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is strictly bacon, being characterized by length and depth 

 of side, balanced by an absence of width and fullness 

 throughout, the neck, shoulders and hindquarters being 

 thin, light and tapering. The head is of medium length, 

 the snout only slightly dished, not turned up, the ears 

 large but fine, shapely, well set and carried erect, the jowl 

 muscular but firm. Color is white, bluish spots in the 

 skin only being permissible but rather objectionable as in 



Fig. 145. — A Tamworth sow. 



the case of the Chester White. Quality in bone, hair and 

 general refinement is characteristic of this breed. 



A short, under-shot snout, heavy, lop ears, a narrow, 

 weak loin, and too much length of leg are the defects most 

 commonly noted in this breed. 



304. The Tamworth. — This is also a very old and 

 probably pure breed, the original characters of which have 

 been perpetuated and modified along the fine of bacon 



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