342 JUDGING SWINE 



Points. 



Brought forward . ... 14 



Neck. — Wide; deep; short and nicely arched; neatly tapering 

 from head to shoulder ... 3 



Objections: Narrow, thin; long; flat on top; tucked up; not extend- 

 ing down to breast-bone. 



Shoulders. — Broad; deep and full; extending in line with the 

 side, and carrying size down to line of beUy . 6 



Objections: Deficient in width or depth; extending above line of 

 back; thick beyond line of side and hams; shields on boars too 

 coarse and prominent. 



Chest and Heart Girth. — Full around the heart and back of 

 the shoulders; ribs extending well down; wide and full back of 

 forelegs . . 10 



Objections: Narrow; pinched; heart girth less than flank measure 

 or length of body from top of head to root of tail; or creased 

 back of shoulders. 



Back. — Broad; straight or slightl.y arched; uniform width; free 

 from lumps or rolls; same height and width at shoulder as at ham 7 



Objections: Narrow; swayed; humped; creasing back of shoul- 

 ders; sunfish-shaped; uneven width; lumps or rolls. 



Sides. — Full; smooth; deep; carrying size down to line of belly; 

 even with line of ham and shoulder 5 



Objections: Flat; thin; flabby; uneven surface; compressed at 

 bottom; shrunken at shoulder and ham. 



Ribs. — Long; well sprung at top and bottom; giving animal a 

 square form .... 7 



Objections: Too short; flat. 



Loin. — Broad and full . 7 



Objections: Narrow; depressed. 



Belly. — Same width as back; full; straight; drooping as low at 

 flank as at bottom of chest; line of lower edge running parallel 

 with sides . 4 



Objections: Narrow; pinched; sagging or flabby. 



Flank. — Full and even with body 2 



Objections: Thin, tucked up or drawn in. 



Ham and Rump. — Broad; full; long; wide and deep; admitting 

 of no swells; buttock full, neat and clean; stifle well covered 

 with flesh, nicely tapering toward the hock; rump shghtly 

 rounding from loin to root of tail, same width as back, making 

 an even line with sides ..... .10 



Objections: Narrow; short; not filled out to stifie; too much cut 

 up in crotch or twist; not coming down to hock; buttocks 

 flabby; rump flat, narrow, too long, too steep, sharp or peaked 

 at root of tail. 



Tail. — Small; smooth; nicely tapering; root slightly covered with 

 flesh; carried in a curl 2 



Objections: Coarse; too long; clumsy; straight. 



Legs. — Medium length; strong and straight; set well apart and 

 well under body; bone of good size; firm; well muscled; wide 

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

 enabling the animal to carry its weight with ease; pasterns 

 short and nearly upright 5 



Carried forward . . 82 



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