OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SWINE 1()5 



Symmetry or Adaptation of Points. — 3. — The adaptation of 

 all the points, size and style combined to make the desired type 

 or model. 



POLAND'CHINA SWINE. 



NATIONAL BREEDERS SCALE OF POINTS AS ADOPTED BY 

 THE NATIONAL POLAND-CHINA BREEDERS ASSO- 

 CIATION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD 

 IN CHICAGO IN NOVEMBER, lSS6. 



Published in the Poland-China Kecord, Dayton, Ohio, "£ 



Vol. XVIIl, 18'J0, and American Poland-China Kecord, g 



Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Vol. XI, 1800. CJ 



Color — Dark spotted or black 3 



Head — Small, broad, face slightly dished 5 



Ears — Fine and drooping 2 



Jowl — Neat and full 2 



Neck— Short, full, slightly arched 3 



Brisket— Full ...> 3 



Shoulder — Broad and deep tj 



Girth- Around Heart 10 



Back — Straight and broad 7 



Sides — Deep and full 6 



Ribs — Well sprung 7 



Loin — Broad and strong 7 



Belly — Wide and straight 4 



Flank— Well let down 3 



Ham — Broad, full and deep 10 



Tail — Tapering and not coarse 2 



Limbs — Strong, straight and tapering 7 



Coat— Thick and soft 3 



Action — Prompt, easy and gracel"ul 5 



Symmetry — Adaptation of the several points to each other.. 5 



Total 100 



DETAILED DESCRIPTION. 



Color — Black, or dark spotted, with white points. (Sandy 

 spots and speckled color shall not argue impurity of blood, but 

 are not desirable.) 



Objections. — Solid black or with more sandy than black hairs- 

 over body. 



Head. — Short, broad between eyes, and nicely tapering from 

 eyes to point of nose; face slightly dished, cheeks full. 



Objectisns. — Head coarse, long and narrow; face too much 

 dished ; snout coarse and thick. 



Ears. — Droopincr, fine and silky ; pointing forward and a little 

 outward: well proportioned to size of body. 



Objections. — Too large and coarse; thick, lopping; lying too 

 near the face; stiff, erect or too round. 



Jowl. — Full, firm and neat; carrying fullness well back to 

 shoulder and brisket. 



Objections. — Flabby: light: thin in cheeks, tucking up under 

 the neck. 



