Show Self Feeder for Hogs Hogs Bogs may any be fe feu from the self feed er er right from birth and the life home made Kind Is probably the bust best est GOOD FOUNDATION HERD IS ESSENTIAL TO OBTAIN ANIMALS OF UNIFORM TYPE p IlY S tv 1 l l n f 2 F p fw 4 7 rG y i. i w o. o Ap j 7 fi d c i v F l s' s 1 7 4 f y w off 1 2 i ry q ja r A FAT OR LARD LARD TYPE HOG OF P POLAND OLA D CHINA BREED Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of A Agriculture In feeding hogs hobs for the market marlet as also with any other class of meat animals ani mals orals larger returns are arp when the stock is as us nearly nemly uniform a as possible possible ble and nd as ns It Is very eQ profitable for each farmer Carmel to breed his o own feeders feeder particular particular- attention should be given Iven to the selection of or the original breeding stock I Uniformity Is of primary primar Importance Im hu for to have a uniform crop of pigs there must be he uniformity In the I breeding herd and to obtain this mu must i t ibe be on one onG of the first considerations In selecting the original herd Selection of pf Sows The females of tire the herd her may be obtained ob ob- by purchasing bred sows or gilts safely in pig to a boar of recognized recognized recognized worth As It Is often difficult to obtain a so sow v which has shown herself herself her her- self to be a n good breeder by the previous previous pre pre- Ious litters Jitters she has produced W u is advisable ad nd nd- nd for economys economy's sake to purchase bred gilts These should be about 12 months old being bred after fter the age of eight months and nd If possible all nU should be In pig to the same boar Here Heie Is the first opportunity to practice practice tice selection for uniformity whether er pure-bred pure or not the sows shou should d be similar In color marking t type pe and conformation The t type pe of the sows selected should be the one which the I market demands While there Is some Variation between n the different bree breeds s It Is l largely ri a matter mutter of characteristics S a goo good Individual l no matter what I breed It represents If properly fed and managed well will make economical cal cat gains If possible the first purchase of sows should be made from one herd herl for In Inthis this manner It Is easier casler to get uniform uniform- It ity Uniformity goes d deeper than the I mere visible t type pe of conformation It ItIs ItIs Itis Is determined b by past ancestry and Is controlled by by- bythe the characteristics contained contained contained con con- In the The Tune germ germ- Is continuous extending from individual to Individual and an any member member mem memo ber bel of the chain shows in It Its visible conformation only a few of the possible possible possible pos pos- sible combinations In In other words a as aI I s sow w may not pro produce uce offspring In type to herself unless her n ancestors were of the same t type pe By s selecting the sows saws from one herd It Is not only possible possible possible pos pos- sible to choose animals similar In visIble visible vis vis- ible t type pe but they are apt to be similar sum sim ilar filar In dormant characteristics as S well In buying such animals the farmer Is 11 not purchasing separate Individuals to form so many breeding units hut but rather rath rath- er kindred Individuals all nil parts l of ot a single le established line or type which will blend together to form a n single breeding unit At b best st it is Impossible to choose sows that will produce true to t type pe for as ns yet no line of breeding Is absolutely absolutely pure but by selecting the sows sods In this manner the chances for uniformity uni are immeasurably Increased Some mistakes are bound to be made and their correction will be difficult but by keeping records of the breeding stock and their produce it will be possible possible pos pos- sible to dispose cf undesirable Indi as their poor reproductive ability abil I It ltv ity becomes known One Ideal must always be he uppermost In the breder's mind and the stock must Const constantly approach nearer to that one Ideal In order ordel order or or- der del to make male any real progress It Is easy to produce hogs but to produce uniform hogs that will build up nn and advance the breed requires time and const constant nt effort |