THE BOAR ; SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT 99 



known successful experience. The paragraphs that fol- 

 low give a little such testimony: 



"There is certainly no excuse now for anybody buying 

 a grade boar," says Henry Wallace, editor of Wallaces' 

 Fanner. "Comparatively few farmers do. Do not 

 economize in buying the boar, provided he is a good indi- 

 vidual and well bred. There are not enough good hogs 

 to go around. A wise and judicious breeder and feeder 

 is very apt to know what his stock is worth and demand 

 it and get it. Therefore, do not let five or ten dollars 

 stop you from buying the animal you want." 



"A boar untried and out of condition is a risky chap," 

 says L. N. Bonham, "that the prudent man will test be- 

 fore he risks him on his herd. I have found it a safe 

 rule to hold onto the good sire until I have tested another. 

 It is sometimes inconvenient to keep an old boar long- 

 enough to see what the young one will prove to be, but 

 it is safest not to put all our eggs in one basket." 



"I don't believe in using a boar too often," says N. H. 

 Gentry. "I don't like to use him immediately after feed- 

 ing. Sometimes we use a boar twice a day, and then 

 probably have two or three or four days when we will 

 not use him at all. We prefer to scatter these services 

 along, but have, of course, no way of regulating the time 

 when sows will come in heat. Sometimes we find our- 

 selves with three or four in heat and must use a boar two 

 or three times a day. but not very often. If I use a boar 

 twice in a day I like to let him miss service afterward 

 for a day or so. I think once a day is doing very well." 



A correspondent of the Breeder's Ga/:effe visited the 

 herds of twenty-three prominent breeding farms, from 



