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Flank. — Full and even with body ; equaling heart girth. 



Objections : Thin, tucked up or drawn in ; less than heart 

 girth or length of body from top of head to root of tail. 

 Ham or rump. — Broad ; full ; long ; wide and deep ; admitting 

 of no swells ; buttock full, neat and clean ; stifle well 

 covered with flesh, nicely tapering toward the hock ; rump 

 slightly rounding from loin to root of tail, same width as 

 back, making an even line with sides. 



Objections : Narrow ; short ; not filled out to stifle ; too 

 much cut up in crotch or twist ; not coming down to hook ; 

 buttocks flabby ; rump flat, narrow, too long, too sharp or 

 peaked at root of tail. 

 Legs. — Medium length ; strong and straight ; set well apart 

 and well under body ; bone of good size ; firm ; well muscled ; 

 wide above knee and hock, round and tapering below knee 

 and hock, enabling the animal to carry its weight with ease ; 

 pasterns short and nearly upright. 



Objections : Too short or too long ; weak ; crooked ; too 

 close together ; muscles weak ; bone too large and coarse, 

 without taper ; pasterns long, crooked or slim. 

 Feet — Short ; flrm ; tough ; animal standing well up' on toes. 



Objections : Hoofs long, slim, weak ; toes spreading, 

 crooked or turned up. 

 Tail. — Small ; smooth ; nicely tapering ; root slightly covered 

 with flesh ; carried in a curl. 



Objections : Coarse ; too long ; clumsy ; straight. 



Coat. — Pine ; either straight or wavy with preference for 



straight ; evenly distributed and covering the body well. 



Objections : Bristles ; swirls ; hair coarse, thin, standing 

 up, not evenly distributed over all the body except the belly. 

 Color. — White. Red or black spots in hair disqualify, but blue 

 spots in hide (commonly known as freckles), while objec- 

 tionable and to be discouraged, do not argue impurity of 

 blood. 



Objections : Color any other than white. 

 Size. — Large for age and condition. Boar two years and over, 

 if in good flesh, should weigh not less than 500 pounds; 

 sow same age and condition, not less than 450 pounds. 

 Boars eighteen months old, in good flesh, should weigh not 

 less than 400 pounds ; sows, 350. Boars twelve months 

 old, not less than 350 pounds ; sows, 300. Boars and sows 

 six months old not less than 150 pounds each, and other 

 ages in proportion. 



Objections : Overgrown, coarse, uncouth, hard to fatten. 



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