BREEDING AND SELECTION 37 
it came to a choice between two boars, one of which was fine 
and effeminate, and the other inclining to coarseness but 
strongly masculine, the writer’s experience would lead him 
to choose the latter, other things being equal. 
Selection of the Sow. 
For the production of markct hogs 
it is not essential that a sow should be pure-bred. A grade 
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Fic. 12.—An excellent type of breeding sow. She possesses length, depch, smooth- 
ness, and quality. The head shows strength and docility, and is truly feminine. The well- 
developed and well placed teats denote prolificacy and good milking qualities. 
sow of good type and parentage will usually produce very 
satisfactory pigs for market purposes, if mated with a boar 
of good breeding and quality, but, of course, none of her boar 
pigs should be kept for breeding purposes. 
Whether pure-bred or grade, a sow selected for breeding 
should be from a prolific mother, and by a boar that comes 
