The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20
SELECTING BREEDING swne.


An Interesting Paper Read Before ne
American Poland Chin. Record Cu-
pany by President n. M. sisson.
The first indispensable requisite o
good breeder is the possession Of god
constitution and inherited good healh
You know Bob Ingersoll said that If ie
had arranged things in this world 10
would have made good health catchig
instead of disease. We want good heath
catching" in our hogs instead Of ''hg
cholera" In order to accomplish tbs
we must select our breeders that az
active, hardy, vigorous and capable
reasonable endurance. II we expect )
obtain these desirable qualities we mus
select those that have proper frame as.
foundation. The bone must be of goo
quality, shape and size; hard, fine
grained and strong. Coarse, soft, spongy
bone will not answer. Nor can you ac-
cept bone too small or fine.
The framework of the breeding stock
we select should be Of such size and
form that all the vital organs can have
ample and harmonious Development.
Length, breadth and depth should DO
considered. We can not too strongly
recommend the necessity Of good, rough,
solid feet, short pasterns and good,
straight legs of only medium length. It
is hardly necessary to look at the feet
as many times as Shep advises. In
ordinary cases five or six times will be
enough. as We will need little time to
examine other parts of their organiza-
ton. 1t is equally necessary that the
covering of the frame be of good ma
terial. Strong tendons, well-developed
muscles and firm flesh are required.
Such animals as have described are
the result of long and intelligent selec-
ton through many generations, that
have had all the advantages of proper
food, exercise and general good treat
ment. 1t seems to me absolutely neces-
sary that the two kinds of food-carbon-
aceous Tor fat forming) and heterogeneous
Tor flesh or bone forming)-should have
been used in proper proportions in order
that the desired result may have been
produced. Consequently in making
wise selection of animals for breeding
purposes only such should be chosen as
are descended from a long line Of ances-
tors that have had the advantages of
substantial compliance with the above
We should not only select pigs of
proper form. but they should show suf-
ficient indications that they are
growthy and will attain the proper size.
l am not in favor of overgrown, coarse
hogs, and do not believe they are as
profitable or sell as well in the market
as those Of medium bone. 1 am aware
there is great demand for large and
coarse pigs for breeding purposes. This
is largely due, probably, to the fact that
corn (which Is not bone producer(
forms so large portion of their diet to
the exclusion of food that is bone pro-
aucing; consequently the bone is always
decreasing in size, hence the demand
for pigs of large bone to correct the evil.
The remedy for this is the substitution
Of sufficient heterogeneous food, as rye,
pats, bran, shorts, middlings, oil-meal
grass and clover, not forgetting also an
ample supply of wood ashes, which is
one of the best bone builders and worm
lestroyers, and may perhaps have a
and ameliorating influence on
'swirls. "-Breeder's Gazette.