Foland-China sow. a winner of many prizes at state fairs, owned by 

 Messrs. Risk & Gabbert. Weston, Missouri. Tiiis sow shows very smooth and 

 is especially thicicly fleshed over shoulder, back and ham. the valuable cuts 

 of the fat hoiz type. Though heavy, note how erect slie stands on her pas- 

 terns. 



DESCBIPTION OF THE POLAND-CHINA .SWINE 



'Phis American breed of swine originated in the Miami Valley of the Ohio dur- 

 ing the years intervening between ISiT to 1840. It had for Us ancestry a large, 

 coarse hog that was broken in color, being mostly white and black. The improve- 

 ment of the last 40 years has resulted in producing an exceedingly symmetrical hog 

 with early maturing qualities which has been added to further by disposition very 

 favorable to qui(;k fattening. The modern type shows unusual fullness which 

 makesthewidthof the body remarkable though giving the appearanceof undue shorts 

 ness. With it all there is a quality of hair, bone and skin which eontril)utesin agrcat 

 degree to the percentiige of meat from the carcass. The color is black with a few 

 white markings, these consisting preferably of a splash on the face, four white feet 

 and white on tip of the tail. The coat of hair should be thick, fine and free from 

 swirls or spots around which the liair seems to twist. The head is small, slightly 

 dished and runs to a fine snout. The ear starts strong and straiglit from tlic head 

 but break and drops about one-third its length. The shoulder is well covei-ed on 

 top. the girth f uU, riljs well sprung, deep; hind quarter very full with deep hati.» 

 The desirability of plumpness in all parts should not lead to undue shortness of 

 body nor lack of length in the hind quarters. Straightness in the latter is also 

 desirable as fretjuently the dnjp from the hip to the tail is quite marked. The legs 

 should be straight and sti-ong and t he pasterns set so as to make the liog appear to 

 be standing on the very tips of its toes. See oflBcial scale of points, page Itil. 



