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Show WILD HOCS OF LERDO. Kunming In Great Drovea Seventy Miles South of Yuma. Roaming over the lands of tho Ler-do Ler-do colony, 70 miles south of Yuma, are droves of wild hogs, variously estimated esti-mated at from 1,000 to 3.000 in number. num-ber. They are descendants of tame hogs placed on the ranch about thirteen thir-teen years ago. After the owners decease de-cease tho hogs were turned looso and allowed to go at will over the rich bottom bot-tom lands of the Colorado river. As the wild hog became tame under restraint and kind treatment, so tho tame hogs of Lerdo rapidly became wild when allowed to run at largo. A few generations transformed them into savage beasts, who would attack and eat a man iLthey had angjuprtunity. They subsist chiefly on the wUd potato, a tuber which grows the size of a walnut wal-nut and in great profusion. The present pres-ent owner of Lerdo, General Andrade, conceived the idea of having the hogs caught and the meats cured for the use of the colonists. The hogs are caught in a circular corral cor-ral about thirty feet In diameter, having hav-ing a trap door. Plenty of bait in the shape of corn and potatoes is scattered about the entrance, and also buried in the corral A band of hogs attracted by tho bait enter the corral, commence rooting for the buried corn and potatoes, pota-toes, and when the right spot is struck by them the trap falls and they are prisoners. The hogs are fed awhile before slaughtering. Their meat is of fine quality, and the lard sweet and delicious. Yuma, Ariz.. Times. |