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Ohjection>i . 

 Head — Narrow forehead or short pug nose. 

 Ears. — Thick, coarse, or much inclined forward. 

 Jowl — Fat and fuU. 

 Neck — Short and very tliick. 



Chest. — Narrow, with botli forelegs apparently coming from almost the same jioint. 

 Shoulders — Coarse, heavy, wide, and open on the top. 

 Girth — Liglit round the heart, and foreflank light. 

 Back — Weak and hollow when the ])ig is standing at rest. 

 Sides — Shallow, not well let down between the forelegs. 

 Ribs — Flat and short curved ; light back rib. 

 Loin — Narrow and weak. 



Belly — Flaccid or wantmg in muscle, or gutty or ])odgy. 

 Fla,nk — Thm, and not well let down. 

 Quarters — Short, narrow, or droopmg. 



Hams — Narrow, wantmg in depth or deficiency of muscle in second thigh. 

 Tail — Coarse, and set on low. 



Legs — Crooked, weak, and with round and coarse bone. 

 Ankles — Extra large, round, and weak. 

 Feet — Flat, splayed, and e.xtra wide and large. 

 Evenness — Wrmkles on sides, neck, or shoulders. 



Coat — Coarse, curly, bristly, or mangy, with frmge along top of neck or shoulders. 

 Action — Sluggish and clumsy. 



Symmetry — Predominance of certain points, especially heavy shoulders or forequarters 

 generally, with weak loins and light hams. 



Disqualifications. 



Colour— Black hairs or black spots. 



Boars — Rupture, one testicle only down. 



Sows — Deficiency in or very irregularly placed or blind teats, injured or diseased udder. 



FIG. 21. MIDDLE YORKSHIRE SOW, " LADY-BIRD. " 

 t'himpiou Royal Agricultural Show, Melbourne, 1911. 



The " Standard of Excellence" for Middle White Yorkshire. 

 (Yorksliire Herd Book of Victoria.) 



Colour — White, fi'eedom from blue spots. 



Hair — Long, plentiful, and silky. 



Head — Short and light, wide between ears and eyes, face slightly dished. 



Ears — -Medium, carried erect, slightly inclined forward, fringed with fine hair. 



Shoulders — Well sloped backward and free from coarseness. 



Chest — Wide, and well let down. 



Neck — -Medium length, evenly set on shoulders, jowl full and not heavy. 



Back — Long and straight, sides deep, ribs well sprung. 



Loin — Broad, and not drooping. 



Belly — Full, thick, with at least twelve teats. 



Fla-ik— Thick a-id w°ll let down. 



