£IOOO For A Pig With Straight Tail
Eddie Rogers, a London . music publisher, felt so sure he knew all about pigs that: He published a song, “Ev’ry Little Piggy’s Got a Curly Tail.” He said as a joke that he would give £IOOO to anyone who could produce, a pig with a straight tail. Next day a Gloucestershire farmer walked up to a newspaper office with a squealing pig under his arm. It' had a straight tail, The farmer claimed the reward.
From all over the country other farmers wrote about their strighttailed pigs. Rogers said: “I thought it was a million-to-one chance. But I’ll pay for the straightest tail. “All farmers are invited to bring their pigs to my office, where I’ll have a panel of veterinary experts to do the judging.” A Royal Veterinary College Expert said to the Sunday Herald that the cold weather and travel fatigue would probably make every pig’s tail straight. He added: “But if Rogers puts male and female pigs together, their tails will curl up again.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 75, 8 April 1949, Page 4
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174£1000 For A Pig With Straight Tail Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 75, 8 April 1949, Page 4
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