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Stump sucker. A cribber. 



Sweeney. Shoulder muscles shrunken away, causing a de- 

 pression. 



Thoropins. Puffiness occurring in the web of the hock. 



Unsound. Not sound. {See sound.) 



Wall-eye. The iris a pearly white color, due to a lack of 

 pigment. Sometimes called glass-eye. 



Windgalls. Puffs occurring at the upper part of the fetlock 

 joints. 



Windy. Whistluig or roaring when exerted. 



Whistler. Defective in wind. 



Winging. Throwing the front feet out when traveling. 



SWINE TERMS 



Bacon. The belly or side of a pig which has been cured or 

 smoked. Also the type of hog suited to the production of such 

 meat. 



Barrow. A male hog which has been castrated when quite 

 yoimg, before secondary sex characters have developed. 



Berkshire. A breed of swine of English origin, but widely 

 distributed at present ; perhaps the most cosmopolitan breed 

 in the world. Color black with six white points. 



Black teeth. The tusks of small pigs, sometimes so long that 

 they injure the udder of the sow and the jaws of other pigs with 

 which they fight. 



Block hog. A northwestern term applied to fat swine suit- 

 able to the fresh meat trade ; a light butcher hog of the eastern 

 market. 



Boar. An entire male hog. 



Brood sow. A female hog kept for the production of young. 



Cholera, or hog cholera. A very infectious and fatal disease 

 of swine. It is practically incurable but may be prevented by 

 vaccination. 



Crude oil. A petroleum product frequently used as an insec- 

 ticide on swine. 



Farrow. To give birth to young pigs. 



Feeder. A young hog of suitable size and condition to make 

 a market animal after about sixty days or less on full feed. Such 

 a pig usually weighs 80 to 125 poimds. 



