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E. Hindquarters: 



Rump — Same width as back; long and slightly rounded 

 from a point above hips to tail, and somewhat rounded 

 from side to side over top 4 



Ham — Full without flabbiness; thigh, tapering towards 

 hock without wrinkles or folds, and carrying flesh well 

 down towards hock 6 



Hind Legs — Medium length; hocks, set well apart, but not 

 bowed outward; bone, clean and strong; pasterns, up- 

 right; feet, medium size and strongly formed 4 



Total 100 



Notes on Scale of Points. 



Size. The feeder requires a hog which will attain market 

 weight at an early age, and hence he requires breeding ani- 

 mals of good size. If a market hog is under consideration, 

 all that is necessary is to decide whether it is within the 

 weight limits set for hogs intended for bacon. 



Form. In form, the bacon type of hog is very different 

 from the lard type. It is longer in the leg, has less thickness 

 and depth of body, and is lighter in shoulder, neck, and 

 jowl. Length, especially from the back of the shoulder to 

 the ham, is very important. From the back of the shoulder 

 to the snout the hog should be comparatively short. Some 

 hogs are long from snout to rump, but they have such a 

 long, deep shoulder that they are short from the back of the 

 shoulder to the rump, as compared with the distance from 

 the same point to the snout. Such hogs carry too much 

 weight at the cheap end of the side of bacon, and hence are 

 very objectionable, and the judge must be careful that he is 

 not deceived by this conformation. But, along with length, 

 the hog must possess sufificient depth and thickness of body 

 to denote constitution. No matter how long a hog may be, 

 if it has long, coarse legs, and a narrow, cramped chest, it is 

 an undesirable type to breed from. The breeder must secure 

 reasonable depth and thickness of body in order to have a 

 hog of strong constitution, even though he may have to sac- 

 rifice a little length. This point must not be lost sight of 

 in judging breeding animals. A trim belly is required, 



