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DISEASES OF SWINE 



to be heavy and droop quite pronouncedly. The back is narrow, 

 with rather weak loins. The body is long, fairly deep, and of the 

 decided bacon character rather than the lard type, which meets 

 such favor in the United States. Hams and shoulders are fairly 

 well rounded, but are not expected to be of the heavy type seen in 



Fij:;. 34.— "York of the Cedars." Weight, 200 pounds 

 W. H. Fisher, Columbus, Ohio.) 



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the lard breeds. The legs are rather long, large boned, and have 

 well-placed pasterns. 



The hair is inclined to be coarse, and should be pure white in 

 color. Dark spots in the skin are admissible, but are objected to 

 by breeders. The white hair and unpigmented skin make this 

 breed, as in the case of the Chester-White, susceptible to the action 

 of the sun, and in the Central Western States mange and scurfi- 

 ness are common in these breeds. 



