342 JUDGING SWINE 



P oints. 



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Objections: Narrow, creased back of shoulders, swayed or hollow, 

 drooping below a straight line, humped or wrinkled, too long, 

 or sunfish shaped, loin high, narrow, depressed or uneven, width 

 at side not as much as shoulder and ham. 



SIDES AND RIBS. Sides full, smooth, firm and deep, carrying 

 sides down to belly and evenly from ham to shoulder, ribs long, 

 strong, well sprung at top and bottom ....... 10 



Objections: Flat, thin, flabby, pinched, not as full at bottom as 

 at top, drawn in at shoulder so as to produce a crease, or pinched 

 or tucked up and in as it approaches the ham, lumpy, or uneven 

 surface, ribs flat or too short. 



BELLY AND FLANK. Wide, straight and full, dropping as low as 

 flank at bottom of chest, back of foreleg, making a straight line 

 from lorelegs to hindlegs; flank full and out even with surround- 

 ing portions of body, belly at that point dropping down on a line 

 with lower line of chest; the loose skin connecting ham and 

 belly being on a line even with bottom of side 4 



Objections: Belly narrow, pinched, sagging or flabby, flank thin, 

 tucked up or drawn in. 



HAMS AND RUMP. Hams broad, full, long and wide. They 

 should be as wide at point of the hip as at the swell of ham. 

 Buttocks large and full, should project beyond and come down 

 upon and fill full between the hocks. The lower front part of 

 the ham should be full, and stifle well covered with flesh and a 

 gradual rounding toward the hock. Rump should have a 

 rounded slope from loin to root of tail; same width as back and 

 filling out full on each side and above the tail 10 



Objections: Ham narrow, short, thin, not projecting beyond and 

 coming down to hock; cut up too high in crotch twist; lacking 

 in fulness at top and bottom, lacking in width from stifle straight 

 back, lower forepart thin and flat, straight from root of tail to 

 hock; buttocks light, thin or flabby. Rump flat, narrow and 

 peaked at root of tail, too steep. 



FEET AND LEGS. Legs medium length, straight, set well apart 

 and squarely under body, tapering, well muscled and wide 

 above knee and hock, below hock and knee round and tapering, 

 capable of sustaining weight of an animal in full flesh without 

 breaking down, bone firm and fine texture, pasterns short and 

 nearly upright; feet firm, short, tough and free from defects . 10 



Objections: Legs long, slim, coarse, crooked, muscles small above 

 hock and knee, bone large, coarse, as large at foot as above knee, 

 pasterns long and slim, crooked or weak, the hocks turned in 

 or out of straight, line, legs too close together, hoofs long, slim 

 and weak, toes spreading or crooked or unable to bear up weight 

 of animal without breaking down. 



TAIL. Well set on, smooth, tapering and carried in a curl . . 1 



Objections: Coarse, long, crooked or hanging straight down like a 

 rope. 



COAT. Fine, .straight, smooth, laying close to and covering the 

 body well, not clipped, evenly distributed over the body . . 3 



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