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JUDGING SWINE 



SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE. 



Head. 



Legs 



SCALE OF POINTS AMERICAN SMALL YORKSHIRE SWINE 

 RECORD, VOLUME II, 1890. 



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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 



Breadth, broader the better 10 



Thickness, greater the better 5 



Length, longer the better 2 



Breadth, broader the better 3 



Thickness o 



Shorter the better 3 



Straighter the better 2 



Trunk 35 



Hams 25 



Shoulders 5 



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

 Must not be too thin, nor ridgy and 



Skin 5 coarse, nor show discolored spots from 



old sores, not pale and ashy but healthy 

 in color and free from eruption. 



Hair . .. | Evener, finer and thicker the better 5 



General appear- 

 ance 5 



Symmetry and evidence of vigorous health . 5 

 Total.., ..loo 



DISCOUNTS AND DISQUALIFICATIONS. 



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

 qualifies 100 



Sterility, inability to produce offspring disqualifies , IOG 



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 



