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The face is straight, or very slightly dished, and the snout 

 is generally somewhat longer than that of the Poland- 

 China. The ear droops, somewhat like that of the Poland- 

 China, although it is generally heavier, and the droop, or 

 break, is usually farther from the tip. It is common for 

 the ear to be somewhat loosely attached to the head. In 



general conformation, the 

 Chester- White is similar to 

 the Poland-China, although 

 the latter generally excels in 

 depth and fullness of ham. 



The color is white, no 

 FIG. 89. Chester-White boar, black hair being admissible, 



although it is common for 



black or bluish spots to occur on the skin. In many 

 specimens, the hair has a decided tendency to be wavy, 

 and even curly (Fig. 89). 



526. Types. The Chester-White is capable of show- 

 ing extreme variations of type in the hands of different 

 breeders. In American show-rings, the short-legged, fine- 

 boned, deep, thick, smooth type is generally preferred by 

 the judges, who seem willing to sacrifice considerable size 

 in order to get smoothness and quality. Larger, heavier- 

 boned types occasionally appear, but are generally dis- 

 couraged by the judges. In Canada, greater importance 

 is attached to length, and some very lengthy, heavy-boned 

 Chester-Whites are frequently seen in Canadian show- 

 rings. At the 1907 Provincial Winter Fair, at Guelph, 

 Ontario, a pair of Chester-White carcasses were exhibited 

 in the bacon class in competition with Yorkshires, Tam- 

 worths and Berkshires, and though they were not ideal 

 bacon carcasses by any means, they were good enough to 

 win sixth prize; and a number of Yorkshire and Tarn- 



