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Page 121 - Face. — Either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white dappled with brown 4 Nostrils. — Wide and expanded ; nose dark 1 Eyes. — Prominent, but mild looking 2 Ears.
Page 121 - Head moderately fine, broad between the eyes and nostrils, but without a short, thick appearance, and well covered on crown with long, lustrous wool 8 Face either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white dappled with brown 4 Nostrils wide and expanded ; nose dark 1 Eyes prominent but mild looking 2 Ears broad, long, moderately thin, and covered with short hair 4 Collar...
Page 236 - The tip of the tail and udder may be white. The extension of the white of the udder a few inches along the inside of the flank, or a small white spot, or mark, on the under part of the belly by the milk veins, shall not be held to disqualify an animal whoso sire and dam form part of an established herd of the breed or answer all other essentials of this "standard description.1' Form: There should be no horns, slugs, or abortive horns.
Page 119 - Fine and thin 1 EARS. — Rather small, tolerably wide apart, covered with fine hair, and carried with a lively back and forth movement 2 EYES. — Full and bright 3 FACE. — A uniform tint of brown or gray or mouse color 3 NECK. — Short, fine at the head, but nicely tapering, and broad and' straight on top at the shoulders 4 SHOULDERS. — Broad and full, smoothly joining the neck with the back 5 BREAST. — Wide, deep, and projecting well forward, the forelegs standing wide apart . 5 BACK AND...
Page 121 - ... the knee. Leg upright with heavy bone, being clear from superfluous skin, with wool to fetlock, and may be mixed with gray 4 Breast broad and well forward, keeping the legs wide apart; girth or chest, full and deep 10 Fore flank quite full, not showing hollow behind the shoulders . 5 Back and loin broad, flat and straight, from which the ribs must spring with a fine circular arch ....... 12...
Page 118 - Too fine bones, short body, deficient in twist, legs close together, h'ght in brisket. Head. — Head short and broad; wide between the ears and between the eyes; short from top of head to tip of nose; ears short, of medium size; eyes expressive; head should be well covered with wool to a point even with the eyes, without any appearance of horns; color of face dark brown — 10 points.
Page 144 - ... feet, face, tip of tail and an ° occasional splash on the arm 4 Face and Snout — Short; the former fine and well dished, and broad between the eyes 7 Eye — Very clear, rather large, dark hazel or gray 2 Ear — Generally almost erect, but sometimes inclined forward with advancing age; medium size; thin and soft 4 Jowl — Full and heavy, running well back on neck 4 Neck — Short and broad on top 4 Hair — Fine and soft; medium thickness 3 Skin — Smooth and pliable 4 Shoulder — Thick...
Page 121 - Shoulders. — Broad and full, and at the same time join so gradually to the collar forward and chine backward as not to leave the least hollow in either place 8 Fore Legs.
Page 142 - That by feeding the bone meal we doubled the strength of the thigh bones; asnea nearly doubled the strength of the bones. (3) There was about 50 per cent more ash in the bones of the hogs receiving bone meal and hard-wood ashes than in the others.
Page 236 - Shoulders. — Moderately oblique, well covered on the blades and top ; with vertebra or backbone slightly above the scapula or shoulder blades, which should be moderately broad 6 6.