unsuitable for live export. As bruising meant the meat would not be fit for the curing process, it was essentially necessary for slaughter of the Large White Ulster breed to take place on the farm itself. While, for a variety of historical reasons, a practice of farm slaughter was prevalent in Ulster well into the 20th century, the government desired to both encourage export and eliminate waste. In 1934, the Northern Irish government, concerned about lack of growth in the bacon and ham trade, decided not to license boars of the Ulster White breed. A 1947 report of the Agricultural Enquiry Committee for Northern Ireland stated "From the time, however, that the live pig market in the form of the shipping and Wiltshire trades was created it became evident that the Large White Ulster pig would have to be replaced". The breed was supplanted by the Large White, and became extinct by the early 1960s. References Pig breeds Extinct British pig breeds