Show i I 1 r sa ja w v 2 a SCRUB HOG IS unprofitable can consume more valuable abe feed and give lea less in return than any other farm animal BY NV a 0 possibly 1 there la 14 no other farm form ani mal that can offer aa as anor an excuse for his bla exit exis ence as the scrub bog hog lie ile Is in an unprofitable animal any way you tako take him As aa an econom economical leal pork producer ho he ie is a failure even his ability to shift for himself docs does not recommend him to the people within the limit of bis his range ns as be he has the reputation of preying upon neighboring cornfields when then food Is scarce hia ills build naturally adapts him to his manner of living since he Is long legged narrow la in the chest has a long narrow snout this adapts bla him to his manner of living with the scrub bog hog it is root hog or die hence the long snout ills narrow body aids aide him in getting through small fence c aclis and it if he falla to find a place large enough to go through brough tho the fence he can soon dig under with hs ills long snout there Is no standard of excellence for the scrub hog since he may pos 6 champion middle white sow sess seas almost any form elc pt rt a lut ul one he mity be of any color he ile has the reputation of being able to stand all kinds of rough treatment and still survive he ile Is regarded as being able to re disease better than the improved breeds of hogs bogs we verv verr much do d 14 4 whether thia this quality attributed abed to ois 9 scrub hog ie Is true since we have noticed that hog cholera takes the scrub as well as tho well bred hog one thing Is sure that the scrub hog bog can consume more valuable feed and give gire leis less in return than any other animal that wo we know of A farmer who nho owns a h b rd if tf scrib scrub hogs seldom rued any other corn crib than his hogs ho lie never gets rich sell s pork an in I 1 in fact if it ha h depended ul cd upon his 1 hogs bogs to make lim money to buy better bred hoga hogs ho he boull never own on better ones the scrub ecru hog usually keeli his owner so poor that ho he Is not able to buy better stock in fact this lj U te lie excuse usually given for his ex ext ence ioor poor farming and scrub hogs are usually found associated together they aro are near and dear companions iloth make a rapid retreat betre it a progressive resolve spirit and there ts Is not a better evi fence of the general alve nees neiss of a ceolo than tho the absence of the scrub hog from R community |