184 



JUDGING SWINE 



SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE. 



Head. 



15 



SCALE OF POINTS — AMERICAN SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE ■£ 



RECORD, VOLUME II, i8qO. 3 



U 



Smaller the better 2 



Nose, shorter the better 5 



Dish, greater the better 3 



Width between ears, greater, the better. ... 3 

 Ears, small, thin, erect, more so the better 



(may be pricked forward, not lopped) ... 2 



Top line, straighter the better, from 



shoulder to tail 5 



Belly line, the more level the better 5 



Girth in excess of length, more the better, if 



not more than ten per cent 5 



Depth, greater the better 5 



Width, greater and evener the better, from 



shoulder to ham 5 



Loin, broader the better 5 



Flank, deeper and fuller the better 5 



/ Length, longer the better 10 



Hams 25 I Breadth, broader the better 10 



( Thickness, greater the better 5 



/ Length, longer the better 2 



Shoulders 5 | Breadth, broader the better 3 



(Thickness o 



Trunk. 



•35 



Legs, 



Skin. 



Hair 



) Shorter the better 3 



Straighter the better 2 



Smooth, flexible, fine; more so the better. . 5 

 Must not be too thin, nor ridgy and 

 coarse, nor show discolored spots from 

 old sores, not pale and ashy but heahhy 

 in color and free from eruption. 



Evener, finer and tliicker the better 5 



General appear- 



H 



Symmetry and evidence of vigorous health . 5 

 Total 100 



DISCOUNTS AND DISOUALIFICATIONS. 



Pedigree, lack of registration or ineligibility to be registered dis- 

 qualifies 100 



Sterility, inability to produce ofl^spring disqualifies 100 



Deformity, any structural deformity or lack disqualifies 100 



Disease, any evidence of, or tendency to disease disqualifies 100 



Disease, scars of sores, discolored spots, eruptions, eczema, etc. 5 to 25 



Colored hair, disqualifies 100 



Colored spots, dark spots in skin 5 to 25 



Size, inordinate size, with coarseness of bone or form 10 to 50 



Size, diminutive size 5 to 25 



Disposition, savage or fierce nature 5 to 10 



