British Pigs
Val Porter(Author)
Shire Publications (Publisher)
Published on 11. April 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-0-7478-0413-0 (ISBN)
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Description
Not so long ago, there were local British pigs of every size, colour and shape. Over the centuries different localities had developed their own tastes in what their pigs should look like - often coloured pigs in the Midlands, black nes in the southern counties and white ones in the north - and every county had its own 'breed'. But as urban populations exploded and needed to be fed from the countryside, pig breeders became selective and scientific, concentrating on productivity. Today most of those colourful old local breeds have disappeared; now only three or four highly commercial breeds and a handful of rare breeds remain of that once splendid diversity.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
60 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-0413-0 (9780747804130)
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Person
Val Porter has written about thrity books, many of them about livestock and other animals, about running a smallholding, and about rural life past and present. She has been a member of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust for many years.
Content
British pigs today; Wild Board and domestication; Coloured pigs; White pigs; New pigs; Further reading; Useful addresses; Places to visit.