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Dutch Landrace sows are the bulk of the female stock for a standardized three-way cross, the Dutch Yorkshire pig, a 3/4 Large White (a.k.a. Yorkshire) and 1/4 Dutch Landrace mix, developed with "great stress on production detail", by the following breeding formula: Large White boar × (Large White boar × Dutch Landrace) sow. [1]
Holywell Rosador, a Middle White boar, took first prize at the Royal Counties Show and at the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland Show, 1899. The Middle White is a British breed of domestic pig. [5] [4] It originated in Yorkshire, and derived from the Large White and the now-extinct Small White.
Breed Origin Height Weight Color Image Aksai Black Pied: Kazakhstan: 167–182 cm: 240–320 kg (530–710 lb) Black and White--- American Yorkshire: United States
The cross of a Large White boar with a sow of the traditional Jutland breed was found to be particularly successful. [3]: 587 In 1896 the Danish government drew up a national plan for pig production, under which the Large White x Jutland hybrid would become a new breed, the Danish Landrace.
The Large White derives from the old Large Yorkshire breed, a long-legged and heavy-boned pig from the county of Yorkshire, in northern England.In the nineteenth century this was crossed with pigs imported from China, giving rise to three distinct types or breeds: the Small White showed the greatest Asian influence, small and fat with a markedly foreshortened snout; the Middle White also ...
Weaner, a young pig recently separated from the sow; Runt, an unusually small and weak piglet, often one in a litter; Boar or hog, male pig of breeding age; Barrow, male pig castrated before puberty; Stag, male pig castrated later in life (castrated after maturity) Gilt, young female not yet mated, or not yet farrowed, or after only one litter ...
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By 1954 the two breeds accounted for no more than 22% of sow registrations and fewer than 10% of registered boars. [6] The recommendation of the time was to cross-breed saddleback sows with a white boar to produce a dual-purpose pig, for both pork and bacon production. [6] The British Saddleback was listed as "endangered-maintained" by the FAO ...