348 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 May, 1899. 
WHAT PIG POINTS MEAN. . 
Near in the head (says Rwral Australian) means a nose neither too long nor 
too short, a nite shapely keen-looking face, with bright, mild eyes, broad fore- 
head,’a‘good-tempered appearance. ars, soft and pliable; when they falla 
ittle to the front without actually being lopped, the point is good. Light 
_~ neck and shoulders; for the coarser parts of a side of baeon, and those which 
fetch the lowest price, are the neck and shoulders, and the lighter those parts 
the “better the side, and the higher: price it will make. Deep in the ribs. 
Looking at this from a bacon-curer’s point of view, a pig that is deep and round 
in the ribs will of necessity produce a larger proportion of first-class bacon. 
Thick in the loin. A pig with heavy loin has capacity for food, together with 
good digestion, and strong constitution generally. The loin is high-priced, 
and the weight of that should be kept up. Stout in the thighs. The hams 
are most important, and, in the case of pigs killed for the ham and middle 
(flitch) trade, the most valuable of all. Long silky hair indicates strength of 
constitution as well as lean meat. Suchare conditions which indicate a happy 
union between thriftiness and lean meat—a union which suits both the curer 
and the producer. 
The Horse. 
STABLE NOTES.—No. 1. 
By W. C. QUINNELL, M.R.C.V.S. 
WE propose to publish a series of articles, commencing in the present number 
of the Journal, on the horse, his diseases, general treatment, &c., from the pen 
of Mr. W. ©. Quinnell, M.R.C.V.S. 
The treatment which the most valuable and docile of all the friends and 
allies of man often receives at the hands of brutal or ignorant men is such 
that it behoves all who have the necessary influence and knowledge to exert 
themselves to ameliorate the horse’s lot by all means in their power, and especiall 
by leading horse-owners, to a general knowledge of the simpler ailments of the 
animal, and by instructing them in simple language, devoid of technicalities, 
how to detect and treat those ailments when the services of a veterinary 
surgeon are not available. 
To the uninitiated, the horse is a mystery as to many of his diseases, and 
the symptoms often convey no idea (except to the man of veterinary science) 
of the seat of them. Even when the disease is diagnosed, the treatment is 
not easy to thé unskilled person. Take a simple case. A horse has a tooth- 
ache. He cannot masticate his food. In many cases the owner decides that 
the poor animal has lampas, and he proceeds to add to its torture by a process 
of burning and bleeding. 
The following papers will have amply justified their publication if only a 
few horse-owners will take the trouble to study them and apply the knowledge 
thus obtained to alleviating the miseries of this noble animal. 
Visible Mucus Membranes, viz.:—The lining membranes of the eye, the 
nostrils, and the mouth, also afford great assistance in indicating the presence 
of disease. ‘The natural colour of the lining membranes of the eye and nostrils 
is a palish red or carnation, therefore any marked deviation from this would 
denote some disorder. As for example :— 
Yellowness of these membranes indicates disease of the liver. 
Lividity—A non-oxygenated condition of the blood, as in diseases of the 
respiratory tract. 
