Show duration of service of superior breeding boar A boar should not be used in service until eight or nine months old until one year old he should only he be used to it a limited extent soon after one year old lie he should be used with much freedom in service but it if possible not more frequently than every other day tile duration of service will depend to some extent upon tile the disposition of the animal upon the extent to which he has been used in service and upon its his prepotency vicious animals and indifferent breed ers cannot go too soon to the butcher while superior breeding animals may be kept as long as they show usefulness ful ness it Is not usual to 0 o keep baars boars beyond the age of five years remember that excessive service always leads to physical degeneracy small email animals and lack of vigor in the young pigs |