is a good-looking animal. Its neck is fairly long and muscular, and "its chest wide and deep. The shoulders fit nicely and obliquely; the back is long, level, and strong; the sides deep, with wellsprung ribs, and the loin broad. The hams are large and well filled to the hocks, and the tail is set high, well carried, and of good length. Tie coat is straight and silky, the skin white, and the pig is set sturdily upon short and straight legs with medium bone. Blue or copper-coloured spots on the akin are objectionable, and black, either in coat or skin, constitutes a disqualification. Captain T. A. Howson, the secretary of the Welsh National Pig ■ Society, of which Mr David Davies, M.P., is president, says that the breed is of a go-' ahead order, being well adapted to the production of prime pork, while its very build at once proclaims it t<S be an ideal baconer—a thine that was proved fifty vears ago. The carcase is notable for the lack of wasteful offal.