POINTS OF A GOOD BOAR.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 22 April 1938, Page 5

POINTS OF A GOOD BOAR.

When selecting a boar, the best available should be bought, for during his life he may be the sire of hundreds of pigs, while the sow can only produce a limited number. If the boar is good be will improve the standard of the herd. His selection, therefore, is of very great importance. The boar should come from a large, thrifty litter, and be obtained from a reliable breeder. He should be a little more on the compact side than the sow, not too chunky or short, but showing full development at every point, and of a strictly masculine type representing the full type of his breed. He must show quality, smoothness, and evenness in every part, have a typical masculine head, with eyes and bars wide apart, the jowl reasonably full and well laid on the shoulders, which should be smooth and free from wrinkles. He should have a full heartgirth extending well down to the bottom lines, nearly, or quite on a level, with as deep a flank as possible. lie should possess rather short or medium-length legs, with bone of fairsize and quality, -pasterns short and straight, and tho hoofs well set, legs standing square, straight, and well under him. A long, wide, and deep ham, and tail well set up are also desirable characteristics.