Show I DO NOT NEGLECT HERD BOAR Management Is Important Part in Raising Strong Healthy Pigs PIgs PIgs- Deserves Best Beat Care Prepared by the United States Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture The management of the boar Is a it avery very important part in the r. r raising of strong healthy pigs s and one which is sometimes ne neglected lie He should be lC bethe bethe the most valuable animal In the whole herd and us as such uch deserves the best of attention The boar hoar should be purchased pur par chased from a bree breeder er of or pure bred hogs when between eight months mouths and andOlin andone one Olin year of age Many breeders however how ever purchase put a boar when lIen a weanling weanling wean wean- ling hag pig but to be successful in this choice requires a wide experience and sound judgment Aged boars boar which have proved their worth can cnn Sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times be purchased at a reasonable price It Is much safer for an inexperienced inexperienced inex inex- breeder to buy an un old active active ac uc tive boar than a young oung untried boar If possible the tIme farmer should Visit the herd where the time boar hoar Was raised nn and note the conditions under which tie lie was bred At any rate it is always pos possible ible to obtain from the breeder notes on the time health and kind an and amount of feeds used so as to 10 serve as ns an index to his subsequent treat treat- iii ment ent Upon arriving at the farm the Ule boar should be unloaded ns as soon Us as possible possible possible pos pos- sible and placed In quarantine to guard against the tile introduction of disease dis disease disease dis- dis ease Into the herd If he Is lous lousy It is well veli to treat this condition at His feed should be a continuation of that to which he be has been accustomed feeding rather lightly the first few da days s 's until he recovers reco from the time strain of shipping and becomes accustomed to his new surroundings If It is not feasible to continue continue feeding as us previously pre pre- indicated the tue change to toa n a amore n more convenient ration should be made very gradually In order not to disturb the appetite or health of the Champion Jersey Duroc-Jersey Boar animal As Asa a rule a pig 8 S to 12 months old will wIH be In proper bre breedIng breeding breed breed- dIng d- d Ing condition when received unless he lie has been very hen heavily vII overfed Ift Th purchasing an om older boar particularly one which has been In the show circuit circuit cir cir- cult it is often necessary to reduce this condition before attempting to breed With f some Rome animals the breeding breed breed- ing lag power Is permanently impaired by too high condition at some time In their life The boar should be well fed hut hilt not fat as a too high condition condition condi condi- tion makes him him inactive a. a slow breeder breed breed- er and a rather uncertain sire After the breeding season the boar boal should hould not be te fed so heavily and should have a wider ration that Is one containing less of the time protein concentrates anti and relatively more corn corn The ration at this his time Is practically the same as that fed the brood sow when she he producing a litte of pl pigs s. s He should have the run of a u pasture pas a n quarter of an acre In area In connection with his paddock Here he can exercise and obtain much of ot othis his feed from the forage or in the tIme winter when the forage Is consumed he may be he fed on or clover hay ay ayIn ayIn In connection with ithe the grain ration Keep the boar b healthy give him exercise exercise ex ex- ex- ex plenty of rough feeds and keep him in condition by var varying his supply of grain Und Under r such conditions conditions conditions condi condi- little trouble will Ul be experienced experienced In getting a n normal nea-inal boar to produce produce produce pro pro- duce large litters Utter of strong healthy pigs |