Pigs
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- Mulefoot Hog
The formal breeds named "Landrace" are not actually landraces, and usually not even derived from one. The Danish Landrace, pedigreed in 1896 from the actual local landrace, is the principal ancestor of the so-called American Landrace (1930s). The Swedish Landrace is derived from the Danish and from other Scandinavian breeds, as was the misleadingly named British Landrace, which was established as late as 1950.
Famous quotes containing the word pigs:
“The pigs stuck out their little feet and snored.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)
“The captain sat in a commodore’s hat
And dined in a royal way
On toasted pigs and pickles and figs
And gummery bread each day.”
—Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)
“I don’t like the city better, the more I see it, but worse. I am ashamed of my eyes that behold it. It is a thousand times meaner than I could have imagined.... The pigs in the street are the most respectable part of the population.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)