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In other words, they must themselves possess quality, 

 smoothness, and easy feeding qualities. 



In seeking quality and early maturity, however, care 

 must be exercised. The effort to secure quality has in 

 many instances been overdone, with the result that fertile 

 breeding qualities, substance, and constitution were lost. 

 What is desired is all the quality possible without sacri- 

 ficing the more fundamental essentials which have to do 

 with reproduction and growth. The sows should be 

 prolific, produce pigs capable of rapid growth, and in 

 addition, these pigs should be smooth and fat at the age 

 when they can be most profitably marketed. If an ideal 

 breed of hogs is ever evolved, it will be the result of the 

 proper combination of these three essentials. 



