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BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



SCORE CARD FOR FAT HOGS. LARD TYPE 



Scale of points 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



WEIGHT: Score according to age 4 



FORM, deep, broad, low, symmetrical 10 



QUALITY, bone strong, hair fine, skin healthy 10 



CONDITION, deep, firm, even covering of flesh 10 



HEAD AND NECK: 



SNOUT, not coarse, medium long; face wide between 



eyes; cheeks full without wrinkles 2 



EYES, mild, good size, not hidden by fat; ears fine, of 



medium s>\ze, neatly attached 2 



JOWL, smooth, broad; neck, thick, short 3 



FORE QUARTERS: 



SHOULDER, broad, deep, full, smooth; breast wide, 



roomy 



LEGS, straight, short, strong, wide apart; pasterns 



short, strong, upright 4 



BODY: 



CHEST, deep, wide, large girth 3 



BACK, slightly arched, very broad, thickly and evenly 



fleshed; loin wide, thick 15 



SIDES, deep, not too long, smooth 6 



Belly, straight, wide; flank full 



HIND QUARTERS: 



RUMP, same width as back, long, level; hams heavily 



fleshed, very deep, wide, and thick 12 



LEGS, straight, short, strong, wide apart; pasterns 



short, strong, straight, upright 5 



Total score ... 100 



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. The general form of the hog may be studied from different 

 points of view. A short cane or stick is useful to change the 

 position of an animal in order to observe it to the best advan- 

 tage. Hogs tend to keep the head close to the ground, and 

 rarely stand with the four legs in good position beneath the 

 body. For these reasons it is well to keep animals of this 

 class more or less in motion while judging. Width of back 

 and depth of rib should be noted from over-head or from one 

 side, while a fullness of both front and hind parts should be 

 easily seen from front and rear. In this inspection compact- 

 ness of form, and quality, should be manifest. One may 

 easily determine the quality by eye examination, but a feel 

 of the hair will reveal marked differences in quality, that 

 along the neck and front part of the spine being always the 



