PRINCIPLES OF SWINE BREEDING 



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market hogs. Above all, the true swine breeder must 

 appreciate the principles of breeding, and he should study 

 and apply the established laws of breeding to his 

 operations. 



Breeding conditions in the South.— The breeding of 

 pure-bred swine has never become an established prac- 



This type is on the increase in many sections of the South. 

 Courtesy Dr. R, Thor Weaver of Florida. 



tice in the greater part of the South as it has in the Corn 

 Belt. But comparatively few pure-bred herds are main- 

 tained in the South below the southern Tennessee line, 

 yet within recent years there has been a decided tend- 

 ency for the more progressive breeders to grow regis- 

 tered animals. The result has been a rather rapid im- 



