JUDGING BREEDING SWINE 



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neck should be strong, somewhat thick and perhaps a trifle 

 arched, though much arch is undesirable. In the shoulders, 

 sex is strongly manifested, in the shields, heavy coverings 

 of tough hide, which are very undesirable, and expert 

 judges always give 

 the preference to 

 the boar with 

 smooth and well- 

 laid shoulder. The 

 entire front part 

 of the boar tends 

 to broaden and 

 spread with age. 

 Such undesirable 

 development is lia- 

 ble to be repro- 

 duced in the pro- 

 geny. The sex of 

 the boar is also 

 prominent in his 

 reproductive o r - 

 gans. The scrotum 

 or sac containing 

 two testicles, ap- 

 pears in an incon- 

 spicuous form on 

 the young male 



pig, between the hams and just below the vent or anus, 

 and with maturity this part assumes considerable size, and 

 projects out with distinct prominence. The judge should 

 see that there are two of these glands, of equal size and 

 exposure. Sometimes but one "seed," as the stockman 

 terms it, comes down from the scrotum and, though such 

 an animal may be a breeder, he is regarded as defective, 

 and should be so judged. 



The temperament of the boar should be active to a certain 

 extent, but not nervously so. He is naturally inclined to 



Fig. 296. — "In the mature boar one looks for 

 a strong head." "Berryton Duke, Jr." 77:;il, 

 a noted Kansas Berkshire boar. (By courtesy 

 Orange Judd Pub. Co.) 



