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Nevertheless, we suppose many will not think so. We have reference to 

 the old fashioned way of hampering a hog for ringing, and also the ring; 

 now-a-(lays jiatcnt I'ings and riiiLi,iii,u- [>incers render the process more easy. 



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The old method wa.s both clumsy and cruel; and excc})t when necessary 

 rings of every kind should be discarded. 



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A hog that is turned out to fora.ge in the woods on mast and roots 

 should not, of course, be ringed; for he then needs free use of his snout 

 which is the means nature provides him with for getting food. The reason 

 why breeding swine should not be ringed is, that the natural exercise of 

 rooting, and the food they get in this way, are necessary to develop consti- 

 tutional vigor and perfect health, so important in all breeding stock. This 

 point is touched upon more fully elsewhere. 



