Meatier Pigs Developed In U.S.A.
A pig that yields more meat than the average has been developed in the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that the new variety has a market weight of approximately 225 pounds of which at least 50 per cent is in the most desirable cuts. It was developed by the Department of Bureau of Animal Industry at Beltsville, in the State of Maryland. In preparation for a recent exhibit, the 'Bureau slaughtered a meatier pig weighing 217 pounds and a common pig of 210 pounds. The meatieij pig yielded 54.1 per cent of its live weight in preferred cuts—meat hams, loin, bacon, butt, and shoulder parts. Only 47.2 per cent of the live weight of the other pig was in these cuts. The Bureau found that the common pig had 8.3 pounds more fat than the new kind. The meatier pig comes from the Landrace-Poland China crossbred foundation 'stock that the Bureau is using in its swine-improvement work. The Landrace pigs were brought from Denmark in 1934.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 98, 15 February 1950, Page 6
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174Meatier Pigs Developed In U.S.A. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 98, 15 February 1950, Page 6
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