Glossary 445 
Stump sucker, A cribber. 
Sweeney. Shoulder muscles shrunken away, causing a de- 
pression. 
Thoropins. Puffiness occurring in the web of the hock. 
Unsound. Not sound. (See sound.) 
Wall-eye. The iris a pearly white color, due to a lack of 
pigment. Sometimes called glass-eye. 
Windgalls. Puffs occurring at the upper part of the fetlock 
joints. 
Windy. Whistling or roaring when exerted. 
Whistler. Defective in wind. 
Winging. Throwing the front feet out when traveling. 
SWINE TERMS 
Bacon. The belly or side of a pig which has been cured or 
smoked. Also the type of hog suited to the production of such 
meat. , 
Barrow. A male hog which has been castrated when quite 
young, before secondary sex characters have developed. 
Berkshire. A breed of swine of English origin, but widely 
distributed at present; perhaps the most cosmopolitan breed 
in the world. Color black with six white points. 
Black teeth. The tusks of small pigs, sometimes so long that 
they injure the udder of the sow and the jaws of other pigs with 
which they fight. 
Block hog. A northwestern term applied to fat swine suit- 
able to the fresh meat trade; a light butcher hog of the eastern 
market. 
Boar. An entire male hog. 
Brood sow. A female hog kept for the production of young. 
Cholera, or hog cholera. A very infectious and fatal disease 
of swine. It is practically incurable but may be prevented by 
vaccination. 
Crude oil. A petroleum product frequently used as an insec- 
ticide on swine. 
Farrow. To give birth to young pigs. 
Feeder. A young hog of suitable size and condition to make 
a market animal after about sixty days or less on full feed. Such 
a pig usually weighs 80 to 125 pounds. 
