174 NOTES ON FIELDS AND CATTLE. 



body long, deep, round, filling well up to the shoulder 

 and into the groin, so as to form a round or barrel- 

 shaped carcase. 



Points of a Pig. — Head and cheek plump and 

 full ; neck thick and short ; bone fine ; quarters 

 full ; carcase thick and full ; hide fine and thin, with 

 a kindly disposition to fatten. 



When a man like Mr. Mechi describes the sort of 

 animal that farmers need, in terms concise as clever, 

 and then declares himself "no judge/' it makes 

 one feel audacious rather that I have attempted 

 so much. If I had seen his book sooner, this had 

 probably never been written. However, "in for a 

 penny, in for a pound." With this reckless motto, 

 charge ! 



A beast, whose ribs are flat, sloping down as a roof 

 on both sides from his backbone, whose carcase, 

 viewed from before or behind, is rather triangular 

 than cubic, thus — 



Jibl 



