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should break over at its top third, with a tendency to carry the 

 lower two thirds somewhat erect. The back of the approved type 

 has considerable length and exhibits a somewhat strong arch. 

 With maturity the body shows much depth, but immature animals 

 often appear shallow bodied and long of leg ; however, from this 

 conformation comes the big type of Duroc-Jersey that in 1919 

 was in such great favor — the short, deep-bodied, short-legged pig 



Fig. 334. Orion Cherry King 42475, perhaps the most noted Duroc-Jersey sire 



of recent years. Bred and owned by Ira Jackson, Tippecanoe City, Ohio. From 



photograph by the author. The light color shown is largely due to the picture's 



being taken when this boar had a very thin coat of hair 



never attains the large size valued by the best breeders. The ham 

 of the Duroc-Jersey tends to be long from the top of the rump to 

 the hocks, but frequently lacks the fullness or thickness of lower 

 thigh and twist so characteristic of the Poland-China. The bone 

 and pastern in times past have been rather deficient, but in recent 

 years this trouble has been largely overcome, so that now no breed 

 is superior to the Duroc-Jersey in this respect. Students of the 

 breed should recognize the existence of two types — the medium 

 and the big, with the latter meeting with far more favor from the 

 worth-while critics and breeders. Another feature much emphasized 



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