JUDGING BACON HOGS 155 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR BACON HOGS BARROW. 



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GENERAL APPEARANCE ; 



Weight, 170 to 200 Ibs., largely the result of thick cover 

 of firm flesh ......................................... 6 



Form, long, level, smooth, deep ........................ 10 



Quality, hair fine; skin thin; bone fine; firm, even cover- 

 ing of flesh without any soft bunches of fat or wrinkles . . 10 



Condition, deep, uniform covering of flesh, especially in 

 regions of valuable cuts ............................. 10 



HEAD AND NECK: 

 Snout, fine 



Eyes, full, mild, bright 

 Face, slim 



Ears, trim, medium size 

 Jowl, light, trim. . , 

 Neck, medium length, light 



FORE QUARTERS ; 



Shoulders, free from roughness, smooth, compact and 

 same width as back and hind quarters ................. 6 



Breast, moderately wide, full ........................... 2 



Legs, straight, short, strong, bone clean; pasterns upright; 

 feet medium size .......... . .......................... 2 



BODY; 



Chest, deep, full girth ................................. 4 



Back, medium and uniform in width, smooth ............ 8 



Sides, long, smooth, level from beginning of shoulders to 

 end of hind quarters. The side at all points should 

 touch a straight edge running from fore to hind quarter. 10 

 Ribs, deep ............................................ 2 



Belly, trim, firm, thick without any flabbiness or shrink- 

 age at flank ......................................... 10 



HIND QUARTERS: 



Hips, smooth, wide; proportionate to rest of body ........ 2 



Rump, long, even, straight, rounded toward tail ......... 2 



Gammon, firm, rounded, tapering, fleshed deep and low 



toward hocks ........................................ 8 



Legs, straight, short, strong; feet medium size; bone clean; 



pasterns upright ......................... ............. 2 



Total. ..loo 



