Show I jIVE LIVE STOCK NEWS CAREFUL SELECTION OF BOAR IMPORTANT The growing of a young boar to maturity maturity ma- ma Is one of the most difficult tasks for tor the breeder So difficult Is this task that there Is not more than one boar In hundred a-hundred that ever lives up to the e expectations of the breeder For thIs reason It Is best to cull the male pIgs very carefully and keep only those which show e exceptional promise suggests Prof L. L V. V Starkey chief of the animal husbandry divIsion at Clemson college who ad adds s that It should he kept In mind that the boar Is halt half the herd Breeders usually lose money on the boars which they grow out Therefore Therefore There There- fore It Is better to dispose of them at four to six months of age Boar pigs usually start to grow off very nicely When they get to be from four to six months of age they frequently go off ocr feed go down In back and pasterns and In a short time do not look like the same individuals The best way to grow out a young boar Is to put him by himself In a field The larger the field the better because he needs exercise shade fresh water and shelter It If there are areno areno no other hogs In the same field he usually ally has bas a quiet disposition It If other hogs hogs are In the same lot or in an adjoining adjoining ad- ad joining field he hc usually develops n a nervous temperament and does not do well If boars are to make the best growth and says Professor ProCessor Starkey Starke they should not be use used until they are a year rear old However It if needed needed need need- ed In the he herd they may be used for light service ser when seven or eight months of age The best breeding boars should be retained In the herd as long as they are able to reproduce It will ot of course be necessary to have two boars to avoId Inbreeding Those who have only a few sows cannot afford Ito toKe keep p at either they mu must dispose of the sow pigs or i new boar an and th the latter Is usually done |