| Show SCRUB HOG IS unprofitable can consume more valuable feed and give ler less in return than any other farm animal by my W a 0 WESTCOTT Pol possibly sibly there la in no other farra am ant mal an offer as poor an excuse for his el eil stence as the scrub bos hog lie 1 in an unprofitable animal any way you tale tal e 6 him an an economical pork producer he in 1 a eien fala his a ability AIRY to 1 hift for himself does not recommend him to the people within the limit of hie his rente range as an he has the reputation of preying praying upon neighboring cornfields when food Is scarce ilia build naturally adapts him to his manner of living since he be la Is long legged logged narrow la in the chest haa has a long narrow snout this adapts him to his manner of at living with the scrub hog it Is root hog or die hence the long snout ilia ills narro 7 v body aids aide him in getting through small fence cracks and if be he falls to find and a large enough to go 90 through the fence he can soon dig under with bla his long snout there la Is no standard of excellence for the scrub hog bog since he be may poa pos n champion champlon Cham plon middle white sow esa ass almost any form except a beaucl fill ill one his may be of any color lie hr bra the reputation ot of being ablo able to stand all kinds of rough treatment and still survive he lie la Is regarded as being able to re elat disease better than the improved breeds ot of hog hogs we very verr much d do IA t whether thia this quality attrib cited to jis scrub hoe hog Is 1 true dace since we hare have no feed that hog cholera takee the scrub aa as well ae an the well bred hog ono one thing la to sure that the scrub hog bog can consume more valuable feed and ad give 1 less 1 in return than any other animal that wo we know of 0 A farmer who own owns a herd berd of 0 ceib scrub hogs gelden needs any othe corn earn crib than his hues hogs lie never gets rich belll sel ll pork mid end la in fact if ha he depended upon 1143 hogs to make him money to buy better bred hogo hogs he would never own better once the scrub hog u usually bally keeps bir owner so poor that he be Is not able to buy better stock in fact ahli Is la tle elcust usually given for hl hlo ex existence poor farming and scrub hogs are usually found associated tor ther they are near and dear companions both make a rapid betre retreat it butora a drag estive spirit and there I 1 Is not a better evidence evidene of the general brogi es ol veness of at a people than thin the absence of the scrub hoi hog ft a community |
