THE DUROC-JERSEY 509 



926. In more recent years Hoosier King 3205, Col. M. 3285, 

 Storm King 3377, Walt's Col. 5795, Ohio Chief 8727, and Top 

 Notcher 8803, have attained distinction as boars of great merit. 



Characteristics of the Duroc- Jersey pig. The head is usually 

 regarded as small in proportion to the size, the face is either 

 straight or very slightly dished, and the nose of medium length, 

 being neither short nor long. The ears are of medium size and 

 droop forward, the top third more or less breaking over. The 

 back inclines to considerable width in contrast to length, show- 

 ing a wide spring of rib with a slight tendency to arch, though 



Fig. 235. Cedar Vale Queen 7th, the champion Duroc-Jersey sow at the 

 Indiana State Fair, 1905. Bred and exhibited by Watt & Foust, Cedar- 

 ville, Ohio. Photograph by the author 



not to so great a degree as with the Poland-China. The body 

 often shows unusual depth. The shoulders and hams are rather 

 heavy and thick fleshed, the latter especially so, and low in the 

 twist. The legs in the modern Duroc-Jersey are short and the 

 bone good, yet a tendency to too much refinement is manifest. 

 Weak pasterns are becoming too common with this breed, not- 

 withstanding the inheritance of strong legs from the old Jersey 

 Red. The body as a whole, back of the ears, to-day resembles 

 the Poland-China more than the Berkshire. The color of the 

 Duroc-Jersey is red, although the shades vary from light to 

 dark. Young pigs are usually a bright red, and with age the 



