A Method of Examining Swine

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98 Applied Swine Genetics A METHOD OF EXAMINING SWINE 1. SIDE VIEW — OBSERVE: • BALANCE • LENGTH AND DEPTH OF SIDE • HAM DEVELOPMENT • STRENGTH OF PASTERNERS • MANNER OF MOVEMENT • OTHER BREED AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS 2. REAR VIEW — OBSERVE: • SET OF HIND LEGS • DEPTH OF HAMS • WIDTH OF LOIN AND OF BODY 3. FRONT VIEW — OBSERVE: • NEATNESS AND TRIMNESS OF HEAD AND SHOULDERS • SPRING OF RIBS • WIDTH OF BACK AND STRAIGHTNESS OF FORELEGS

What it means

An old agricultural textbook illustration presents a method for examining a pig from the side, rear, and front, with detailed criteria for judging its body, legs, ham development, and movement. The humor comes from treating an ordinary pig inspection with the solemn, technical seriousness of a scientific procedure, making it useful as an absurd reaction to overanalyzing something simple.

Objects

pig / свинья farmer / фермер agricultural textbook page / страница сельскохозяйственного учебника side-view pig diagram / схема свиньи сбоку rear-view pig diagram / схема свиньи сзади front-view pig diagram / схема свиньи спереди work clothes / рабочая одежда clipboard / планшет pig pen / свинарник legs / ноги snout / рыло tail / хвост ham / окорок back / спина shoulders / плечи