WELL-BRED AMERICANS CALLED HOGS 37 



from wMeli the farmer is" gaining the most 

 profitable returns ^"s Jthe result of good 

 breeding. Once, I 'used to be indignant 

 when foreigners refferred to Americans as 

 "hogs." At last, I. consoled myself with 

 the thought that, they so admired our hogs 

 that they associated all well-bred Ameri- 

 cans with hogs. 



Hog-breeds of today come from two or 

 three potent ancestors. Each breed has 

 but a few potent representative sires and 

 they sell for a big price, as a "Duroc Jer- 

 sey" boar sold for $5,000 and his stud serv- 

 ice fee is $50.00, where others stand at 50 

 cents. 



The Stud Books of the Kennel Club tell 

 the same story. The blue ribbons of the 

 bench, the winners in the fields, are dogs 

 which all run back through two or three 

 strains in the Stud Book. It is not this or 

 that breed, but the breed as a whole, and 

 each breed has a limited number of indi- 

 viduals which makes the Kennel Stud Book 

 worth-while. 



Even the poultry breeders have learned 

 the value of the rare sire, as some cocks 



