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BOAKt) Op AGRlCtlLTtRt:. 



SCORE CARD FOR LARD HOGS. 



Scale of Points. 



Standard. 



Student's 

 Score. 



Corrected. 



Oenernl Appearance (SO points' — 



1. Weight, score according to age 



2. Form, deep, bro d, low, long, symmetrical, eom- 



piict, standing squarely on legs . . 



3. Quality, hair -ilky; skin tine; bone fine; mellow 



covering ot flesh, free Irom lumps and wrinkles. . 



4. Condition, deep, even covering of flesh, espocinliy 



in regi n of valunble cuts 



5. Temperament, mild, quiet 



Head and Neck cS points)-- 



6. Snout, medium length, not coarse 



7. Eyes, full, mild, bright 



8. Face, short; cheeks full 



9. Ears, fine, medium size, a'tached neatly 



10. Jowl, strong, neat, broad, firm 



11. Neck, thick, medium length, smooth to shoulder. . . 

 ForequHriers U2 points)— 



12 Shoulder, broad, deep, full, compact on top 



13. Breast, advanced, wide 



14. Legs, straight, ^hort, strong; bones clean; pasterns 



upright; feet medium size 



Body (32 points)- 



15 Chest, deep, broad, large girth 



)6. Sides, ileep, lengthy, full; ribs close and well sprung 



17. Back, broad, straight, thickly and evenly fleshed .. 



18. Loin. wide, thick, straight 



19. Belly, straight, even 



Hindquarters (IS points) — 



20. Hips, wide aiiart, smooth 



21. Rump, long, level, wide, evenly fleshed straight — 



22. Ham,heavilvfl shed, idump, full, deep, wide 



23. Legs, straight, short, strong; bone clean; pasterns 



upright; feet medium size 



Total . 



4 



8 

 9 

 9 

 2 



3 



3 



10 



100 



Animal Date 



Student 



Interesting the Young People.— At first the attendance at farmers' 

 institutes was composed almost wholly of gray-haired men, many of 

 wliom were in tlie reminiscent stage of life. There was a small propor- 

 tion of middle-aged men, hut women and young people were the rare 

 exception. (Gradually the age of those in attendance has grown less 

 thronglidut tlie entire period of the farmers' institute work. At the pres- 

 ent time, it is no unusual thing to see a farmers' institute audience com- 

 posed largely of people under 40 years of age, with a very liberal 

 .sprinkling of young people. By degrees the general and local institute 

 management have come to realize the importance and necessity of sys- 

 tenaatic efforts to interest the j-oung people in the institute work. .Vari- 

 ous ways of accomplishing this have been tried, with fair success, in a 

 number of institutes. In some cases, the young people have been given 

 charge of the music; at a goodly number of institutes there have been 

 evening programs especially for the school children, at which songs, reel- 



