The Selection of a Herd Boar. 35 



only a little more length of snout allowable, but shorter 

 preferred. These descriptions should be insisted on in 

 making selection, in order that the offspring may show an 

 improvement each year. 



Careful attention should be given to the blood lines of the 

 sire. He should be what is known as an intensive breeder 

 — one able to reproduce himself and improve the get. 



Such a sire is more often than otherwise found in a 

 strongly "line-bred" boar, carrying the blood of closely 

 related ancestors. If of proper conformation he can be 

 relied upon to prove a good sire. 



Personally, I would never think of introducing a herd 

 boar into my herd of brood sows, that did not carry much 

 of the blood represented by the sows, and yet it is not un- 

 common for a breeder to receive letters from prospective 

 buyers insisting that a boar be sent that is in no way related 

 on either side to the sows to which he is to be bred. 



