Imihlobo Eyahlukeneko Yemfarigi

©Elsabe Visser
Ngombana akunamhlobo omuhle ngokupheleleko wesilwane begodu isilwane ngasinye sinamandla ahlukileko kanye nokuqina okuhlukileko, ukukhetha umhlobo wenlwane kuyangokobana umuntu othanda esinjani. Lokha nawukhethako, kufanele ungatjheji kwaphela irhono lazo lokukhiqiza kwaphela, kodwana nokobana unayo na imaraga yokurhweba ngomkhiqizwakho nokobana uzokurhona na ukusabalalisa umhlobo wezakhimzimba kanye nokuledlha okutlhogwa mhlobo othize wesilwane ukobana siphile.
Ukuhlanganisa imihlobo eyahlukeneko yenlwane kugasetjenziselwa ukwenza ngcono ikhwalithi yenyama, ngombana amakonyana wenlwanezi angathengiswa emarageni. Nayi imihlobo yemfarigi esetjenziswa eSewula Africa:

Ifarigi Yomhlobo Emhlophe i-Large White

Umhlobo wefarigi yesingisi le wathulwa eSewula Afrika ngeminyaka yabo-1890. Njengombana ibizo layo lisitjho, yifarigi ekulu eneskhumba esimhlophe ekhiqiza amaputwana amakhulu amhlophe anepilo akhula msinya khulu nadla kuhle. Zibomma abahle abavikela abentwababo, eziduna zibasebenzi abahle, nanyana eminye imihlobo ikhula lada, ngemva kwenyanga ezilikhomba ukuya kwezibunane.
Ifarigi ekulu emhlophe isilwane esenza ngakubili nasihlanganiswa nezinye iinlwane ezimsulwa, zizokukhiqiza amaputwana wokwenza i-bacon emnandi. Zikhiqiza iimfarigi ezisikazi ezikhiqiza kuhle, lokha nazihlanganiswa neziduna zomhlobo we-landrace.

Umhlobo Wefarigi i-Landrace

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I-landrace mhlobo wefarigi eneskhumba esimhlophe esenzeka ngokuhlanganisa ifarigi yomhlobo we-large white kanye neyomhlobo we-native Danish. Zathonywa zathunyelwa enarheni le zivela enarheni yange-Holland ngeminyaka yabo-1952. Umhhlobo weslwanesi uhlotjaniswa nokukhula msinya nokudla kuhle, lokha sele kubonwe nokobana zibomma abahle, ebakhiqiza amaputwana amakhulu amhlophe.
Iskimi sokuhlola i-PROGENY seSewula Africa, sathoma ekupheleni kweminyaka yabo-1950 esarholela ekuphumeleleni, senza bona iimfarigezi zidume khulu ngebizo le-landrace yeSewula Afrika. Ngokuya ngencwadi ka- David Visser, i-Modern Pig Production,umhlobo wefarigi le weSewula Africa uhlotjaniswa nemiraro yokuqina ngebanga lokobana unamathambo alula khulu, lokha eminye inemisipha eqinileko ibanjwa msiya kugandeleleka ngokomkhumbulo, okwenziwa bujamo bezulu obutjhisako kanye namabanga amade lokha nazifuduswa zisiwa emarageni.

Umhlobo Wefarigi i-Chester White

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This breed originated in the United States from a crossing between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire animals. The first Chester Whites were imported from the United States into South Africa in 1983. The breed, which has white skin, is medium sized, has good bones and makes good working boars. They thrive under extensive and semi-intensive conditions and are primarily used as a mothering breed crossed with Large Whites or Landraces. There are not many breeders of Chester Whites in South Africa.
Umhlobo lo uvela enarheni yange-United States ngokuhanganisa umhlobo wefarigi i- Yorkshire kanye ne-Lincolnshire. Iimfarigi zomhlobo i-Chester White zokuthoma zangeniswa ngenarheni le zivela ngenarheni yange-United States ngonyaka ka-1983. Umhlobo lo, oneskhumba esimhlophe, uhlangana kwendawo ngobukhulu, unamathambo amahle begodu iimfarigi eziduna zakhona zikhuthele. Zirhona ukuphila ebujameni obuhle nobumbi bezulu begodu lokha nazihlanganiswa nemfarigi zomhlobo we-Large Whites nanyana Landraces zibabomma abahle.Abasibanengi abafuyi bomhlobo lo wefargi eSewula Africa.

Ifarigi yomhlobo i-Duroc

©Elsabe Visser
Umhlobo wefarigi enombala obomvu okurusileko uvela ngenarheni yange-United States ngokuhlanganisa imihlobo emine yemfarigi ezibomvu. Walethwa ngenarheni le uvela enarheni yange-Canada ngeminyaka yabo-1980, ngehloso yokobana uzokuhlanganiswa neminye imihlobo yemfarigi.
Iimfarigi eziduna ziyathanda ukuya emsemeni begodu zisetjenziswa nemihlobo emhlophe yemfarigi begodu zikhiqiza amaputwana akhula msinya, adla kuhle anekhwalithi ehle yenyama. Incwadi i- Modern Pig Production, iyelelisa bona amaputwana wazo woke kurhwetjwe ngawo, ngombana athatha incenye yamasotja womhlobo efarigi i-duroc eyanza bona zibe nombala obomvu onga ngathi uba nzotho okwenza bona kube nemiraro ebuhlabelo. Umhlobo we-duroc, nanyana kunjalo, ukhiqiza inyama ehe engcono khulu kunenyama yemihlobo eminye yefarigi
Iimfarigi ezisikazi zikhiqiza amaputwana amakhulu, kodwana azibatlhogomeli abentwabazo. Umhlobo lo awugandeleleki ngokomkhumbulo.

Translated by Busisiwe Prudance Skhosana