"954 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



white on feet, face, tip of tail, and an occasional splash of 

 white on the arm, and a small spot of white on some other 

 part of the body does not argue an impurity of blood, yet it is 

 to be discouraged to the end that uniformity of color may be 

 attained by breeders. White upon one ear, or a bronze or copper 

 colored spot on some part of the body argues no impurity, but 

 rather a reappearance of original colors. Markings of white 

 other than those named above are suspicious, and a pig so 

 marked should be rejected. 



"Face short, fine, and well dished, broad between the eyes; 

 ears generally almost erect, but sometimes inclining forward 

 with advancing age; small, thin, soft, and showing veins, jowl 

 full, neck short and thick ; shoulders short from neck to middling? 

 deep from back down; back broad and straight, or a very little 

 arched ; ribs long ribs well sprung, giving rotundity of body, 

 short ribs of good length, giving breadth and levelness of loins ; 

 hips good length from point of hip to rump; hams thick, round, 

 and deep, holding their thickness well back and down to the 

 hocks ; tail fine and small, set on high up ; legs short and fine 

 but straight and very strong, with hoofs erect, legs set wide 

 apart, size medium, length medium (extremes are to be avoided); 

 bone fine and compact, offal very light, hair fine and compact, 

 skin pliable." 



With the points of excellence combined in the pure bred 

 Berkshires the farmer who breeds them is not likely to be 

 disappointed. 



The Chester Whites. The Chester White hog belongs 

 to what are designated as the large breeds, and have been de- 

 scribed as a coarse, hardy breed, of good constitution. Under 

 the hands of our best breeders they have been improved and 

 refined until they are of as good form and quality as the Poland- 

 China, and if of the same color might easily be mistaken for 

 them. One thing has tended to bring them into disrepute, and 

 that is that many mongrel white hogs were sold as " Chester 

 White" that were as ill-bred and devoid of valuable qualities as 

 it is easy to conceive of a hog being, and wherever these were 

 sold the entire neighborhood became disgusted with the name. 



