63

VII. THE SOW'S UDDER 67

VIII. MATING THE YOUNG SOW 72

IX. THE FARROWING SOW 79

X. WEANING PIGS 91

XI. THE REARING OF YOUNG PIGS 97

XII. HOUSING OF PIGS 107

XIII. THE EXHIBITION OF PIGS 113

XIV. PRESENT AND FUTURE PIG-KEEPING 125

XV. PIG-FATTENING 131

XVI. A PIG CALENDAR 148

XVII. DISEASES OF THE PIG 157

XVIII. THE CURING OF PORK 171

INDEX 182

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BREEDING SOWS OF THE LARGE AND MIDDLE WHITE
BREEDS _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

LARGE BLACK BOAR, "DRAYTON KING" 16

PAIR OF L.C.C. GILTS, EXHIBITED AT SMITHFIELD SHOW 1914 17

A BERKSHIRE SOW 32

LARGE BLACK SOW, "SUDBOURNE SADIE" 33

THREE MIDDLE WHITE BREEDING SOWS 48

A MIDDLE WHITE BOAR 49

TAMWORTH BOAR: BISHOP OF WEBTON 64

GLOUCESTER OLD SPOT SOW 65

LARGE WHITE BOAR 80

TAMWORTH SOW, "QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES" 81

MIDDLE WHITE SOW 96

CUMBERLAND SOW 97

LARGE WHITE SOW, "WORSLEY SUNBEAM" 112

LARGE WHITE ULSTER BOAR 113

INTRODUCTION

There are few points in the breeding of stock on which a greater
variation of opinion has been confidently expressed than on the origin
of the domesticated pig. It has been contended that our various types
had a common origin in the wild hog, and that the difference in form,
colour, and character amongst the local breeds is due, in the main, to
the requirements, imaginary or real, of the interested residents in the
particular districts. On the other hand, it