Raising Hogs in Colorado. 5 
Every defect in the form of the live hog, or in his condition, 
lowers the price of the marketable products from him, and brings 
a corresponding reduction in the price paid to the feeder. Every 
hog raiser should spend a day in the market with experts from the 
stock yards and packing houses, and learn to know how a choice 
hog appears and the feel of his flesh. The feeder should go to the 
packing houses and see the difference in the character of the cuts 
made from well fattened and from unfinished hogs. 
the: best breed or hogs tor Colorado. 
The best breed is the breed that the grower likes best. There 
are more differences in the individuals of any breed than there are 
between choice animals of the different breeds. A good hog, well 
bred from a prolific strain of any of the popular breeds of diogs, 
THE BERKSHIRE. 
A Prize Winning Berkshire.* 
will make money for the Colorado farmer when handled right. 
There are four breeds that have been found to be particularly 
adapted to Colorado conditions: Berkshire, Duroc-Jersey, Poland- 
China, and Tamworth. 
Whatever breed the feeder selects, he should stay with it, and 
not change or cross with another breed. 
White hogs are generally not profitable in Colorado. The in¬ 
tense sunshine blisters and cracks their tender skins so that they 
become runts. Often this blistering is so severe that running sores 
are formed. A few Colorado farmers have made good profits from 
*Owned by J. De Bon, Nashville, Tenn. 
