Pig consortia

In the past, in Linxe as elsewhere, many families owned one or more pigs. A substantial resource, the pig is also a fragile animal that requires care, especially a few months after weaning. Pig consortia (but there were also consortia for cows) made it possible to pool financial resources to meet these expenses. Each member contributed according to the number of pigs declared, veterinary expenses and losses, which were reimbursed to the owners. A few clever people took advantage of this by declaring only one or two pigs. The representatives of this species often resembled each other, so if one of their pigs died, it was of course that one! To avoid this abuse, the pigs concerned were marked with the letter "L" for Linxe.