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Objections — Back narrow; creased back of shoulders; sun-fish 

 shaped; humped; swayed; too long, or lumpy rolls; uneven 

 in width; loin narrow, depressed or humped. 



Sides and Ribs — Sides full; smooth; deep; carrying size down 

 to belly; even with line of ham and shoulder; ribs long; well 

 sprung at top and bottom, giving hog a square form. 



Objections' — Fat; thin; flabby; compressed at bottom; shrunken 

 at shoulders and ham; uneven surface; ribs flat and too short. 



Belly and Flank — Same width as back; full, making a straight 

 line and dropping as low at flank as at bottom of chest; line 

 of lower edge running parallel with sides; flank full and even 

 with body. 



Objections — Belly narrow; pinched; sagging or flabby; flank 

 thin, tucked' up or drawn in. 



Ham and Rump — Ham broad; full; long, wide and deep; admit- 

 ting of nO' swells; buttock full; neat and clean, thus avoid- 

 ing flabbiness; stifle well covered with flesh, nicely tapering 

 towards the hock; rump should have a slightly rounding 

 shape from loin to root of tail; same width as back, making 

 an even line with sides. 



Objections. — Hams narrow; short; not filled out to stifle; too 

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

 buttocks flabby; rump flat, narrow, too long, too steep, 

 sharp or peaked at root of tail. 



Legs and Feet — Legs short; straight; set well apart and squarely 

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

 above knee and hock; below knee and hock round and taper- 

 ing, enabling animal to carry its weight with ease; pastern 

 short and nearly upright; feet short, firm, tough and free 

 from defects. 



Objections — Legs too short, long, slim, crooked, too coarse; 

 too close together; weak muscles above hock and knee; bone 

 large and coarse without taper; pasterns long; crooked, slim 

 like a deers; hoofs long, slim, weak; toes spreading, crooked 

 or turned up. 



Tail — Small; smooth; tapering; well set on; root slightly covered 

 with flesh; carried in a curl. 



Objections — Coarse; long; clumsy; set too high or too low; 

 hanging like a rope. 



Coat — Fine; straight or wavy; evenly distributed and covering 

 the body well; nicely clipped coats no objection. 



Objections — Bristles; hair coarse; thin; standing up; not evenly 

 distributed over all of the body except the belly. 



Color — White (blue spots or black specks in skin shall not argue 

 imipurity of blood.) 



Objections — Color any other than white. 



