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Effective Farming 



SCORE-CARD FOR FAT LARD-TYPE HOGS ( Continued) 



SCALE OP POINTS 



STAND- 

 ARD 



POINTS DE- 

 FICIENT 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 Score 



Cor- 

 rected 



Head and neck 8 per cent : 



5. Snout, medium length, not coarse .... 



6. Eyes, not sunken, clear, not obscured by 



wrinkles 



7. Face, short ; cheeks full 



8. Ears, fine, medium size, attached neatly . . 



9. Jowl, full, firm, neat 



10. Neck, thick, short, smooth to shoulder . . 

 Forequarters 12 per cent : 



11. Shoulders, broad, deep, smooth, compact on 



top . . . . 



12. Breast, full, smooth, neat 



13. Legs, straight, short, strong; bone clean; 



hard ; pasterns short, strong, upright ; feet 



medium size 



Body 33 per cent : 



14. Chest, deep, wide, large girth 



15. Sides deep, full, smooth, medium length . . 



16. Back, broad, strongly arched, thickly and 



evenly covered 



17. Loin, wide, thick, strong 



18. Belly, straight, smooth, firm 



Hindquarters 17 per cent : 



19. Hips, wide apart, smooth 



20. Rump, long, level, wide, evenly fleshed . . 



21. Ham, heavily fleshed, full, firm, deep, wide . 



22. Legs, straight, short, strong; bone clean, 



hard ; pasterns short, strong, upright ; feet 

 medium sized 



Total 100 



2. Scoring and judging bacon-type hogs. 1 In sections where bacon 

 swine are important a special score-card should be used for this type. 



1 From Agricultural Education Monthly, No. 7, Vol. II, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



