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Extinct British Pig Breeds: Cumberland Pig, Grice, Small White, Lincolnshire Curly-Coated Pig, Dorset Gold Tip, Small Black

Extinct British Pig Breeds: Cumberland Pig, Grice, Small White, Lincolnshire Curly-Coated Pig, Dorset Gold Tip, Small Black


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cumberland Pig, Grice, Small White, Lincolnshire Curly-Coated Pig, Dorset Gold Tip, Small Black, Yorkshire Blue and White. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Cumberland Pig was a breed of domestic pig originating in the North of England; it was used to produce local delicacies the Cumberland sausage and Cumberland ham. The breed became extinct in 1960, after changes in farming methods and a demand for less fatty meat led to it falling out of favour. Cumberland boar, late 19th centuryThe Cumberland was a very old breed that likely developed over several hundred years in Cumberland and Westmorland, and was closely related to the Old Yorkshire white pig. It was a heavy-set white animal with pendulous ears, and had a tough constitution enabling it to withstand the poor weather of Northern England. During the nineteenth century, there were many efforts to 'improve' pig breeds, and the Cumberland was often crossed with the Yorkshire white breeds, which eventually developed into the Large White, Small White and Middle White. The Cumberland Pig Breeders' Association was created in 1916, and the breed reached a height of popularity during the 1920s. The Cumberland began to fall out of favour in the mid 20th century due to a demand for leaner meat. In 1955, the Advisory Committee on the Development of Pig Production in the United Kingdom, chaired by Sir Harold Howitt, issued a report that pig farmers in the UK, to ensure standardisation, should concentrate on three breeds: the Large White, Welsh, and Landrace. By this time, the Cumberland stock was already dwindling; only 3 boars were licensed by 1954. The Cumberland pig is considered to have become extinct in 1960 after the last individual, a sow belonging to a Mr. Thirwall, died on Bothel Craggs farm i... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26326273


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158305155
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 50 gr
  • ISBN-10: 115830515X
  • Publisher Date: 20 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Cumberland Pig, Grice, Small White, Lincolnshire Curly-Coated Pig, Dorset Gold Tip, Small Black
  • Width: 229 mm


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