LARD TYPE BREEDS OP SWINE 517 



Points 

 firm and of fine texture; pasterns short and nearly upright. Feet 



firm, short, tough and free from defects 10 



Objections: Legs long, slim, coarse, crooked; muscles small above hocjc 

 and knee; as large at foot as above knee; pasterns long, slim, 

 crooked or weak; the hocks turned i?i or out of straight line; legs 

 too close together; hoofs long, slim and weak; toes spreading out 

 or crooked or unable to bear up weight of animal without breaking 

 down. 

 Tail — Tail of medium length and size, smooth and tapering well and car- 

 ried in a curve 1 



Objections: Coarse and long without a curl; or short, crooked or 

 stubby; or too small, fine, uneven, not tapering. 

 Coat — Pine, straight, smooth, lying close to and covering the body well; 



not clipped; evenly distributed over the body 3 



Objections: Bristles, hair coarse, harsh, thin, wavy or curly; swirls; 



standing up; ends of hair split and brown, not evenly distributed 



over all of the body, except the belly. Clipped coats should be cut 



1.5 points. 



Color — Black with six (6) white points; tip of tail, four white feet 



and white in face, or on the nose or on the point of the lower jaw. 



All to be perceptible without close examination. Splashes of white 



on the jaw, legs or flank or a few white spots on the body not objec- 



fonable 2 



Objections: Solid black, white mixed or sandy spots. Speckled with 

 white hairs over the body; 'tnotiled face or white and black: hair 

 mixed, making a grizzly appearance. 

 Size — Large for age. Condition, vigor and vitality to be considered. 

 There should be a diiference between breeding animals and those 

 kept or fitted for the show of at least 25 per cent in size. In 

 show condition or when fat, weights for the different ages should 

 be about as follows: Boars over two years old, seven hundred (700) 

 pounds. Sows over two years old, six hundred (600) pounds. Boars 

 eighteen months old, six hundred ( 600 ) pounds. Sows eighteen 

 months old, five hundred (500) pounds. Boars one year old, four 

 hundred and fifty (450) pounds. Sows one year old, four hundred and 

 fifty (450) pounds. Boars and sows six months old, one hundred and 

 eighty (180) pounds. All hogs in just fair breeding condition, one- 

 fourth less for size. The keeping and chance that a young boar 

 has cuts quite a figure in his size and should be considered, other points 

 being equal. Pine quality and size, combined, are desirable . . . . 10 

 Objections: Overgrown, coarse, flabby, loose appearance, gangling, 

 hard to fatten; too fine, undersize; short, stubby, inclined to 

 chubby fatness. Not a hardy, robust animal. 

 Action and style — Action vigorous, easy and graceful. Style attractive; 

 high carriage ; and in males testicles should be prominent and of 



about the same size, and yet not too large or pouchy 3 



Objections: Clumsy, slow, awkward movement ; low carriage, waddling 

 ox twisted walk. A seeming tired or lazy appearance ; not stand- 

 ing erect and firm. 

 Condition — Healthy, skin clear of scurf, scales and sores; soft and mellow 

 to the touch; flesh fine; evenly laid on and free from lumps and 

 wrinkles. Hair soft and lying close to the body; good feeding 



qualities 2 



Objections: Unhealthy, skin scaly, wrinkled, scabby or harsh, flabbi- 

 ness or lumpy flesh; too much fat for breeding. Hair harsh, dry 

 and standing up from the body; poor feeders; deafness, partial or 

 total. 



