BREEDING AND SELECTION 35 
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, thev are much safer to buy than young, 
untried boars. There is much unreasonable prejudice against 
Fic. 10.—Chester White boar, winner of sw2epstakes 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. 
