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slightly dished ; the jowl full and heavy; the ears should 
be fine, firmly attached to the head, and about one-third 
of the ear should droop. The neck is short, thick and 
heavily arched on top. The shoulder is heavy, the side 
rather short, but deep, and the back wide, with a slightly 
arched top-line. The whole 
hind-quarter is heavily 
fleshed, the ham being ex- 
ceptionally wide and deep. 
The legs are short, and the 
bone fine. Some years ago, 
Poland-Chinas were freely Fig. 86. — Poland-China boar. 
marked with white, but the 
fashionable color to-day is black, with six white points, 
namely, white in face, on the feet, and tip of the tail. 
A limited number of white markings on other parts of 
the body is not seriously objected to (Plate XV and 
Fig. 86). 
512. Types. — As is the case with other breeds, the 
Poland-China differs more or less in the hands of different 
breeders. The older type of Poland-China was a larger, 
more rangy and heavier-boned hog than the Poland- 
Chinas seen in the show-rings of to-day. Breeders of 
Poland-Chinas have gone rather to an extreme, on the 
whole, in the matter of selecting for fineness of bone, and 
the result, in many cases, is a hog that lacks somewhat in 
size and in fecundity. These facts have been brought 
forcibly before breeders during recent years, and any 
defects of the nature stated will be remedied, no doubt, by 
thoughtful breeders. Even now, we can see evidences of 
a change in methods, and there is little doubt that the 
Poland-China will be bred to retain its high quality with- 
out sacrificing its utility. 
