OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SWINE 175 



Girth Around the Heart. Full back of shoulders; ribs ex- 

 tending well down; wide and full back of fore legs. 



Objections. Less than flank or length of body from top of 

 the head to root of the tail. 



Back. Bread, straight, or slightly arched, carrying width 

 well back to the hams, and of medium length. 



Objections. Narrow; sinking back of shoulders; narrow 

 across the loin; swayed; too long; sunfish shaped. 



Sides. Full; deep; carrying weight and thickness well down 

 and back. 



Objections. Too round or flat; shallow or thin at the flank. 



Ribs. Well sprung, carrying fullness well back and de'ep. 



Objections. Too flat; curve of rib too short; tucking in at 

 bottom; sagging about loin. 



Loin. Broad, strong and full. 



Objections. Narrow; poorly ribbed up; weak. 



Belly. Wide and straight; width approximating that of the 

 back. 



Objections. Sagging; narrow; skin coarse, harsh and thick. 



Girth Around Flank. Flank well let down and full; loin 

 broad, strong and full; measurement of flank girth equal to 

 heart girth. 



Objections. Flank thin, tucked in, or cut up too high; loin 

 narrow or weak. 



Ham. Bread, full, deep; of medium length; coming down 

 well over the hock. 



Objections. Narrow; short; running too far up the back; 

 steop at the rump. 



Limbs. Medium length; short rather than long; set well 

 apart, and well under; muscles full above knee and hock; bone 

 firm and not ccarse; pasterns short and strong; foct short. 



Objections. Long, slim, coarse, crooked; muscles lisht; pas- 

 terns long, slim or flat; hoofs long or sprawling. 



Ta! I. Small, tapering, smccth, well set on. 



Objections. Coarse; large; too prominent at the roct. 



Coat. Fine and thick. 



Objections. Coarse; hair too long; wiry; harsh. 



Color. White. (Blue spots in skin and black specks shall 

 not argue impurity of blood.) 



Action. Easy; prompt; fine and graceful. 



Objections. Dull, sluggish, clumsy. 



Symmetry. Uniform build, and all points in animal in pro- 

 portion. 



Objections. Wanting in some points, and too much develop- 

 ed in others. 



SERIOUS OBJECTIONS. 



Form. Sm&ll growth; upright ears; small, cramped chest; 

 crease back of the shoulders, so as to be readily seen; deformed 

 and badly crooked legs; feet broken down so that animal walks 

 on pastern joints and dew-claws. 



DISQUALIFICATIONS. 



Conditions. Excessive fat; barren; deformed, unsound or 

 diseased; ridgling or one-seeded. 



Score. A score of less than sixty of the standard. 

 Pedigree. Lack of eligibility to record. 



