100 FoKTY Yeaes' Expbkiencb of a Practical Hog Man. 



mile or more you will not only have them under perfect 

 control, but will also have them in a condition to show at 

 their best when driven in the show ring, and the same is 

 true of the show sows and even the under a year herds. 



We have all noticed, while standing about a show ring 

 and watching the animals come in from their pens, that 

 many of them, while in good flesh, are not really in show 

 condition, for the reason that they cannot walk with ease 

 and grace but wabble around. A show animal should not 

 be so heavily loaded with fat as not to be able to walk with 

 ease and comfort. It is not always the amount of flesh that 

 an animal is carrying that makes it show at its best, but 

 the smoothness in which it is put on and the ease with which 

 it is carried. 



It is my opinion that what is known as ' ' strong breeding 

 condition"; i. e., flesh enough to round out every point 

 without over loading, is the proper show condition. 



What I have said about the feed to be used in fitting the 

 show herd, need not be considered as an absolute iron-clad 

 rule. Any of the mixtures of grain, grasses, etc., that will 

 come close to being a balanced ration is all that is neces- 

 sary. I merely name these feeds as among what we have 

 found to be the most satisfactory. The real object is to 

 feed what will flesh them rapidly and not add too much fat, 

 but more red meat or flesh. 



