The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-20
A MORTGAGE LITTER.
The Hog Is the Most Profitable Ami
NAL to Raise

The Hog Is the Most Profitable Ami
NAL to Raise.
Paper read before the Nebraska
Swine Breeders association by w. S.
HORNED, proprietor of state herd of Po-
land Chinas, Kearney, Neb.!
AS I have associated with his hog
ship some during the last 40 years, l
will give you a few ideas that are
sticking in my mind, and l hope some
of them will cling to you as tight as
the bristleS cling to the hogs back.
There are a variety of hogs, and the
largest hog of them all is the human
hog. We find him at the present time
in all classes. He sleeps in the dirty
howell and walks with proud bearing
over the carDeted floor of the million
aire. He has existed from the begin
ming of man, and will exist as long as
man, for aught 1 know. However, ii
is hardly necessary for me to take up
your time with this class of hogs, for
you have all made his acquaintance.
We farmers have met him. You mar
chants do business with him; and the
bankerS-well, they surely know at
least that he exists. There is no hope
of the human hog becoming extinct and
there is very little chance of his i'm
provement. So, we will leave him in
his glory, and proceed with the COM
mon hog, or swine, as we find him TO-
6a.--
The hog has truly been called the
mortgage litter. We might go on and
tell his history for the last 80 years
how he has been improved in form and
disposition, until we find him today
more companionable than some OF the
human hogs. But we think this I'M
necessary, as the most of you are
cd aim
should be to improve the present tyne.
That there has been a vast improve
ment in the last few years no one VIII
deny. But we have not yet produced
the perfect hog. We have the razor
back hog that is built for business. He
can root his. way through this world.
Therefore 1 will let him take care of
himself. Then We have the TamwOrth
or bacon hog, the Duroc-Jersey or red
hog, the Chester White, the Berkshire.
and last, but not least, the Poland
China hog. Now. my friends, of all the
hogs, give me the Poland China-the
American hog. He is as far above some
of the other breeds as the civilized man
is above the Hottentot. And why? you
ash.
First-Because he is the most civil
ICED hog on earth.
Second-He is the most beautiful to
look at of all the breeds.
Third-He furnishes more of those
delicious pork chops and those sweet,
broad, deep hams; more nice sausages;
more of that nice, white, pure lard that
delights the good housewife; in fact,
he is more hog all over than any of
his competitors.
Lastly-The Poland China puts more
Of those good, nice, round, bright silver
dollars in the farmers pocketbook than
any other breed.
Now ] was going to say that If l
only had one of those nice specimens
from my herd here l could more fully
explain to you what the ideal Poland
China ShouiN< be. But l know you
would only think me trying to do a lit
tie advertising, and smile So, L Will
not say it. But you know how much
better it is to see the animal than 10
hear a description of it. If you hear
a description of a very fine vase Of
flowers, for instance, you get no idea
of their real beauty. But how different
when you behold them in all their
natural beauty Such beautiful colors.
commingled Such fine tints. What
beauty OF shape the leaves. With
what grace each flower is poised on its
slender stem. Then ii is that we gaze
on it and drink in it's loneliness. What
a great satisfaction settles on the inner
man. We look at a picture and admire
it, but how different when we behold
the living thing that breathes and
moves and yields to the touch. So it
is with fine specimen of the Poland !
China You must see it TO appreciate |
it and then the chances are you are
not satisfied until you own 1t. And L
want to say to the farmers here, that /
if they did own more of these Poland |
Chinas and less scrubs, and would !
feed them properly, they would have !
more of those silver dollars with which !
to pay that mortgage. They would !
beat Is cent corn twice over, but, they !
must have care. Do not throw them a
lot of dry, hard corn over in the mud |
and dirt every day from the time they ]
are old enough to eat it until they |
are marketed. But give them variety |
Of oats rye, barley, artichokes and !
corn. and a good bed to sleep on. How |
would a man like to be confined to a
small dirty room during mis- life, with |
only dry bread to eat and filthy water
TO drink? Could he thrive under such /
conditions? Most farmers think oats
are too good for the hog and only fit
fer horses or the market But this is a I
very great error. My hogs get oats, IL /
my horses have to do without. No.
my friends, get YOU some Poland !
Chinas that have small ears set out |
on the corners of the head, not stuck |
out in front like the Droboscis of an
elephant; short nose. with a little dish /
in face: straight, broad backs; deep |
wide hams; strong legs. well set out;