322 JUDGING SWINE 



pounds is always in ready demand. Small, unfinished hogs 

 or overgrown specimens with excessive waste are not salable 

 at remunerative prices. It is therefore better to have less 

 weight, more quality, more smoothness and symmetry of 

 form than to have extraordinary weight at the expense of 

 these attributes. 



Conformation. — The fat type of hog is closely analogous 

 to the beef animal in form and development. Consideration 

 should be given to the length, width, depth, symmetry and 



Fig. 133. — A Berkshire barrow, showing the desired form, quality, and 

 condition in the fat hog. 



compactness, all of which should be closely correlated in the 

 utility animal. The form of the breeder is not greatly 

 different from the animal used for feeding purposes. The 

 principal difference is in the larger, broader, capacious frame 

 of the breeding specimen. It is not necessary, therefore, 

 to differentiate greatly in judging these two types of ani- 

 mals. The body of both should be long, wide, and deep, 

 the back slightly arched, the shoulders smooth, the sides 

 smooth and even and the loin broad. The animal should have 

 good depth, this being largely determined by the spring 



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