3 March, 1912.] 



The Pig Industry. 



169 



Weights of parts of a Pig of total dkad weight (without offai.) of 194 lbs. 



lbs. oz. 

 Tiones from back (chine) 

 Blade bone 

 Steaks 

 Cuttings . . 

 Kidneys . . 

 Flake fat 



Fat (intestinal, &c.) 

 Feet 

 Blades 



Skull (upper part of head) . . 

 Chap (lower jaw) . . 

 Two sides 



Total 



193 



Standard of Excellence for Judging a Carcase of Pork. 



1 . Dressing of carcase . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



2. General appearance and firmness of flesh and fat . . . . . . 10 



3. Proportion of meat to bone . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 



On sijlitthig the caivase into halves, the following pouits are to be noted : — 



4. Plumpness of legs . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 



5. Thickiiess of loin and smallness of proportion of fat to lean . . . . 20 



6. Streakiness of belly part . . . . . . . . . . 10 



7. Fleshiness of forequarter. . . . . . . . . . . . 15 



8. Smallness of head . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



(To he continued .) 



PROPAGATION OF FRUIT TREES. 



{Ccntinued from -page 107.) 

 C . F . Cole, Orchard Supervisor. 



100 



Topping. 



The practice of topping growing buds at a certain period to encourage 

 branched growth, and then trimming away superfluous growths not re- 

 quired to form a head, is considered by manv to be unnecessary. Others 

 maintain that it is a faulty practice, the forced branched growths not 

 being suitable to prune upon, so as form the future base of the tree when 

 planting out permanently in the orchard, owing to the wood being im- 

 mature. 



Topping, when performed at the proper time upon certain kinds and 

 varieties of growing buds, is decidedly an advantage. Under normal 

 conditions a tree is produced, the stability of which is unquestionably 

 sound and equal in all respects to a two-year-old tree produced from a 

 yearling straight. 



With many varieties topping is not an advantage, and should no; be 

 practised. Amongst these are apples, cherries, pears, and plums (Jap 

 anepe and cherry plums excepted). 



