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Show Swine Breeding Plus ' Brains Equal Cash By L, P. Martiny ; ::' '. ' v, " v'": 1 '".' -". - -V "v v '.- . v-'r- f'js .(r " ;- --' r: ' ' ; ''-v-;-.: : -,v c VVj -... :., . i -i . -. , . . y.'-'i , vJ- . , IN' COMMENTING or) the three flanks of swine breeder would soy, firft. there r not enough KOod swine breeders of puro bred sne. I do not mean to advocate that every farmer should be u hret oer of pure bred swine, but then- are it great man" that could take up this line of breeding ond not only Improve their own herds, but those of Ihf-lr own locality. In Wlaconsln th re are many young men on f.irms ond about to go to fnrmlng. Among theni ore a hreat many who have taken the short course in agriculture agricul-ture and the faruir.s' course at our college of agriculture. I would Kay to tlie.se rin ri that from my own experience I have found the breeding of puro bred twine one of profit and it has afforded n great amount of pleoure. At first thought, a great mnny may think the breeding business would soon bo overdone on nccount of too rr.iny breeders, breed-ers, but I do not think so. With more breeders breed-ers of pure bred hogs would go an education educa-tion to the more Indifferent fellows and the swine themselves. If they are of the right kind, would stimulate their own demand. I have heard so many say In answer to this, "that v. ould never work around here berauso the funm-rs hero do not appreciate tin- value of good hogs and they would not patronize you. "In answer to that I would say that is th very best place to start to build a herd, for human nature Is nearly alike everywhere, and they will soon learn to Appreciate when they hco the profit lo be derived from uslncr good breeding Kloek. There Is plenty of room at the top for tho best breeders. Concerning the second class of breeders I have nothing to Bay. The farmer that I using nothing but pure bred hires and using his best females, using mature r.tock as mu h as possible in producing hos for pork, Is on the right track and Is always going: to moko Mime money. Concerning the third rlass will say that as one travels over the state and notices the inferior, nondescript stock that Is being used, he will be surprised; no definite system being be-ing followed, going on the supposition that a hog Is a hop and one hop Is as go.id for them a 8 another. They breed from Immature stock, without any reg:ird for their breeding, type or conformation. So many times we hear a man say, "I have tried this breed nnd they seem to run out; they are not what they should be, I guess I will try some other breed ond see what they will do for me," so he trya some other breed with about the same results, and then he Is ready to try some other. If he would stay by one breed and use Judgment In selecting the best Individuals from the breed he has. he would make better progress prog-ress and get more Improvement. Do not think that any breed Is yeuir salvation. Any breed will do for you In Just the proportion you do for them. The man that Is a true admirer of a certain breed and has been sue-ccssful sue-ccssful In improving that breed under his selections, breeding care and management, has a greater appreciation of other breeds and their merits than the man has who In continually changing breeds with the hope of finding something that Is going to woik wonders In the Improvement of his herd. Stick to your breed and lenrn to appreciate that you are to blame and not tho breed. No matter which breed we choose, they should all have about the fame typo and rtandard of conformation, for they are all Intended for the same purpose, namely, the production of porlc Wc would note the different dif-ferent breed characteristics in the different breeds, such ns a black color with nicely drooping cars In the Toland China, u dished i Is a ml-take. We do n t want a coarse hoc ;.nv tiv.re th.wi we would w.ir.t a fe. oln ; M.--r of a coarse con formation. Any ene knows th.it n ste.r with a big i"1 hxf eo.us.- horn. Ion?, course Ue.. "Ith 11 thick ldje, Is a poor feed.-r ar.l no orie would go rut to buy a horse with a bhr h.-id and cr. Mr,-, meaty b :s. with hair gr..lng nil around th.-m and shov. Ing a eoAr. n s of conformation conforma-tion ull through, but whfn it comes to hogs. that Is Ju.-t the type : people l-nm to be b.nklnz f .r. I ll!;e a ho- with plmty of rie; in fact. 1 have been called a ir.nk en lie by pome of my f. How bre. drs. but I Mk-- a c rt iln amount of o.'J"Hty We want lare. h.-.ivy-bone I l.p, but they should t " of n f.ne Qualify. So many farmers t a coarse h"g with big legs, raying they want something some-thing that l not g..ng to break down when thy come to f.nUh It f r market. Now. I do ri..t or.si.Kr that the fle of a hog's lee has nearly as much to 1 with it strength ns Its finality, and wo cannot Judge of Ha Mrength by Its sle. The fir-t thing I would n.-.le In d'M.-rmln-lu ; tl - quality ,.f a hog w..u!d be to see that he is coven d with a thick co.a of fine. llky hair, and that his nklii Is free from wrinkles. If a hog Is wrinkly, he Is Mire I,, be a thlck-hid-d log. nnd a t Mck-h l.l.d hog Is always a hard f c.b-r. I should like to .see his ears medium jilred and covered with a line, lll:y hair. In caring for our breeding ftock, we Khonld bee that they are f.-d on properly balanced rations. Jt Is Jii: I as Important that our breeding swine hhoubl have a balanced ration as our dairy re.ws. So often we hear farmers complaining that their hogs are getting too line, too small, lack constitution anel vitality and are not proline enough. This Is due to two causes; caus-es; first, tiny have not the right kind e.f breeding; i-te.ck. and second, they do not (are for and feed them properly If any one w ill keep Rood breeding stock and feed and care for them properly, they are sure of success, and If they fall they have gone wrong In one eir beith of those point. In the winter care of our broexl sows, there aro two things that wc always keep In mind; first, to feed them such feed. ns Will promote the Krcntest growth of bone and muscle and develop the strongest pigs, and second, see that our bre ding stock ge u plenty of exercise. The ration for our brood sows the past winter has Ireen ns foll.iws: In the morning and evening we give, them a ."lop made of about two parts heit mlddlinga and one part ground eat nnd barley. To this Is added tome germ oil meal, or a little of Swift's digester tankage and a bushel basket bas-ket e.f clover leaves and blossoms, or fine cut free-e.nd grow th clover hey. This fi e, Is soaked from one feed to the othr and fed In a thick slop. After the niornln;: feed we sow some whole oats around ll yard very thinly for the hops to p k up. It t il:. s them a h-ng time to pick th. m ur and they g. t lots of exercise In this way. We have bred hov-n to lie good feeders and make good u.o of the feed fed Ihem In laxlng llesh on their barks, fo we must bear this in mind In eirln fe.r our breeding stock and vo that they ret plenty of ex -rcis. , or we may he di ' ppoln t -ed lit our re-.sults and t-iy tli.j wall bred he. is !i failure. In conclusion I 111 mv that If wc ..Wt our breed, use n-'t'dng but Ihe .it Individual Individ-ual of this breed, and breed, f . .1 and care for them In a systematic and lrt.d!:.--nt nianner there will b- fT "-' ! ni.iii.-y !. legs. I. i Il'htrc Good Breeding Counts for as Much as Good Feeding Good feeding without ood" breeding, .-ml coral brccJir.c without pooil fccl-inc. fccl-inc. arc useless in the feed lot. No m.vtcr how fine feed is ?;vcn a scrub wi the pork produced is of poor quality and tl;c waste is sreat. L'l cwisc a purc-brci ho, while it is capable of making u?c o all feed in the production of hih-rjitai.r meat, can do nothing unless qivcn the feed to manufacture into pork chops and bacon. Good breeding and judicious feeding go hand in hand in pork production. face and upright ears In the Rerkshlre, and the white color In the Chester Whites, but tho best individuals of these breeds should be very nearly nlike In shape, tpe and conformation. con-formation. The flryt thing we rhould levok lo In the improvement and selection e.f our breeding rw Inc should be tho sire. This Is very Important, Im-portant, as It is a law In breeding that the progeny partakes more of the conformation conforma-tion of the sire and more of ihe disposition and temperament ef the dam, so it Is very Important to have a well bred, good Individual Indi-vidual for the sire. The first thing I would note when I looked nt him would be that he was a .strong, vigorous, vigor-ous, growthy fellow, with plenty of energy anel lots of vigor. 1 like to see a nice head, not coarse, but showing strength. Nose net too long, face nicely dished. Wide between thieves thi-eves and ears. We like them wide between the eycB f-nd showing a good broad forehead, because any animal that has a wide forehead fore-head usually has plenty of brains and intelligence. intelli-gence. Some may a"k why we wr.nt brains and intelligence In a hog; he don't know' anything any-thing and Is always on the contrary side anyway. We have found by experience that the most Intelligent hop Is the beat dispositional disposi-tional hog thai means be Is the t-st feeder. A hog that Is long- In the head, narrow be- , tween the eyes, Is u.-iually a bad dlspos Itloncel hog, and we know a rerdlcs disposltloned he.;: Is never a good feeder. STich a hog con-erls con-erls tex much of bis fcd Into energy und energy never weighs anything. We want a wide, straight back, and we Want this bop lo be' e.f eve n w'dlh through-eiut through-eiut his entire length; not cut In back of the fdiiuldor., or at the lorn, or running to a 1 eunt behind. He should he as nearly parallel paral-lel In his top and bottom lines ns possible. It would be a stIouh d fe t to hav - a droop behind the shouhlers, or droop, d rump. Her should well let down in the Hanks and not tucked up between the fore lcs, as wc so eitten ree. In selecting the females. I should like to have thern as near the typo of the i,Ire on jn.sslhle, a liltlei leuiger In the neck, more r.-vomy in the body and not fo marsive in h ad and shoulders. I have given a brief description of some, eif the i sh Muds- a hog should posses:!, but there Is one thing that Is as Important ns all of ihe otU' is. and that Is tho quality of the animal. I think the average farmer, and some breeders, are very much mistaken in what constitutes quality In a hf.g, or they don't want any quality at all. I pet so many let-. let-. ters Inejulrlng for coarse hops. Now, this |