The Farm.

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 29, 13 October 1894, Page 3

The Farm.

PIGS AT THE WORLD’S FAIR

In this section the following breeds were represented: The Berkshire, Poland China, Duroc Jersey, "Victoria, Chester Whites, Essex, Large York, Small York, Tam worth, Suffolk, and Cheshire, and there is no doubt but that the show, if not the most extensive (there were 1418 exhibits), was one of the best that has been seen in any part of the world. The breed which made the most extensive display was the Poland China, but while this is the case, and the class was an excellent one, and contained many pigs of very high merit and several were perfect models of what pigs ought to be —the Berkshire classes, although not so well filled as the Poland China, showed pigs of exceptionally high quality and form, and fully maintained the honour of the breed against their rivals of the Poland China blood. These and other black breeds find by far the greater favor in the United States. For one white pig to be seen in the stock yards there are 50 black, and although the white classes were very fairly represented at the World’s Pair, nothing like the same interest was taken in them as in the black breeds, especially the Berkshire and Poland China. These remarks apply also to the two red breeds, the Duroc Jersey and Tamworth. So much have the breeders of pigs in the States given their attention to shapes, early maturity, and propensity for fattening, that objections to the defects of the breed as regards these points were very freely expressed, and their good qualities of hardness and large proportion of red meat overlooked. —Prom report by inspector of Stockior N.S.W.