. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. PORK PRODUCTION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 9 LESSON III. TOPIC: SWINE JUDGING. Time.—Fall. Before fairs. Lesson outline.—Purpose: To know that a hog possesses the neces- sary qualities for laying on fat or producing good bacon, or for trans- mitting such qualities to its offspring is important in comiection with prohtahle swine production. There are ccrtam characteristics pecuMar to the fat or lard type of hog and the same is true of the bacon tj^pe. Those either directly or prospectively interested in swine p
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. PORK PRODUCTION FOR RURAL SCHOOLS. 9 LESSON III. TOPIC: SWINE JUDGING. Time.—Fall. Before fairs. Lesson outline.—Purpose: To know that a hog possesses the neces- sary qualities for laying on fat or producing good bacon, or for trans- mitting such qualities to its offspring is important in comiection with prohtahle swine production. There are ccrtam characteristics pecuMar to the fat or lard type of hog and the same is true of the bacon tj^pe. Those either directly or prospectively interested in swine production should be able to recognize those characteristics. Hence the necessity for judging Fig. 6.—Parts of the hog: 1, snout; 2, eye; 3, face; 4, ear; 5, jowl; 6, neck: 7, shoulder; 8, foreleg; 9, hind- leg; 10, breast; 11, ehcstlinc; 12, hack; 13, loin; 14, side; 15, tail; 16, fore flank; 17, hind flank; IS, hip; 19, rump; 20, belly; 21, ham; 22, stifle; 23, hock; 24, pasterns; 25, dewclaws; 26, foot. Parts of the hog (fig. 6 -: Before attempting the use of the score card the pupils should become familiar with tlie locations and names of the parts of the hog. The accompanying diagram with its legend should be studied carefully before using the score card. The score cards: These are merely guides in making detailed studies of the hogs. Arbitrary values are assigned to the various pomts to emphasize their relative importance. The accompanying score cards should be studied carefully to enable the pupils to become famihar with them before attempting to use them. As much practice as possible should then be given in judging both fat and bacon types of hogs. The teacher should arrange for visits to farms of the community where pure-bred hogs are kept. 27820°—18—Bull. 64C 2. 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
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