Why do they call them "belted" pigs

[spectr17]

To me those kind of hogs with 2 paint jobs on em look two tone, like a cop car. Why call them belted? Where did that term come from? They're not wearing belts, they don't even look like they have a belt on with their bellies almost dragging the ground. Belted to me means someone just took one in the kisser.

Do other pigs discriminate against the belted pigs? Why not call them "Two tones"?

 

[Live2hunt]

Well......in my opinion, two tone could mean the white stripes goes along both low sides of the pig from head to ham just like a car. Not that I would call them belted. It's the first I've ever heard it being referred to as belted pigs. I've always referred to them as "white collar" pigs.


L2H

 

[Rancho Loco]

Oreo's.

 

[larrysogla]

"White Band Hoggies". Now that could be a new vocabulary. Anyways, those are Northern California belted pigs. I noticed that they are big bodied pigs. Nice. 'Nuff said.

 

[DEERSLAM]

Here's a couple of oreos, belted or banded or what ever else you want to call em.

 

[larrysogla]

Booooootiful Big Bodied Banded Boars!!!!! Wo'nnerful!!! The head, specifically the forehead to the bridge of the nose to the snout seems a little different than the Central California Hoggies posted here. This Belted Boars even have bodies that are more even height between the hips and the shoulders. Looks very good. Nice. 'Nuff said.

 

[DEERSLAM]

The boar and sow above were taken outta Redd Bluff.

 

[BrysonHesperiaResort]

This is from the hog breeders "National Swine Registry"

HAMPSHIRE

National Swine Registry

History of the Hampshire breed
Hampshires hogs are black with a white belt. They have erect ears. The belt is a strip of white across the shoulders that covers the front legs around the body. The Hampshires, which are a heavily muscled, lean meat breed, are the third most recorded breed of the pigs in the United States.

We've been using the term "belted" in the livestock industry for hogs since 1893. We also use the term "belted" on a breed of cattle that have the same color markings, they are called Dutch Belted cattle, we ranchers call them belts or belted cattle...it's actually a proper name for that type of color marking.
That phrase "belted" is what I would use as a legal description if I was writing a violation or a report on either a swine or a bovine. Yours truly, Calif State Brand Inspector , Dept. of Food and AG. Deedy

P.S. I do like the nickname of "oreo", but I wouldn't use it in a report.

 

[Speckmisser]

I call 'em oreo pigs, and there's one at Chopper's with my name on it...unless someone else pops that sucker first.

 

[hatchet1]

ive always called them "neopolitans"just like the ice cream,shoot um
in the strawberry, nobody likes the strawberry!!

 

[Hogskin]

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shoot um in the strawberry, nobody likes the strawberry!!

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Okay, that was awesome.

 

[Tominator]

I concur, LOL!