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Forty Years' Experience of a Practical Hog Man 



on dry fed. I really think that the majority of breeders and farmers 

 overlook this matter of letting the hogs have plenty of water to drink. 



During this period of the early life of the litter the sow and litter 

 should take plenty of exercise for the necessary good of the pigs, for 

 they must exercise considerably during each day, or they will become 

 fat around the heart and die with what is known as "Thumps," which 

 is nothing more or less than fatty degeneration of the heart, which they 

 will certainly have unless they are exercised daily in some way. 



A man must have "horse sense" if he is a successful hog man, and 

 he must use it at all times. 



It is a well-known fact that quality counts in any market and with 

 any kind of stock or other produce of the farm. There are farmers who 

 have fed live stock for the market all their lives, and yet never 

 come anywhere near topping the market. They sell at a low price 

 because they pay little attention to the matter of breeding a market 

 type of good feeders, either In hogs, cattle or sheep. 



I have done this on purpose to find out if the man was telling the 

 truth. You know It has been said that it takes an awfully smart man 

 to be a liar. 



This matter of showing pigs of uncertain ages Is somewhat In dis- 

 repute. It simply puts the man that is doing business right, up against 

 an almost impossil)le chance of winning, where older pigs than should be 

 admitted to the class are being shown. I know of no way to stop this 

 except the rigid enforcement of showing certificates of registry. 



