68 SWINE IN AMERICA 



each year, if good management and freedom from dis- 

 ease prevail, should soon find himself with a profitable 

 herd. 



SELECTION OF BREEDING STOCK 



Many practical questions enter into the first selection 

 of boars and brood sows, not the least of these being the 

 facilities and pocketbook of the man who is doing the 

 buying. The beginner in swine raising may learn much 

 from books, papers and breeders' meetings regarding 

 the ideal hog, only to find, after all is said and read, 

 that financially he is in no position to stock up at prices 

 he may regard as high, yet not too high. The great 

 majority are so situated. While the author of this vol- 

 ume firmly believes in the advantages and importance of 

 registered stock, he recognizes that most men who raise 

 swine are not so equipped that they can apply the methods 

 best suited for handling a $5,500 boar or a sow simi- 

 larly related to the nobility. He has endeavored, there- 

 fore, to set forth the best methods that have come under 

 Ills observation, without going far outside the range of 

 the average man who raises hogs to sell for slaughter. 



The hog has won his place in great part through the 

 fact that he is profitable alike to rich and poor, and a 

 man with limited resources may make more money with 

 a like number of hogs, and often does, than the possessor 

 of a plethoric bank account. A restricted area, make- 

 sliift shelter and the less expensive feeds, handled in a 

 small way but to best advantage, may be utilized for the 

 attainment of a much higher status. 



