The Black Swans 



animal is more helpless. None needs 

 closer human attention. And so it 

 happens that many American farmers, 

 especially those unskilled in the shep- 

 herd's art, often meet with loss and 

 disappointment. "I have no luck 

 with sheep" is a common expression; 

 meaning, as a rule, that lack of good 

 fortune commonly signifies lack of 

 foresight, lack of knowledge, lack of 

 devotion to the real needs of the flock. 

 A pig can be turned out to rustle for 

 himself. "Root, hog, or die" is the 

 phrase that reflects that proposition. 

 And usually Mr. Porker, whether of 

 high or low degree, whether razor- 

 back, Duroc, Poland, Chester, 

 "Hamp" or Berkshire, will root his 

 own way successfully, if necessity com- 

 pels. Not so the daintier fabricators 

 of the snowy fleece. The delicious 

 roast brown "leg" that you had at 

 dinner last night or the tender chop 

 with the light bone you enjoyed this 

 morning did not come from a raga- 

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