BREED CHARACTERISTICS 341 



STANDARD OP EXCELLENCE AND SCALE OF POINTS FOR POLAND- 

 CHINA SWINE. 



Points. 



HEAD AND FACE. Head short and wide; cheeks full; jaws broad, 

 forehead high and wide; face short, smooth, wide between the 

 eyes, tapering from eyes to point of nose and slightly dished 

 surface, even and regular 4 



Objections: Head long, narrow, coarse; forehead low and narrow 

 or contracted, lower jaw extending beyond upper; face long; 

 straight and narrow between the eyes; nose coarse, thick or 

 crooked, ridgy, or dished as much as a Berkshire. 



EYES. Large, prominent, bright, lively, clear and free from 

 wrinkled or fat surroundings 2 



Objections: Small, dull, bloodshot, deepset or obscure; vision 

 impaired by wrinkles, fat or other causes. 



EARS. Small, thin, S9ft, silky, attached to the head by a short 

 and small knuck, tips pointing forward and slightly outward, 

 and the forward half drooping gracefully, fully under control of 

 animal, both of same size, position and shape 



NECK. Wide, deep, short, and nicely arched' at top from poll of 

 head to shoulder 2 



Objections: Long, narrow, thin, flat on top, not extending down 

 to breast bone, tucked up. 



JOWL. Full, broad, deep, smooth and firm, carrying fulness back to 

 near point of shoulders, and below line of lower jaw, so that lower 

 line will be as low as breast-bone when head is carried up level 2 



Objections: Light, flabby, thin, wedge-shaped, deeply wrinkled, 

 not drooping below line of lower jaw and not carrying fulness 

 back to shoulder and brisket. 



SHOULDER. Broad, deep and full, not extending above the line of 

 back and being as wide on top as on back, carrying size down 

 to line of belly and having good lateral width 6 



Objections: Narrow and not same depth as body, narrow at top 

 or bottom, extending above line of back, less than body in 

 breadth at top or bottom portions, or lacking in lateral width, 

 shields on boars under eight months of age, or large, heavy 

 shields on hogs under eighteen months of age. 



CHEST. Large, wide, deep, roomy, indicating plenty of room for 

 vital organs, making a large girth just back of shoulders, the 

 breast-bone extending forward so as to show slightly in front 

 of the legs and extending in a straight line back to end of breast- 

 bone, showing a width of not less than six inches between fore- 

 legs in a large, full-grown hog 12 



Objections: Flat, pinched, narrow at top or either end of breast- 

 bone; breast-bone crooked or not extending slightly in front 

 of forelegs. 



BACK AND LOIN. Broad, straight or slightly arched, carrying 

 same width from shoulder to ham, surface even, smooth, free 

 from lumps, crease or projection, not too long, but broad on top, 

 indicating well-sprung ribs, should not be higher at top than 

 at shoulder, and should not fill at junction with side so that 

 a straight-edge placed along top of side will touch all the way 

 from point of shoulder to point of ham; should be shorter than 

 lower belly line . . . . . . 14 



Carried forward .... 44 



