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John Attrill on Pigs

John Attrill on Newport Market | John Attrill on Sheep
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We had about 25 sows so in theory you had a family or strain of pigs born each week ‘cos the sow will have two families in a year so you would have some to sell each week.

We used to sell them as … they were called shoats, you know, pigs about 10 weeks old and we used to send them to Newport Market.

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John Atrill portrait by Julian Winslow

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