THE boar: selection and management 8i 



with the money at his command. Although the buyer of 

 a boar may feel that his limit in price is restricted, he 

 should be determined to secure the best his resources will 

 permit, even though he makes somewhat of a sacrifice to 

 do so. In any event, the animal that he selects should be 

 pure-bred, of such breed as the owner may deem best, 

 for if not pure he cannot be depended on to stamp his 

 own qualities on his offspring, as only thoroughbreds do. 

 The boar of mixed and unknown breeding is to be 

 shunned as a delusion and a snare. If the Berkshire or 

 a Berkshire cross is preferred, a registered Berkshire 

 boar should be used. If the Poland-China seems most 

 suitable, use a pure Poland-China boar; or if the Duroc- 

 Jersey cross promises the best results, use a pure Duroc- 

 Jersey boar. Do the same with one of any breed that 

 may be ])ref erred. To use a sire that is a mixture of 

 several breeds, however meritorious or pure they may 

 individuall}^ be, is likely to mean poor, uncertain and un- 

 satisfactory progress. 



There are certain attributes belonging to a good boar 

 which should appeal alike to the man w^ho can make but a 

 small outlay and to him whose object is to get the best re- 

 gardless of cost. The buyer should be familiar with these 

 and should see them, as far as is possible, in the animal 

 he selects. They will not all be prominent in one animal, 

 but, so far as range of selection will permit, they ought 

 to be characteristic in him, and are worth both time and 

 effort, and perhaps some additional money, to secure. 

 The breeder may find it profitable to keep in mind that 

 it is not so much the extra $5 or $10 or $15 he may be 



