LARGE YORKSHIRE OR LARGE WHITE 



539 



The ears incline to be heavy and droop forward. They should 

 be fine, of medium size, and be carried well upward and only 

 slightly pointing forward. Loppy ears are objectionable. 



The body should have considerable length. The back is not 

 broad like that of the Poland-China, but should be of fair and 

 uniform width with considerable depth, the sides being long and 

 deep at the flanks, and full between shoulder and hip. From 

 the American point of view this breed tends to have a weak loin 

 and too narrow a back. 



The hams are not expected to be extremely fat and heavy, 

 but should be of good size and thickness, with the thighs well 

 carried down. Thin thighs and cow hocks are very common with 

 this type of hog. 



The color of the hair should always be white on every part of 

 the body. Bluish or blackish spots occur occasionally on the 

 skin under this white hair, and while objected to by fanciers, do 



Fig. 248. Oak Lodge Julia 7th, 25S6, a Large Yorkshire sow, winner of 

 first prize and championship at the Pan-American Exposition, 1901. 

 Bred by J. E. Brethour, Burford, Ontario. Photograph from Profes- 

 sor G.E. Day 



not affect purity of breeding, neither do they disqualify regis- 

 tration. The skin should be pink and healthy. White pigs in 

 America, especially in the sunny West, tend to scurfiness of skin 

 and sun scald, which causes them to be more or less unpopular. 

 The size of the Large Yorkshire places this breed in the first 

 rank. Long writes of a Wainman sow that weighed 1203 pounds. 



