Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-06-14
HOG--RAISING.

Ver6eu IN the science OF hOg-ralslng,|
that the pigs of we'll bred and we'll
fed SOW, after they are few days
old, instir ctively choose their places
at the udder Of the dam, each little
pig selecting it's own peculiar teat;
and when they take their food, each
one, anna the rush and rough.and.
tumble, tetches up III III a:S a:S proper proper place
with as much accuracy as we'll train.
ed family of children come to the
dinner table. The smallest, the runt,
or what in common parlance is called
the "titman" fluids himself crowded to
the last teat at the rear end Of the
udder, If tho number of pigs be
greater than. the number Of teats,
tho. weakest pig cannot be reared
We have in mind an instance in which
the brood of pigs numbered one more
than the teats on the udder Of tho
SOW. The smallest pig had no place
at tho dinner table. After few
days the little thing, wofuily emacla-
ted and sickly, died of utter starva-
ton. In every brood of pigs, in every
flock of lambs, in ovory herd of noat
cattle, in every drove of horses, in
every nest of birds, in every brood of
domestic fowls, in every ear of grain,
Dame Nature makes provision tor
the propagation of its kind, by con-
centrating the excellencies of that
species in one seed or one animal
which Are to be transmitted to the
offspring or products of tho race or
kind. This is an established and in
controvertiblo law; and its manlfes-
tations arc recognized both in the
animal and vegetable kingdom.
In reverting again to tho brood OF
swine, the poorest pig, which cocrcs'
ponds to the sbrunkcn, half developed
nubbin of corn, or t. the small kcr'
neis on the tip end of the ear Of grain
lives at the rear end of the udder
Pigs reared here are utterly unfit fol
breeders, whether male or female
because they are destitute of tha
prolificacy which is common to th'
pigs which suck the front teats. Why
do SO many sows of choice breed
bring forth only two or three pigs. 4
one litter, when they oaght to pro
.duce as many as there arc tcats Of
tho udder? And why do some SOW
always drop as many pigs as they ar
S.able to rear? In the former ins:anc
r., they show ill-breeding-that seed IN
imals were selected at random, with
,oat any reference to their proli6cac5 IS
In the latter instance we have th
assurance that the dam possesse
many of those qualities which a skill
full breeder desires to have transmitte
=: to the young stock. Let the "titma'
be selected from brood SOW, au
choose the ru1t in her brood for
- breeder, and let the "titman" Of tt
next brood be. saved ,as o breeder, al
twill Be found that in Q short perie
of,time there will be a wonderful d.
u generacy, which cannot be repair'
: by. the most judicious system :.
I breeding for. a decade Of years. {
g the. contrary, select tho female p
that sucks the forward teat, and cor
tinue to choose the "sow-pig til
sucketh before" for brood amin
and every year will disclose most sa
isfactord developements in the for
.aaM symmetry of the herd Of swi'
Blood will tell. We can not tran
- ccnd or thwart the established q
Z unalterabie law Of the animal kin
dom. In the pigs tbatare reared
q the forward end of the. udder is conce
-@trated . creator degree Of prolifea
and creator power to: transmit mt
of the excellent points which. cons
tute the perfect animal, that can
found in any other pigs in the bro
And these are the only ones t
ever should be saved assbreed'
whether male or female. The seoe
;or,third. pig from the front may
oil appearance, be quite as beauti
thrifty, and make as heavy an ami
whep slaughtered, and perhaps he
ier rybat such, sswine yare, snot
rieht ones to select: for breeders
u.issnot tbs tnosf, beautiful animals
-, can be relied on as breeders but