THE BACON INDUSTRY.
PROPER FORM OF A PIG. The form of a pig would be improved were breeding animals deeper-bodied and longer-ribbed, thus giving more side meat Too many pigs have very broad backs after extending feeding, while the body is lacking in depth, and the belly is narrow. Such a type of pig is frequently seen in the show yard, and it is not a desirable form. There is too much lard present, and not enough bacon. Too many of our breeding boars are lacking in the very qualities described above, but so long as the : backs are broad,, fat, and straight, breeders seem satisfied. If some of the breadth of back could be changed into depth of body a great improvement would be made. Furthermore, it is this deep-bodied type of female that raises the largest litters of pigs, and produces the most milk.
It is mistaken economy, on the part of not a few people who keep sows for breeding to be very sparing of the food they give them. The pregnant sow is not nearly such a gross feeder as is the sow that has a litter of pigs sucking her' but in both of these periods in the existence of a breeding sow economical feeding is bound up in the supplying to this animal of food that is calculated to sustain her in accordance with her condition and the demand on her own substance.
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Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 37, 22 August 1911, Page 4
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239THE BACON INDUSTRY. Waipa Post, Volume I, Issue 37, 22 August 1911, Page 4
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