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of Staple ; Classification of Wool ; Quality of Fleece ; 

 Softness ; Commercial Grades ; Crimp ; Soundness ; 

 Condition ; Purity ; Domestic Wool ; Territory Wool ; 

 Blanket Wool; Lustre; Brightness; Yolk; Scale of 

 Points for Fine Wooled Sheep ; Scale of Points for Fat 

 Sheep. 



II. JUDGING SHEEP FOR BREEDING PURPOSES . . .12'] 



Formation of Types ; Value of Breed Type ; The Ram ; 

 The Ewe ; Judging Lambs and Flocks. 



III. OFFICIAL STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR SHEEP I3I 

 Southdown ; Shropshire ; Hampshire ; Suffolk ; Oxford ; 

 Cotswold ; Wensleydale ; Dorset Horn ; Cheviot ; De- 

 laine ; Spanish Merino ; Black Top Spanish Merino ; 

 Tunis. 



CHAPTER IV -JUDGING SWINE. 



I. JUDGING FAT HOGS I45 



Form ; Quality ; Head ; Eyes ; Ears ; Jowl ; Neck ; 

 Shoulder ; Front Legs ; Chest ; Sides ; Back ; Loin ; 

 Hips ; Rump ; Hams ; Hind Legs ; Scale of Points for 

 Fat Hogs. 



II. JUDGING BACON HOGS I52 



Condition ; Form ; Weight ; Shoulder ; Side ; Scale of 

 Points for Bacon Hogs. 



III. JUDGING SWINE FOR BREEDING PURPOSES . . . I56 

 The Boar ; The Sow. 



IV. OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SWINE 1 58 

 Berkshire ; Poland China ; Essex ; Chester White ; 

 Duroc Jersey ; \'ictoria ; Cheshire ; Large White York- 

 shire; Middle White Yorkshire ; Small White ^'orkshire ; 

 Suffolks ; Tamworth ; Thin-Rind. 



