CONTEXTS CONTINUED 



of Staple; Classification of Wool; Quality of Fleece; 

 Softness; Commercial Grades; Crimp; Soundness; 

 Condition; Purity; Domestic Wool; Territory Wool; 

 Blanket Wool; Lustre; Brightness; Yolk; Scale of 

 Points for Fina Wooled Sheep; Scale of Points for Fat 

 Sheep. 



II. JUDGING SHEEP FOR BREEDING PURPOSES 127 



Formation of Types; Value of Breed Type; The Ram; 

 The Ewe; Judging Lambs and Flocks. 



III. OFFICIAL STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR SHEEP 131 



Southdown; Shropshire; Hampshire; Suffolk; Oxford; 

 Cotswold; Wensleydale; Dorset Horn; Cheviot; De- 

 laine, Spanish Merino; Black Top Spanish Merino; 

 Tunis. 



CHAPTER IV JUDGING SWINE. 



I. JUDGING FAT HOGS 145 



Form; Quality; Head; Eyes; Ears; Jowl; Neck; 



Shoulder; Front Legs; Chest; Sides; Back; Loin; 



Hips; Rump; Hams; Hind Legs; Scale of Points for 

 Fat Hogs. 



II. JUDGING BACON HOGS 152 



Condition; Form; Weight; Shoulder; Side; Scale of 

 Points for Bacon Hogs. 



III. JUDGING SWINE FOR BREEDING PURPOSES 156 



The Boar; The Sow. 



IV. OFFICIAL STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR SWINE 158 



Berkshire; Poland China; Essex; Chester White; 

 Duroc Jersey; Victoria; Cheshire, Large White York- 

 shire; Middle White Yorkshire; Small White Yorkshire; 

 Suffolks; Tarn worth; Thin-Rind. 



