THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



187 



A CORNER IN PIGS 



Photograph by Emil P. Albrecht 

 MARKET DAY IN ST. BRIEUC, FRANCE 



Scrubbed till its skin glows pink through glistening white bristles, the St. Brieuc pig, in 

 its rope harness, is a thing to admire, no less than the many different types of headdress worn 

 by these thrifty Breton women. Each type of cap bespeaks the village from which the wearer 

 and her pig hail. 



ers. Now, adding that to the other, she 

 netted me $69.50 profit, and I still have 

 the ewe ! 



"Yet I have heard farmers say that 

 they did not like sheep. But, boys, give 

 me rich land to work, warm clothes to 

 wear, and a stomach full of barbecued 

 lamb, and Bob White does not mind put- 

 ting his shoulder to the wheel." 



a boy's peea for more hogs 



The third and oldest brother, J. B., 

 raised 145 bushels of corn on his acre, the 

 net profit on which was $159.90. 



With the profits from his previous corn- 

 club crop, J. B. purchased 20 pigs, which 

 then weighed 33 pounds each, but which 

 at the time of his report averaged 402 

 pounds. He enclosed with his report a 

 picture of three of his porkers, "Billy 

 Sunday," "Mattie L.," and "Tennessee 

 Bell," and of these he writes : 



"Billy Sunday won first prize under 

 one year in the Poland China ring. 

 Mattie L. did the same thing in her class. 

 Tennessee Bell, the little Hampshire pig 

 I won in the boys' corn club last year, 

 weighed 33 pounds. I brought her home 

 in a cracker box. This year she won first 

 prize under one year in the Hampshire 

 ring, and also champion over all breeds 

 and ages. 



"These pigs were raised on crimson 

 clover, alfalfa, and soy-beans, with very 

 little corn — about one ear a day. They 

 are now running on a field of soy-beans 

 and peas without any corn. 



"Boys, we ought to raise more hogs and 

 especially brood sows to produce an early 

 fall litter. We can do it if we will pro- 

 vide good grazing, so that they can get a 

 large part of their food. The forage 

 crops should be grown to save the corn, so 

 that we can raise the pigs much cheaper. 



