Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-06-21
ADVANTAGE OF GOOD STOCK.

NhN4h VA oSS~
Uncle Story says, in the A"le1'icam Stock
,Lou1uaI. that with all the labor and enter
nrise of breeders of live stock to spread III
formation throughout the country III rela-
tion to the best breeds of stock, there are
still MANY farmers who keep on breeding
scrubs. 1t is to such farmers as DO tills uiat
I wisi, to address my remarks III tins artl-
Gle.
Look around YOU and see who are the
most successful. 1t is the farmer or STOCK
raiser that takes the best care of his stock
and selects the best sires-then when he gets
rood blood and gives it such attention us all
stock should have, he will be well pald Tor
the money invested and labor bestowed
Breed to good animals that are well bred'
he they cattle, horses, sheep or sWlne-and
you can by this means improve your com
mon stock. A few dollars spent tor a good
bull. boar or ram, will prove to be money
we'll invested. Often the ordinary farmer
cannot afford to buy thoroughbred STOCK at
fancy prices. but all farmers and stock
raisers can afford to %patroniZe their more
fortunate neighbors, who can afford TO nave
thoroughbreds by paying literally toy the
services of their bulls, boars or AIMS Most
farmers have one or more extra grade cows,
ewes or sows. that they could take some
distance to be served by a thoroughbred,
and thus materially improve their stock.
There ~ is no stock on the farm that pays
as we'll and can be improved and increased
in numbers as fast as the hog. Buy a boar
of some improved stock and breed your
common sows to him. Next spring you
will nave fine pigs that will make you from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred and
fifty pounds apiece at killing time next fall.
You cannot do this with Gland pixies OF
:" subsoilers''-you must have good blood.
Poland-Chinas are quick growers, and
small eaters to the amount of flesh laid on
in q short time. Yorkshire mixed with
Chester White makes an excellent cross TIC
improve common sows. OvergroWn hogs
do not pay. There is not a single advatl
tage in having hogs above the medium
size. There never was a monster hog tina
did not make the man who fed and raisedit
pay well for each pound it weighed. Iht
most salable porkers, therefore, and thos'
that will make the most profitable return
for the amount OF food consumed, are sprin!
pigs fattened the same fall. With care an
attention, almost any of the improved breed
can be made to weigh from II hundre'
and fifty to two hundred and fifty pound
at nine months old. f
Ihave written more particularly on tn
hog in this article, but you can also look on
for good bulls and rams. Try Il thorough
/ bred boar, and be convinced that it pays t
| have one to breed from. Your neighbC
. will patronize you, and your stock of hog
+ will be SO improved that you will Wondt
why you did not try the experiment lon
! before.
, hope the hints hastily thrown out
4 this article may be the means Of some OF
trying to improve their stock of hogs at las
e Stock rightly managed will be attende
0 with success, bat to make it successful
5 good stock is absolutely necessary.
HOGS ON THE FARM.
o The following valuable suggestions |
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