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for his money. It is right here that a wide experience and 

 a seasoned judgment count for so much in stock breeding. 

 Sometimes aged boars, which have proved their excellence as 

 stock getters, are to be had at a very reasonable price, and if 

 they are still active, they are much safer to buy than young, 

 untried boars. There is much unreasonable prejudice against 



FIG. 10. Chester White boar, winner of sweepstakes at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. 



aged boars, and many an excellent aged boar is sent to the 

 butcher long before his usefulness is past, merely because no 

 person would buy him for breeding purposes ; and young boars, 

 many of which should have gone to the butcher before being 

 used at all, are taken in preference. These things are matters 

 of judgment, and to select wisely the breeder must know what 

 he requires. 



