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dominant, while that of the scrub is recessive. This 

 means that the type of the pure-bred animal is inherited 

 and can be implanted on those swine not now possessing 

 pure-bred type. In this connection the fact must not 

 be lost sight of that the superiority of the pure bred over 

 the scrub is not alone in breeding, for a pure-bred animal 

 when starved soon takes on a great many characteristics 

 of the scrub animal, and the well fed up scrub can be 



Litter mates; one fed by a pig club boy and tbe other by his 

 father. Courtesy W. W. Browder of Kentucky. 



made to partake of some of the characteristics of the pure- 

 bred type. This shows that breeding and feeding must 

 go hand in hand, and further indicates the better and 

 more economical use to which a pure-bred animal puts 

 his food than does the scrub. 



Why pure-bred swine seem expensive. — When full- 

 grown hogs are selling at from $25 to $50 per head, it 

 seems to the inexperienced that $25 for a registered boar 

 pig is a very liberal price. While this may seem an ex- 

 cessive figure to pay for a pure-bred boar pig, it is not. 

 Pure-bred swine of the right kind cannot be grown as 

 cheaply as scrubs, for they must be better fed and cared 

 for in order to be in salable condition, and the trouble 

 and costs of keeping up registrations is no small item of 



