LARD TYPE BREEDS OF SWINE 525 



above noted, are a tendency to shortness of head, a moder- 

 ately dished face, erect or nearly erect small ear, wide and 

 slightly arched back, and hams of the thick-fleshed type. 

 These pigs are little known outside of New York and have 

 had a very limited distribution. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR CHESHIRE SWINE. 



(Adopted by the Cheshire Swine Breeders' Association.) 



Points 



Head — Short to medium in length, short in proportion to length of body . . 8 



Face — Somewhat dished, and wide between the eyes 8 



Jowl — Medium in fullness ^ _ _ 3 



Ears — Small, fine, erect, and in old animals pointing slightly forward. . 5 



Neck — Short and broad 3 



Shoulders — Broad, full, deep .. 6 



Girth around heart g 



Back — Long, broad, straight nearly to root of tail 10 



Sides — Deep and full, nearly straight on bottom line 7 



Flacks — Well back and low down, making flank girth nearly equal to heart 



girth 3 



Hams — Broad, and nearly straight with back, and running djwn well toward 



hock 10 



Legs — Small and slim, set well apart, supporting body well on tots . . . . 10 



Tail — Small, slim and tapering 3 



Hair — Fine, medium in thickness and quantity 3 



Color — White, and colored hairs to disqualify 2 



Skin — Fine and pliable, small blue spots objectionable, but allowable. ... 3 



Symmetry — Animal well proportioned, handsome and stylish 8 



Total 100 



The Hampshire breed of swine is of American origin, 

 having long been known in Kentucky and southern Indiana 

 under the name of Thin Rind. The early career of this 

 breed in the middle west was as a bacon type of pig, but 

 in recent years it has been bred in the corn belt so as to 

 closely approach the lard type hog. However, it is more 

 comparable with the leaner type of Berkshire. The Hamp- 

 shire is a black breed with a white belt about the body. 

 This belt, which should encircle the body between shoulders 

 and hips, may be quite narrow, or rather wide, there being 

 ho uniformity on this point. A band four to 12 inches 

 wide just back of the shoulders, is most approved. It is 

 not at all unusual for Hampshire sows to farrow solid black 

 pigs, which illustrates the difficulty in uniformity of repro- 

 duction of the desired white belt. In size the Hampshire 



