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cost much to carry them over from the time they are 

 through suckhng until the next Htter is farrowed." 



Breeding should first of all make for stamina, no 

 matter what type or color may have heen the hreeder's 

 selection. Any tendencies which point to impairment of 

 constitution are likely to be accentuated in the offspring, 

 and, persisted in, will sooner or later bring a l^reeder to 

 grief. Probably the greatest fault of improved swine 

 breeding is the mating and striving for a, too great re- 

 hnement, especially by breeders of pure-breds, and indi- 

 cations of this should cause the breeder immediate con- 

 cern. 



This does not necessarily mean that Razor-Back or 

 other unci\ilized blood is required to restore or add vigor, 

 or that new breeds are essential because, perchance, 

 many hogs of noble lineage appear to have been too 

 much pampered, or are delicate or effeminate. There is 

 abundant corrective material in each of the well-recog- 

 nized and established improved breeds, and the man who 

 aspires to attain any high place as a breeder and looks 

 for foundation stock from other sources is but throwing 

 his time and his money away. 



'Tf you want to get the largest size possible in your 

 boar and sow." says a prominent and very successful 

 hog raiser, "do not use them until well toward maturity, 

 or at least until a year old. This will give a chance for 

 large growth before they are put to breeding, and will, 

 in the case of the sow, make her about i6 tnonths old 

 before she farrows. If w^ell fed and properly cared for, 

 she should weigh 400 pounds or more and farrow strong 



