Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . s are nearly always docile, good milkers,take good care of their young, and bring a large percentage of themto weaning time. Peculiar Foot.—The feet of the Mulefoot hog are its most inter-esting characteristic. The legs themselves are of medium length. 58 DISEASES OF SWINE and placed well apart under the body. They are well boned, havefirm pastern joints, and sustain well the weight of the legs are also built for grazing, and this enables the hog to dowell as a forager. The special peculiarity of the Mulefoot hog is thefo
Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . s are nearly always docile, good milkers,take good care of their young, and bring a large percentage of themto weaning time. Peculiar Foot.—The feet of the Mulefoot hog are its most inter-esting characteristic. The legs themselves are of medium length. 58 DISEASES OF SWINE and placed well apart under the body. They are well boned, havefirm pastern joints, and sustain well the weight of the legs are also built for grazing, and this enables the hog to dowell as a forager. The special peculiarity of the Mulefoot hog is thefoot. In all other breeds of swine the foot is cloven in the Mulefoot there is not this separation into two lateral halvesor toes. Instead, the entire hoof is solid, and there is not a signof a crease or crack. The dew claws of the Mulefoot hog are alsoa little longer, and are placed a little lower down on the footthan in other breeds. When the Mulefoot is crossed on other strainsit imparts its strong qualities to a marked degree, and makes an. Fig. 23.—Prize-winning Mulefoot sow and litter of pigs. Owned and bred by-John H. Dunlap, Williamsport, Ohio. excellent cross with some of the less active and less prolific ofthe lard types. The solid hoof is shown, as a rule, in the littersobtained by these crosses of the Mulefoot with grade or other pure-bred stock. Owing to the fact that it has never been cross-bredto any extent with other types, the Mulefoot possesses unusualbreeding strength, and carries over its qualities to the offspring inunusual degree. Coming to Front.—The Mulefoot hog, when all is considered,appears to be a very worthy example of the lard types. He is ahardy animal, and, while his reputation was to some degree injuredby early claims with regard to cholera, the breed is now forging tothe front. The breeders of this type are now organized under the TAMWORTH 59 name of the American Mulefoot Hog Record Association, of whichMr. Dunlap, of Williams
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