THE MIDDLE WHITE
This pig has a very Oriental look about him and arose from the Yorkshire variety, along with the Large and Small White. Pigs of this type were first exhibited by Joseph Tuley, in 1852. In the 1930's three Middle Whites were exported to Japan, where more than 3,000 of their progeny were registered, and a memorial erected to them. The Emperor declared that he would never eat any other pork than the Middle White.
The breed enjoyed a long period of popularity up until the middle of the twentieth century, but is now quite rare.
"The pig if I am not mistaken
Supplies us sausage, ham and bacon
Let others say his heart is big
I call it stupid of the pig."
~Odgen Nash
No comments:
Post a Comment