American Yorkshire Pig

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American Yorkshire Pig

• By Martha .R.Wadman

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American Yorkshire Pigs

• American Yorkshire pigs are white in color. They
  have erect ears and a high proportion of lean
  meat. They are the most common breed of pig in
  America. Yorkshires are found in almost every
  state in America today, they have the highest
  populations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska
  and Ohio. Yorkshires are muscular.

A female pig is called a sow. A male pig is
called a boar
Baby Yorkshires pigs.
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AMERICAN YORKSHIRE PIG HISTORY

• Yorkshires were developed in Yorkshire England in
  about 1761. Farmer Robert Bakewell crossed a
  number of Leicestershire breed pigs into large
  hogs, making the Yorkshire breed. They were
  imported to America in about 1830, but they did
  not become popular until the 1940s, when many
  large Yorkshire pigs were imported from Canada
  and England for there ruggedness and favored
  carcasses. The breed improved rapidly though
  selection. When Yorkshire pigs were imported to
  America people say they landed somewhere in Ohio.
  Long long ago people boiled pigs but one day
  someone said they tasted a lot better when cooked
  over a fire.

American Yorkshire pig.
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Pig parts

• There are lots of meats using pigs. Bacon,
  ham, hot dogs and pork are pig meats. Many
  products are made with pig parts, like whipped
  cream and energy bars and many things that are
  often used today like crayons and toothpaste.
  Fruit juice and shampoo are also made with pig
  parts. We use almost all the parts of a pig for a
  lot things that are man made.

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AMERICAN YORKSHIRE PIG RECORDS
Big Norm the biggest Yorkshire.

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• The biggest American Yorkshire pig was named Big
  Norm, he weighed 1,600 pounds! They usually weigh
  550 to 600 pounds. The oldest pig was 21 years
  old. His name was Oscar, but he was a pot belly
  pig. The biggest American Yorkshire pig litter
  had 37 piglets! The average is 12.

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bibliography

• http//en.wikipeida.org/wiki/Americanyorkshirepig
• http//www.nationalswine.com/homepages/breedpages/
  yorkshirebreedpage.html
• http//www.grit.com/pigs/pig-breed-guide.aspx
• http//www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/swine/yorkshire
  /index.htm
• Know Your Pigs, Jack Byard, 2009
• World Book Encyclopedia, Volume H, Hogs 2011

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Vocabulary

• SOW A female pig
• BOAR A male pig
• DOMESTIC Not wild
• LEAN MEAT Meat with not a lot
• of fat in it
• MUSCULAR Full of muscles