SWINE RAISING IN HAWAII. 
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should be confined to one good, vigorous boar of any breed that best 
suits the breeder. 
The standard breeds c may be roughly classed as the heavy or lard 
types, under which are usually placed the Poland-China. Dnroc 
Jersey, Berkshire, Chester White, Hampshire. Mule Foots. Essex. 
Victoria, and Cheshire: and the bacon type, as characterized by the 
Tamworth and by the large Yorkshire and Suffolk. Apparently no 
one breed is better than another for the show ring or for the market. 
The matter of breed is of less importance than is that of strain, 
except when it is desired to sell pure-bred stock of a definite breed. 
Some consideration should be given to the market demands, but 
inasmuch a- these are not as yet exacting in Hawaii the beginner is 
privileged to select the breed that he fancies most. Each of the 
standard breeds as developed by the leading breeders has its special 
Fig. IT. — Some types of Berkshire hogs owned in Hawaii. 
merits, but the man who breeds for the market usually pays more 
attention to type than he does to breed. 
Stock as uniform as possible should be selected when a number of 
sows are purchased for the foundation herd. Such animals can 
come only from a uniform herd, uniformity being the best criterion 
of the worth of the stock. They will not only feed and develop 
better than swine lacking in uniformity but also command better 
prices, whether they are sold as pure stock or on the market. 
Good sows are all important in obtaining satisfactory results. 
They may be promiscuously selected from pure breds and grades. 
but all should conform to a certain type, be similar in color, marking. 
No description of the breeds is attempted in this bulletin because every standard work 
en vwine describes them in more or le-s detail. 
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