THE BREEDS OF SWINE 



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gradually forward, the jowl heavy and full, like the hams, 

 shoulders and body all through. Color is red, the cherry 

 shade preferred, although the best shades grow lighter 

 with age. Dark spots are sometimes seen under the belly 

 and on the legs and too many are objected to. As a rule 

 the bone is especially heavy. 



A general lack of refinement, shown especially in creases 

 and wrinkles along the sides, has been charged against 

 some individuals of this breed. 



Fig. 142. — A Chester White boar. 



301. The Chester White. — This breed, largely of 

 Yorkshire extraction in the beginning, was formerly con- 

 sidered one of the three largest breeds, but it ranks now 

 with the Poland China and Duroc Jersey in size (Fig. 

 142). Its form is characterized by more length than in 

 either of the two breeds mentioned and it is not, therefore, 

 as uniformly wide, nor as well filled in the hams as they are. 

 The head is of medium size, the face long but straight, 



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