TYPES OF SWINE 
Quality—Hair, fine; skin, smooth, showing no tendency to 
wrinkle; bone, clean and strong but not coarse; flesh, firm 
and smooth, with no flabbiness at jowl, fore-flank, belly, or 
ham ; 
Condition—Well covered with firm flesh, especially along back 
and loin, but not heavily loaded with fat.................. 
Style—Active and sprightly, walking without a swaying move- 
ment, and standing well up on toes. Breeding animals 
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HEAD AND NECK: 
Snout—Medium length and moderately fine.................... 
Face—Broad between eyes; poll, broad and full................ 
Eyes—Good size, full, and bright................0.....00.005. 
Jowl—Fair width and muscular, but very neat, showing no 
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Ears—Moderately thin, and fringed with fine hair.............. 
Neck—Medium length and muscular, but possessing no tendency 
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ForE QUARTERS: 
Shoulders—Smooth, somewhat rounded from side to side over 
top, and very compact; no wider than back, and not running 
back on side so as to shorten distance between shoulders and 
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Fore Legs—Set well apart, medium length and straight; pasterns, 
upright; bone, clean and strong; feet, medium size and 
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Back—Medium width, rising slightly above the straight line, and 
forming a very slight arch from neck to root of tail........ 
Loin—Wide as rest of back, strong and full, but not unduly 
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Ribs—Good length and moderately arched.................0.--- 
Side—Fairly deep; long, smooth, and straight between shoulder 
and ham; a straight-edge laid over shoulder point and ham 
should touch the side throughout...................000--- 
Heart Girth—Full, but not flabby at fore flanks, filled out even 
with side of shoulder; there should be no tucked-up appear- 
ance back of fore legs nor droop back of shoulder top...... 
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