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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



body color of the Poland-China is strictly a deep black, not 

 having any suggestion of bronze or reddish tint, as in case 

 Ox the Berkshire. The size of the Poland-China ranges 

 from medium to large. Pigs at six months should weigh 

 about 175 pounds, and at 12 months the standard insists 

 that pigs of either sex must weigh at least 300 pounds. At 

 full maturity, in fair condition, boars should weigh 600 

 pounds or more, and sows not less than 450 pounds. In 



Fig. 285. — Poland-China sow, "Lucille," grand champion Louisiana Purchase 

 Exposition, 1904. (Photo by courtesy American Agriculturist.) 



ordinary breeding condition they will be quite likely to 

 weigh less than this. The head of the Poland-China is 

 straight of face. The ears should be fine and break over at 

 the upper third into a neat droop. With age, the ears 

 frequently droop quite low over the face. The back should 

 show quite a pronounced arch, as viewed from one side, 

 while an end view exhibits a strong spring of ribs, with a 

 tendency for the body to be much narrower below than 

 above. The hindquarters of fair specimens of this breed 



