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Forty Years' Experience of a Practical Hoo Man. 



him by running along the division fence. Take good 

 care of him, feeding a good ration that will make him 

 grow rather than fatten him. Give him plenty of good, 

 clean water. Handle him as frequently as possible that he 

 may become gentle. A boar can run with sows under 

 proper conditions, but I have known men to buy a boar, 

 and as soon as he arrives turn him in with a lot of 

 sows, and they would almost ruin him, chasing him 

 about the lot until he would pay no attention to them, and 

 the result would be a letter of complaint to the seller, 

 claiming that the boar was no good. Many a good boar 



Feeding Time at Lovejoy Farm. 



has been replaced for no other cause than poor judgment 

 in starting to use him. We replaced one a few years ago, 

 and this discarded boar got ninety-six pigs for a neighbor 

 who took him at our request. A man must have "horse 

 sense ' ' if he is a successful hog man, and he must use it at 

 all times. A boar pig at $50.00 to use to produce pigs for 

 market will add value enough to the pig crop that he gets, 

 to pay for two or three such boars — value in finish, 

 feeding quality, uniformity and color, all of which go to 

 help top the market when they are sold. Read what I have 

 said about handling the herd boar and turning the boar in 

 with the sows. 



