Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-01
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tho Illinois Swine Breeders AsSoOiA-
ton;
The subject assigned me Is one tnat
might be drawn out 10 cover vast
field, but my time Is too limited 10
permit 9. dealing with the subject In
detail
selhshness is one OF the worst barn
acles or the hog business. How many
really selfish men succeed In the busi-
nessY claim that selfish breeder
will never mako the business a success.
The successful breeder must DO lib
eral enough TO see the faults and Inn
projections OF his own herd and when
he finds a cross In the herd OF n
brother breeder that would be an i'm
provement on his own, try 10 secure
II, and not be selfish enough TO per-
NIT his own herd to go to wreck rather
than buy from brother breeder I
remember seeing this notice In sale
catalogue III you haven't what the
people want, get IT, and then you will
find a ready sale for what you are Of
fering," The remark ia as true as tho
rising Of the sun. When | was In tho
breeding business l was glad to find
some other fellows that had something
better than myself, ! bought to Inn
prove my own herd,
Then there are show barnacles. The
people can see for themselves. II does q
breeder good to get beaten sometlmeA
Nothing Ia more disgusting and tire
some than to have TO listen to tho
lamentations OF n defeated exhibitor.
Life is too short, take your defeat
cheerfully.
There Is the state fair barnacle. He
Ia the fellow that breeds and gathers
up a lot OF cheap stun and takes to
our state fair exhibitions. He as q
rule has no interest In the advance
ment OF any breed He cares nothing
for the interest OF the fair Nine
tenths OF this class would not give tho
agricultural papers half-iinch adver-
tisement under any circumstances,
though those papers have put both
time and money into the advancement
OF the interests OF the breeds They
sit down In the pens right beside tho
men that have been liberal enough to
put their means and almost undivided
attention back Of grandly bred herd
that will improve the stock interests
generally. They sell their animals for
little more, and sometimes less, than
pork prices, thereby lnJuring the en'
tire swine raising business.
There is also the red light and dan'
ger-signal barnacle. We have a few
OF them yet, but they are becoming
scarcer. They draw little ring around
themselves and never step outside OK
It. They live In their shells and are
afraid to peep out for fear they might
see a red llght-they are always look
Ing for disasters, They are the fel-
lows that would not give over Sl7 for
boar to stand at the head OF their
q boar to stand at the head OF their
herd, and they will sell their own
stock from SIS down, and try to make
you believe that their animals are Just
as good as others that you would havo
to pay $50 for. These are the felloWa
that write In the stock journals ana
tell Just how to raise hogs, and say
that business was never better, ana
that they have shipped 80 many sowS
and boars within a certain time. When
| read those articles am inclined TO
believe they are telling the truth, e.
peclally the boar part Of 1t, but my
opinion Is they ship them to Chicago
OF some other fat stock market, ana
would rather stand tho dockage than
to cut the animals when they are
pigs, for they know they will mako
poor barrows. Good breeders who are
really doing a good business do not
have the time to write long tiresomo
articles for publication In the stock
journals, sounding the alarm or call
ing attention to the danger signals
and OF all the traps that the "rascals
have set to catch the unwary. Busy
honest upright breeders are unsuspect-
ing. When honest men go into salea
they are not lavish with their criticism
OF the methods OF the man that Is hold
ing the sale, nor do they denounce him
as dishonest without having as thor
oughly ascertained the facts In the
case. The man that spreads distrust
is hurting his own business as well AZ
that Of others. 7
There are o few honest barnacles.
There is nothing moro commendablO
than honesty. This should be the
largest stone on which the man builds
his foundation for his business, On
the other hand some breeders will tell
you with delight Of the dishonest
methods OF some other breeder, and
then with a nudge in the side and =
sly wink will say that they would not
do such a thing, oh not for the world.
Selling Good Brood MareS,
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