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CONKEY'S STOCK BOOK 



Preference is for 150 Ibs. at 10 months. Just stop and think of this fact: 

 Your hogs are ready for market at the age of 10 months, or sometimes one 

 year, at a cost, pound for pound, of 

 just about one-half the feed for beef; 

 or compared with sheep, we find pound 

 for pound pork is produced at about 

 two-thirds the cost of best mutton. 

 The carcasses dress out at good per- 

 cents, 75% to 82% being the usual 

 average, making an average value per 

 carcass of $8.75. There is no waste 

 product, strictly speaking. The com- 

 mon expression of packers that they 

 "use all but the squeal" is literal truth. 



BEST BREED In the United States, then, the breeds most popular are 

 those known as "large hogs": 



Poland Chinas, 

 Chester Whites, 

 Duroc Jerseys, 

 Yorkshires, 

 Berkshires (Modern) 



The small Yorkshires or Suffolks and the Essex are the small breeds. 

 The middle Yorkshires, Victorias and Cheshires are known as medium 

 breeds. But it must be understood that this classification is for tendency 

 only. Size may vary according to the section where the breed is raised, 

 food, care, etc. For instance, feed the smaller medium animals corn and 

 you develop to a weight for that individual animal which would put it in 

 the class with "large hogs." This then is simply a general statement for 

 average conditions. 



The "Best" breed is a matter of individual liking. It isn't quite true 

 to say there is no best breed as Coburn (remember, he is the American 

 authority) says there really is a "best breed for every man." That is, for 

 every man there is a breed with characteristics, marketable or ornamental, 

 making it best for his individual purposes. Complete statistics are not 

 procurable; but a comparison of the various herd-books for registration 

 shows the popularity of breeds to be about as indicated in the order of the 

 general table which follows: 



