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iii. rural husbandry.
The import of breeding pigs took place mostly from England, the country which
has been the principal foreign customer for fatted pigs and bacon from Sweden.
In the middle of the decade 1860—70, the State took measures which enabled
Swedish breeders to export their animals to English markets, and advantage
was taken of this, especially by feeders in the southernmost provinces of the
country, where the great supplies of waste products from the dairies had led to
an overproduction of pigs. But in 1892 the English market was once more
closed to the import of live animals, a measure that led to the establishment
in Sweden of pig slaughter-houses, the object of which was the export of pork
killed in the country. Pig-breeding, however, made no great progress in the
country, before the beginning of the present century, at which date the great
importance of the trade for the economy of the individual agriculturalist, and
of the country as a whole, attracted the attention of the authorities. «
Ayrshire Cattle ("Mogul-Ada II", Gimo bruk).
The place occupied by the breeding and feeding of pigs in the agricultural
economy of Sweden has always varied in the different parts of the country.
In the south of Sweden this branch of industry has long been one of importance.
In former times, the pig had to turn the acorn harvest to account; in later days,
it was the task of these animals to support the dairy-industry by turning dairy
waste into pork. In those parts of the country where dairying has not been
carried on on a large scale — chiefly in Norrland — pigs have been kept
principally in order to utilize the waste products of the kitchen, and in such
districts, consequently, the numbers have not been large enough to satisfy the
home demand.
The chief among the general steps taken in our own days to promote
live-stock breeding is the awarding of prizes for that purpose, a method
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