. Judging farm animals . Livestock. Pig. 169.—An udder with three teats — a very unusual condition. tinctly thicker than those behind. This is also suggested by the distance between the op- posite hind teats and the opposite front ones. The more closely the thighs are placed, the thinner will be the hindquarters. Not infrequently one sees an udder, low in its rear attachment, be- tween thighs so close to- gether that the udder as a whole is crowded forward with a consid- erable tilt of the lower side. The form of the perfect, while the other side shows a quarter not in equally good form with i
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. Pig. 169.—An udder with three teats — a very unusual condition. tinctly thicker than those behind. This is also suggested by the distance between the op- posite hind teats and the opposite front ones. The more closely the thighs are placed, the thinner will be the hindquarters. Not infrequently one sees an udder, low in its rear attachment, be- tween thighs so close to- gether that the udder as a whole is crowded forward with a consid- erable tilt of the lower side. The form of the perfect, while the other side shows a quarter not in equally good form with its opposite, making a shorter and more un- shapely gland. Uniformity in size and shape of quarters should be emphasized by the judge. The udder as a whole should be fairly thick, assum- ing that, other things being equal, the thick udder has more capacity than the thin one. The natural form of the udder is to be narrower behind than in front—another wedge —the forequarters being dis-. Pig. 170.—"The udder as a whole should be fairly ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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