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slightly dished ; the jowl full and heavy ; the ears should 

 be fine, firmly attached to the head, and about one-third 

 of the ear ghould droop. The neck is short, thick and 

 heavily arched on top. The shoulder is heavy, the side 

 rather short, but deep, and the back wide, with a slightly 

 arched top-line. The whole 

 hind-quarter is heavily 

 fleshed, the ham being ex- 

 ceptionally wide and deep. 

 The legs are short, and the 

 bone fine. Some years ago, 

 Poland-Chinas were freely FIG. 86. - Poland-China boar, 

 marked with white, but the 



fashionable color to-day is black, with six white points, 

 namely, white in face, on the feet, and tip of the tail. 

 A limited number of white markings on other parts of 

 the body is not seriously objected to (Plate XV and 

 Fig. 86). 



512. Types. As is the case with other breeds, the 

 Poland-China differs more or less in the hands of different 

 breeders. The older type of Poland-China was a larger, 

 more rangy and heavier-boned hog than the Poland- 

 Chinas seen in the show-rings of to-day. Breeders of 

 Poland-Chinas have gone rather to an extreme, on the 

 whole, in the matter of selecting for fineness of bone, and 

 the result, in many cases, is a hog that lacks somewhat in 

 size and in fecundity. These facts have been brought 

 forcibly before breeders during recent years, and any 

 defects of the nature stated will be remedied, no doubt, by 

 thoughtful breeders. Even now, we can see evidences of 

 a change in methods, and there is little doubt that the 

 Poland-China will be bred to retain its high quality with- 

 out sacrificing its utility. 



