THE PROFIT OF RAISING THOKOUGH-BRED PIGS. 



for liis pigs. The English farmers are enabled to compete 

 with the pork made from our cheap corn-growing sections 

 by paying more attention to the improved breeds, and by 

 furnishing a superior article. The American farmers of 

 the Eastern and Middle States must do the same thing 

 in order to successfully compete with raisers of pork in 

 the cheap corn-growing sections of the West ; and the first 

 step is to introduce thorough-bred boars of the best breeds. 

 As long as breeders can sell their pigs at $20 each when 

 two months old, it will pay to bestow a good deal of at- 

 tention on their management. An English breeder is said 

 to have made enough out of his pigs to " build a church." 

 Many American breeders of Chester County and the 

 Jefferson County pigs have made a great deal of money 

 by the business. 



