The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-01-14
PICS FOR NEXT SEASON

BRxEnING PIGS FOR NEXT sEAsON
T. G. Jones. gives the following
sensible article in the National Liz.
Stock Journal, under the heading
"Now is the Time to Arrange fol
Breeding Pigs for the Next Season.
He says: Every intelligent far'ne,
knows that it is as unnecessary as ii
is Improbable to keep hogs over win
ter, except those intended for breed
ing. five have good blood (and
there is, as prices now are, no excuse
for keeping inferior stock,) pigs
narrowed in March or, April can BE-
made as heavy as necessary for mar
ket by Christmas. If We have warm
pens and proper care be taken, the
pigs may be dropped. as early as
February. In any case, it is one Of
the first Importance to provide CON-
Portable and dry pen, we'll Uttered
this is very important, and will al
ways pay. Sows, therefore, should
be bred in October or November, or
certainly not later than December.
The Berkshires are quite equal to
any other breed for early maturity
and hardness, with superior quality
Of meat. The well-known Canadian
breeder, Mr.. Stone wrote Mr.. Har-
ris:
II consider the improved Berkshire
the most useful breed for the farmer.
With pigs, as with every other kind
of improved stock, farmers should use
nothing but pure-bred male animals.
Many farmers send their sows to a
pafe-bred boar, and are so we'll pleas
ed with the young pigs that they Sc
lect one of them for q boar, and in
this way their improvement is soon
lost. There are many unprincipled
men who sell grades for pure breds,
and those who purchase them are dis
appointed in trying to improve their
stock. Parties when commencing to
breed, or wishing to improve their
common stock, should purchase from
reliable breeders and not from jobbers
and traders, who sell anything they
can make money BY" .1.-s.,:.. -.
As pork has been selling high this
season, there is again q good inquiry
for improved beeding stock, though
the prectice Of using only pure-bred
males is by no means 50 general as it
ought to be, especially when We re-
fleet that young pigs of the most ap-
proved sorts may now be had for
prices that cannot fail to make the
most profitable returns within a few
months.
How strange that in many parts Of
the country We still see the long
legged and Aat-sided sorts! and yet
more commonly, mixed and irreg-
ular kind, indicating that while good
blood has been resorted to, care has
been taken to use only thoroughbred
sires.
A good deal has been written about
the large profits that may be made in
breeding thoroughbred stock to sell
for breeding purposes. We have no
doubt but the business is sometimes
quite satisfactory but in our opinion,
it will be found here, as with other
kinds of stock, that it is the farmer
who raises stock for common purposes
that in tie long akesMe best profile.
And we cannot too often impress up
on our readers the well-known fact,
that an intelligent farmer, breeding
hogs to kill for pork, cattle for beef
and milk, or sheep for mutton and
wool, who is IN the habit of reserving
q te'c Of his best things to sell as breed
ers is quite as likely to be able to
furnish the thing that you want as
the more strictly professional breed
er.
But the point we are now more es-
pecially interested upon is, that with
the abundance of good cheap, we'll
bred pigs in the market, there is no
excuse for using scrub or even grade
blood in breeding pigs.
DON'T FEED RIPE HUNGARIAN HAY.