swinebreed

SWINE BREED

There are many imported breeds in the country today and its sometimes difficult to determine the best breed most suited to our conditions. Here is a guide to help you select the breed to raise depending on your purpose, money and experience.

Yorkshires are entirely white with medium, erect ears. Sows have superior mothering ability, farrow and wean large litters and are excellent milkers. They adapt well to confinement but not to rugged conditions.

Slaughter animals yield a high dressing percentage, produce fine quality meat and compare favorably with other breeds in growth and economy of gains.

Landrace are white, have short legs and medium to large drooping ears. The sows are noted for their excellence in mothering ability and litter size. They are heavy milkers and produce pigs with superior rate of growth and efficiency in feed utilization. When crossed with other breeds, they produce pigs of highly acceptable carcass quality. They are however, weak on the feet and legs and have problems adapting to rugged conditions. Such defects should be corrected by proper selection and breeding.

Boar Breed

Yorkshires are the most popular breed in Canada. They are lean and growthy with good feed conversion. The males are virile and aggressive breeders. The females are very productive, with excellent milking ability, farrowing large litters of strong piglets. Yorkshires are used very successfully in crossbreeding programs to produce excellent commercial females.

Landrace have excellent feed conversion and average daily gain. The females have very good temperament, exhibiting excellent mothering ability, producing big litters of large piglets. The Landrace crosses very well with other breeds to produce strong commercial females.