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slanting. This is generally caused by the undue length 

 of the hind legs. The legs should be short, strong and 

 placed wide apart and when the hog moves the hind and 

 the front legs should pass forward in a straight line. An 

 in and out movement of the legs is not uncommon and it 

 accounts for much of the awkwardness observable in the 

 gait of fat hogs. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR FAT HOGS — BARROW. i^, o 



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 GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



Weight, score according to age 6 



Form, deep, broad, low, long, symmetrical, compact, 



standing squarely on legs lo 



Quality, hair silky; skin fine; bone fine; flesh smooth, 



mellow, and free from lumps or wrinkles lo 



Condition, deep, even covering of flesh, especially in reg- 

 ions of valuable cuts lo 



MEAD AND NECK; 



Snout, medium length, not coarse 



Eyes, full, mild, bright 



Face, short, cheeks full 



Ears, fine, medium size, soft 



Jowl, strong, neat, broad 



Neck, thick, medium length 



FORE QUARTERS: 



Shoulder, broad, deep, full, compact on top 6 



Breast, advanced, wide 2 



Legs, straight, short, strong; bone clean; pasterns up- 

 right; feet medium size 2 



BODY: 



Chest, deep, broad, large girth 2 



Sides, deep, lengthy, full; ribs close and well sprung. ... 6 



Back, broad, straight, thickly and evenly fleshed 10 



Loin, wide, thick, straight 10 



Belly, straight, even 2 



HIND QUARTERS: 



Hips, wide apart, smooth 2 



Rump, long, wide, evenly fleshed, straight 2 



Ham, heavily fleshed, plump, full, deep, wide 10 



Thighs, fleshed close to hocks 2 



Legs, straight, short, strong; bone clean; pasterns upright; 



feet medium size 2 



Total 100 



