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Objections — White running high on hind legs or extend- 

 ing more than one-fourth length of body, or solid black. 



i6. Size — Large for condition; boar two years old and over, 

 450 ; sow, same age, 400; eighteen months boar, 350; 

 sow;, 325; twelve months boar or sow, 300; six months 

 both sexes, 140 _ 5 



17. Action and Style — Active, vigorous, quick and graceful; 



style attractive and spirited 4 



Objections — Dull, sluggish and clumsy. 



18. Condition — Healthy, skin free from all defects, flesh 



evenly laid on and smooth and firm, not patchy, and 

 devoid of all excess of grossness 4 



Objections — Skin scurfy, scaly, mangy or otherwise 

 unhealthy; hair harsh; dwarfed or cramped; not 

 growthy. 



19. Disposition — Docile, quiet and easily handled 3 



Objections — Cross, restless, vicious or vnth no ambition. 



MIDDLE WHITE. 



Standard of excellence adopted by the National Pig Breeders' 

 Association of Great Britain. 



Color — White, free from black hairs, and blue spots on the skin. 

 Head — Moderately short, face dished, snout broad and turned 



up, jowl full, wide between the ears. 

 Ears — Fairly large, carried erect and fringed with fine hair. 

 Neck — Medium.' length, proportionately full to the shoulders. 

 Chest — ^Wide and deep. 

 Shoulders — Level across the top, moderately wide, free from 



coarseness. 

 Leg — Straight and well set, level with outside of the body with 



fine bone. 

 Pasterns — -Short and springy. 

 Feet — Strong, even and wide. 

 Back — Long, level and wide from rump. 

 Loin — Broad. 

 Tail — Set high, moderate length, but not coarse, with tassel of 



fine hair. 

 Sides — Deep. 

 Ribs — Well sprung. 



Belly — Full, but not flabby and straight underline. 

 Flank — Thick and well let down. 

 Quarters — Long and wide. 

 Hams — Broad, full and deep to hocks. 

 Coat — Long, fine and silky. 



