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INTRODUCTORY 



engage in the nndertaking exeei)t on a large scale, and the 

 jieoplo who can liaiidlc hogs in large nnnd)er.s and make the 

 hnsiness a tinaneial snecess are conqiaratively few. Tlie aver- 

 age farmer is safer to handle hogs in rather small numbers, 

 and use them as an adjnnct to his olher farm operations. Used 

 in this wav, and liandjod with a reasonahle degree of jndgment. 



Fig. 1. — Champiun Tin qfi r White barrow at Chicago, exhibited by the luwa Agricultural 

 College This hog is almost the extreme fat type. 



the hog will give a good acefituit of liims(df in adding to the 

 revenne and the ]iroKts from the farm. A very few years' 

 experience slionld eiiahle a farmer to determine just ahont 

 liow many hogs lie can raise to advantage. Some farms will 

 carry very large nninhers owing to the system of fanning which 

 is cari'ied on, hut for many (if the smaller farms one breeding 

 sow is plenty. 



