Abstract
1) For tht purpose of improving Berkshire swine Sus scrofa var. domesticus Brisson) in Ka. goshima prefecture, Japan, the physical characters of 154 swine, aged 1.5 or more, were biometrically studied.
Ten characters of the body were measured, and various biometrical values, the mean value, standard deviation, variation coefficient, correlation coefficient and regression equation were calculated.
The normal type shown in the tabl was determined in the usualway.
2) It was observed that 50.65% fitted into the normal type.
