The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-16
the STOCK RANCH.
b nreedlne Boar.

A0o utIo - u0ll Oh tO0 u6EUs 1Oes
lieve that l have seen that remark be-
fore-somewhere; whether it be new or
old it ia q true statement of facts. says
+. d. Beck In S,rime Breeders JOMrnaL
And IL is of SO much importance to the
breeder that. however often it may be
repeated, no one will yell-chestnuts.
Like beRets like is alsotrue, aud moth
ing will SO readily prove this truism as
breeding q good SOW to a poor, inferior
boar. of no known breeding, but, un-
fortunately, the like" will all be upon
the side of the sire, while the closest
scrutiny will fail to reveal any Of the
good points possessed by the SOW, thus
Provingthat the sire is half of the herd"
Is only part of the truth, as he is more.
II our farmer friends could be prevailed
upon to see this matter in it's true light
1t would be but a few years until u
annual hog crop would be increased in
value many thousands Of dollars, and
they tthe farmers) would be correspond
ingly. richer, and. in addition, they
would derive greater pleasure in caring
for their w~ell-formed herd. While We
do not advocate, in general, the breed
ing from any but the best specimens to
be found, We know il our farmers would
visit a neighbor breeder, and get one of
his boar pigs that he intends to cas-
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merit to ship to a distant customer, he
would greatly improve his herd. A pig
OF this description can usually be OBJ
tanned at but q slight advance over mar
ket prices. True, it would be money
in his pocket" should he invest 1926 or
m in q frst-class pig, but the worst
pig raised from pure-bred parents will
make Q better breeder than q finer look.
ing animal that does not know who is
his father" By ell means breed to q
pure-bred boar, and guage the quality
only by your ability to pay for him.
livestock Notes.
kcheapest food may not be the
most healthful to feed.
GOOD to nail to the barn door: Who
enters here leaves pipe behind"
HAVE your hogs a good dry bed or q
mud hole to sleep In these days?
DID you ever see q hog that did not
relish good sweet slop? Why then feed
our swill?
DoN'r keep matches lying round the
barn loose, better have them in an iron
OF tin box.
SOME people think a farm animal is
IKE q postage %stamp-no good until
licked. They are sadly mistaken.
lT does not ray to have colts come be.
fore the rough weather of spring is over.
and then not take care of them.
THE transfer of Holstein- Friesian cat
tie for the week ending April IL, 1890,
as reported to I. b. Wales, Secretary,
included forty bulls and seventy-six
cows.
BREEDERS of trotting horses have
teen breeding earlier and earlier each
vanr. until tho oen,, nr:s,o A. - -.
most farms soon after the first of JAM
nary.
A FRENCH farmer states that white
mustard fed green to old horses com.
municates to the latter quite a youthful.
energy, while removing from them all
difficulty of respiration. :.
THE premium boar with Q losses
his attractiveness, but this does not in
any manner detract from his usefulness,
and he should never be discarded or
given an out of-the- way lot, with care
less feeding, ON this account.
PROMINENT cattlemen of Crook
County. Oregon, have recently cx-
pressed the opinion that hornless cattle
were better able to endure severe cold
than those having horns. They base
this opinion upon the experience of the
past winter.
SAINT Cruz, Cal, has a horse that is
53 years old. He came to the State in
ls4s with William Handley, and was
called an old horse then. For many
years Jerry worked in o brewery, but was
turned out to rest last year.
MICHAEL j. LEIB, Wayne County, O.,
says: Il have o COW that had triplets,
all three heifers. They were born july
Is, 1887, and l have the mother and the
triplets yet. Last week they were all
fresh, and each of them had a very nice
calf.