Swine husbandry in Canada . s very undesirable. Fig. 7 shows an idealham hung up; note that it is medium in size and tapers evenly down to the hock. Hind legs, (firmly and squarely set with hocks tolerably well apart but not bowedoutward; the bone should be clean and moderately fin, and the pasterns upright andstrong. They should be of medium length, as already mentioned in describing theforelegs; a very short leg usually indicates a short, compact conformation through-out, while excessive length of leg is often associated with poor feeding qualities. Quality is a general term somewhat hard to
Swine husbandry in Canada . s very undesirable. Fig. 7 shows an idealham hung up; note that it is medium in size and tapers evenly down to the hock. Hind legs, (firmly and squarely set with hocks tolerably well apart but not bowedoutward; the bone should be clean and moderately fin, and the pasterns upright andstrong. They should be of medium length, as already mentioned in describing theforelegs; a very short leg usually indicates a short, compact conformation through-out, while excessive length of leg is often associated with poor feeding qualities. Quality is a general term somewhat hard to define, but readily recognized by theexperienced stockman. To say that a pig has lots of quality is to imply that hisgeneral appearanace denotes good breeding: that he has a clean-cut, trim, tidy, attrac-tive appearance, with no sign of coarseness as indicated in the hone, skin and hair;that he i, symmetrical, n0 .-art abnormally developed; and that he is active in hismovements, but neither wild, cross nor restle- ?• /?.swinehuscanada. 10
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