The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-11-29
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AoRl-
cULTURlsTS.
some Up-to-Dats Hints About cuiti-
walton Of the Soil and Yields
Thsreof-Horsieaiturs. vitieultsss and
Floriculturs.



In the marketing OF animals in num-
bers at a time there is nothing per
haps more important than uniformity
Of breed, shape. condition and quality.
II is quite necessary to please the eye
Of the buyer as well as his sense OF
possible profit to be made from the
purchase OF a given lot Of animals. It
Is quite possible that a number OF
animals Of different types and condi-
tlons may weigh just as much as an
other lot Of uniform hogs. for in
stance. but that fact viii not make
them bring as much IN the market as
the other bunch. When one looks At
lot OF hogs that are OF every kind
and sort known to hogdom-all colors.
shapes. sizes and ages mixed together
in one unsightly aggregation-he can
not but deplore the fact that any one
would waste good feed on such monde
scripts when Il might just as well have
been fed to q uniform bunch, which
would have commanded a far more
profitable price upon the market. And
yet such lots Of hogs come daily TO
the Yards Among them are good
hogs, well fed, we'll finished. OF good
quality. but they are few and far be-
tween and their presence does not ma
terially help the chances Of the 9TH
ers. but invariably the price Of the
good hogs Is cut on account Of the
bad ones II Is like the company q
young man keeps being considered an
index to his personal character. One
may be guiltless In fact but n he
keeps bad company he will by infer
ence receive the same bad character
as his friends. A good hog should al
ways come to the market with good
companions, and the more they all look
alike the better It will be for the ship
per. and this truth applies equally to
the selling OF cattle In the great mar
kets Of the country. It Is true, too,
OF the sheep business. and for that
reason sheep men are in the habit OF
sorting out their fat sheep into uni
form bunches. and by so doing GER
tainly manage 70 secure better prices
for them than would otherwise be the
case. The same thing should be done
by shippers Of hogs. the idea being to
forward lots Of pigs that are about Of
even development weight. quality and
breed. But some will say this idea is
a good one and perfectly correct but
what are you going to do about It
when you have no such hogs TO ship or
pick from?' That is another point we
are coming to. Why not have such
hogs to shlp7 Why breed and feed
any other kind Of hog in these days Of
breed sales where good, pure-bred
boars can be had at moderate pricesi
Why stick 10 the old-fashioned ante
quated types OF swine which we're
once predominant? Why not grade up
the home swine and have presentable
e.nmals to feed and sellg There Is no
possible excuse for possessing feeding
or shipping scrub swine. Such hogs
are a disgrace to an American citizen.
They are a disgrace to the times we
live IN. They are an eyesore TO buy
ers. They are OF little profit upon the
block. They are mere scayangers
upon the farm. They do not utilize
food to the best possible profit. They
furnish a poor quality Of pork. hams
and bacon. They should be consid-
cred nuisance and the sooner they
are gotten rid OF the better will It Be
for ali concerned. Now we hope those
who have been feeding scrub hogs and
shipping them to the markets at q loss
or 10 receive poorer prices than their
neighbors receive for uniform hogs
win take this matter 70 heart Hogs
multiply rapidly. It Is not life
times work to change the entire char
acteristlcs OF the farm herd OF swine
Commence now and save only those
sows that are Of one breed. style, color
and shape. This done. for any sake
do not breed them to the nearest boar
Just because he Is a boarl Consider Il
an insult 10 even propose the mating
Of the picked sows with anything shorl
Of a pedigreed boar Of standard breed
and see to Il that be Is q good one
from family noted for good deeds and
WA" N~"NA""NA ENAN AANNAAA&t w ~
not care 90 much what breed Is 80.
lected so Ions as It Is a pure breed
fer all pure breeds today are vel
worth breeding and feeding. and on'
top cross Of such blood win make 1
vast improvement IN the uniformity
and quality OF the feeding hogs. whil'
continued breeding In the same direc
ton and annual selection and cou1inI
Of only the best sows win sooE brinl
any herd OF swine up 10 the STANDARD
o. excellence which commands profta
bic prices In al Of our markets. DOW
with the scrub. say wei CommoI
sense demands Il: sensible men ap
prove it: profit follows surely In thl
wake Of the work.--Farmers' Review.
Horticultural Observations
(From the Farmers Review
The Dried Fruit Association Of Cal