OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SWINE 165 



Disposition. 2. Lively, easily handled and seemingly kind, 

 responsive to good treatment. 



Objections. Cross, sluggish, restless, wild or of a vicious 

 turn. 



Symmetry or Adaptation of Points 3. The adaptation of 



all the points, size and style combined to make the desired 

 type or model. 



POLAND-CHINA SWINE 



NATIONAL BREEDERS SCALE OF POINTS AS ADOPTED BY 



THE NATIONAL POLAND-CHINA BREEDERS ASSO- 

 CIATION AT THE ANNUAL MEETING HELD Q 

 IN CHICAGO IN NOVEMBER, 1886. 



Published in the Poland-China Record, Dayton, Ohio, 

 Vol. XVIII, 1896, and American Poland-China Record, 

 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Vcl. XI, 1890. 



Color Dark spotted or black 3 



Head Small, broad, face slightly dished . 5 



Ears Fine and drooping 2 



Jowl Neat and full 2 



Xeck Short, full, slightly arched 3 



Brisket Full 3 



Shoulder Broad and deep 6 



Girth Around Heart 10 



Back Straight and broad '."..iJT" 7 



Sides Deep and full 6 



Ribs Well sprung 7 



Loin Broad and strong 7 



Belly Wide and straight 4 



Flank Well let down 3 



Ham Broad, full and deep 10 



Tail Tapering and not coarse 2 



Limbs Strong, straight and tapering 1 



Coat Thick and soft 3 



Action Prompt, easy and graceful 5 



Symmetry Adaptation of the several pcints to each other. 5 



Total 100 



DETAILED DrSCRIPTiOX. 



Color. Black or dark spotted, with white points. (Sandy 

 spots and speckled color shall not argue impurity of blood, but 

 are not desirable.) 



Objections. Solid black or with more sandy than black hairs 

 over body. 



Head. Short, broad between eyes, and nicely tapering from 

 eyes to point of nose; face slightly dished, cheeks full. 



Objections. Head coarse, long and narrow; face too much, 

 dished; snout coarse and thick. 



Ears. Drooping, fine and silky; pointing forward and a 

 little outward; well proportioned to size of body. 



Objections. Too large and coarse; thick, lopping; lying too 

 near the face; stiff, erect or too round. 



Jowl. Full, firm and neat; carrying fullness well back to 

 shculder and brisket. 



Objections. Flabby; light; thin in cheeks, tucking up under 

 the neck. 



