3OO POLAND-CHINAS. 



majority of cases the coat is straight or at most slightly wavy, covering 



a skin of similar color and medium thickness. 



The following Scale of Points may be used in connection with the 

 description given: 



Nose 4 Forward 51 



Head 4 Back 6 



Width between eyes 4 Ribs . q 



Ears. 5 Loins 7 



Jowl 3 Haras 12 



Neck 4 Hair 4 



Shoulders 9 width of body 5 



Girth around heart 9 Legs. . . 6 



Depth of body 9 



Forward 51 Perfection 100 



The scale has been subject to a number of changes, but the above, 

 we believe, has been more generally accepted than other arrangements 



CHARACTERISTICS. 



The Poland-China has a stronger following among Western farmers 

 than has any other breed of swine, and we think justly so; they are 

 large, mature reasonably early, and long before maturity may be turned 

 into pork at the highest market price. They are uniformly quiet, even 

 lazy, and never lose flesh by reason of excitability. They have strong, 

 firm bone, permitting a heavy load of fat, and rendering them less lia- 

 ble to mishaps when placed with fattening steers. On the whole the 

 Western farmer can hardly find a better hog. 



In the South they have not done so well; reports from central and 

 southern Texas indicate that the Poland-China is out of his element when 

 taken below the central part of the state, and in this respect, must ad- 

 mit the superiority of his red-haired brother, the Duroc-Jersey. Our 

 illustration is an accurate picture of a magnificent trio, bred by the well- 

 known and thoroughly reliable firm, A. C. Moore & Sons, Canton, 111. 



