Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-06-10
farmer's 9epartment.
GOOD vs.. BAD BREED OF HOGS.

GOOD vs.. BAL of hoSo'
Reader, did you ever see a shoat while
roofing kick up every time he bored his nose
into the ground, as if trying to stand on his
head? If so, don't buy him; he will not
prove a profitable feeder. We might call
these a subsoil variety.
Did you ever see a hog that would grab an
ear of corn and run 4 quarter of a mile be-
fore he would stop to eat? If so, beware.
We will place them in the same category
and for the sake of distinction we call them
Elm peelers, Did you ever see a tall, slab
sided, long-legged, r~azor-backed breed that
were always hungry, and when opportunity
required, would climb up to where the rails
in the fence where some distance apart and
then either slip through q crack or throw off
a few rails and jump over? If so, don't
purchase unless you are a small farmer and
can't possibly build corn cribs. We might,
perhaps, call these free sellers Or barn burn
ers. .
Did you ever see a slim, dead alive kind
of thing that would get so poor as to be obli-
ged to trot before and canter behind when
required to get in motion and still not die ;
its eyes both coming out at the same hole,
or at least so near it that the hog appeared
cross-eyed I? If so, let US pass the dismal
picture, and simply call them liners. All
these breeds may be described as follows
Long ears, large heavy heads, long and thick
legs, a streak of lean underneath a thick,
tough hide, with abundance of bristles, and
in fine a great amount of ofal Of every de-
scription. :.
Such animals have no thriftiness, no ca.
pacity to fatten, and very little about them
that is digestible after they are killed.
Considering the number of hogs that are
raised annually in the United States and es-
pecially as so many depend almost exclusive
ly on the hog crop for the money they need,
is it not wonderful that so few persons take
pains to obtain the best varieties. Suppose
you have to give 800 or even $50 for a pair
of pigs to begin with. Is this an insuferable
able obstacle? Ianswer 10. Doubtless you
may procure a good breed for less money,
but let US look at the practical proof, on the
score of economy and see how long it would
take to pay at these figures. Suppose you
have 100 hogs of the alligator or land pike
breed which you sell at S. per hundred
$50 lbs. at twelve months old will be about
all you can make them weigh. Here you
have 81 So.
Again, take 100 hogs of a good breed
which will weigh at the same age and with
less feed $50 lbs. Here you have SIP SO,
making a clear profit of S. without taking
into account the save in feeding, which
would no doubt swell the profits to a much
larger amount. A hog that has to be kept
more than one winter before fattening will
eat his head off in all cases: Hence the most
profitable kinds will be found in those hogs
which attain the greatest, weight (without
extra attention. in from IL to Is months.
Pick for q hog with a small, clean head,
rather small bone, body low to the ground,
long and square /: hams full.:and round dis
position quiet and pleasant. Such a hog
will always insure a good return. If you
can come across such hogs whether call
ed Berkshire, Woburn, Suffolk, Gasier or
what not, get some and try them They
will not disappoint you.
A word to the wise is sufficient Valley
Farmer.