ICX) SWINE IN AMERICA 



Lowell, Mass., to Edgar, Neb. His report showed that 

 the most successful boars are treated with as considerate 

 attention as might be given a valuable stallion or bull. 

 "It will be seen," he summarized, "that the hogs that are 

 achieving success as sires are not kept in a pen and fed 

 corn and water. Too much attention cannot be given 

 the boar, and it is not at all sufficient that he be fed lib- 

 erally only when in service. His health and comfort 

 should be looked after carefully throughout the year. If 

 you have one not so worth looking after, dispose of him 

 and get one that is, even if he costs a house and lot." 



A. J. Lovejoy, who sold the boar Masterpiece 77000 

 for $2,500 in 1906, the highest recorded price for a Berk- 

 shire up to that time, said : "So far as handling Master- 

 piece or any other boar is concerned, we give him lots of 

 exercise and good hearty feed, keep him in fair breeding 

 condition and do not use him too much. Our manager of 

 the hogs would only let Masterpiece to one sow a day for 

 two successive days. Then he would have him rest a 

 day and use him another two days. Every time he is 

 used he walks forty rods from his home to the breeding 

 house. The sow is taken from her mates the night be- 

 fore and put in a crate where she can't see other hogs. 

 In the morning, before breakfast, the herdsman walks the 

 boar down to the breeding house and lets him lie there 

 until after breakfast. Then he uses him, and immediate- 

 ly puts the sow in a dark, quiet place until she is out of 

 heat. He lets the boar lie for half an hour and then 

 walks him back home. We give him his breakfast after- 

 ward. By having lots of exercise and not too many 



