The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-05-22
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II Is no advantage for a herd boar
20 have immense. coarse joints and
round coarse bone. Like begets like,
Il is said. but that Is no reason for
choosing a coarsc-boned. bad-boned
boar for the purpose OF correcting
faults I'm the bones OF farm swine.
Where there Is n deficiency OF bone
in the annual crop OF pigs the use
OF "A coarse,boned boar will not prop
erly correct the trouble. There is
something wrong with the nutrition
OF the unborn pigs. the feed OF the
SOW, the feed OF the boar. the entire
manner OF managing the swine. The
use OF the coarseboned boar Will be
liable to produce coarse bone In less
degree but Il is not coarse bone we
are after, but sound, dense. mineral
composed bone. Quality OF bone Is
then OF far more importance than
bulk OF bone. Mere bulk. coarseness.
Is very often due 20 n superabundance
OF organic matters rather than inor.
game salts. II may come from the
long use OF corn and other carbonace-
Gus foods In the absence or lack OF nj
trogenous and mineral-providing foods.
This coarse bone. indicated by coarse
joints, does not prevent hogs from
becoming paralyzed In the hind quar-
ters or from knuckling over in the
fetlocks. I is no criterion OF strength
but an indication OF grossness and
fiabbiness and 10 be rejected rather
than cultivated. In choosing a boar
then II is best TO select one having
ideal bone. Hard. hinty, dense. clean
bone with well defined clean, large
joints free from meatiness. The meat
should be elsewhere and Il will be
well and strongly carried II the bones
are OF proper quality. Along with the
wrong type OF bone we get the coarse,
short. heavy flabby jowl which some
men think a good point. IL is moth
ing Of the sort in our opinion. II may
indicate tendency TO put on fat and
is too apt u characterize the lard hog
but II does rot mean vim and vigor,
nor strong bone and vitality. IL is
not seen in wild hogs ranging the
woods and living on roots and beech.
mast or similar heterogeneous foods.
The bones OF these animals should
give us a cue 20 the sort OF bones best
20 breed Cor In domesticated swine and
we can get IL by proper selection,
feeding and exercise. We want pedi-
gree IN our herd boar. but the pedigree
Is not enough. II is a good pedigree
II 81 shows repeated top crosses OF
boars noted for the good points we
have Indicated. II Is not necessarily
a good pedigree because II shows
many top crosses 10 the blood OF show
boars that have been pampered upon
corn. As n general principle we think
10 would be the best sort OF a pedi.
gree should Il show many top
crosses Of boars from large fam.
i.es and sows galore that were
noted for the number and vitality OF
their filters. The block.shaped. heavy
jowled boar, too low down, on coarse
/ big jointed legs may be possessed OF
a fashionable pedigree. but az the
same time he Is not the best animal
FOR everyday use as breeder. Give
US the boar able TO bcget large filters.
able to get sows with pig at one serv-
ice. able 10 procreate pigs that are not
heirs 20 humps" ricketts, and paraly-
sis This 81 the sort OF boar we want
In general use and he Is the product
OF proper feeding and management
and that feeding is along natural lines
and combined with open air life. wide
range on green grasses and other sue.
culent food and as little pampering as
possible upon corn In dollhouse build.
/ ings. Swine breeders are becoming
more and more imbued with these
ideas as a consequence OF the constant
hammering OF the agricultural and live
stock press but the average farmer
is still too apt 20 follow old-time
methods OF swine production which
were largely pardonable before swine
had been so much improved" II is
: time to inject more vitality and less
corn so as to bring swine back 10
original prollflcacy and stamina while
at the same time endeayoring by ev-
cry sensible method possible to con.
tinue the Improvement OF swine for
profitable purposes. In buying a boar
we therefore consider Il as important
20 become conversant with the feed.
ing and management practiced by the
/ breeder as with the breeding lines OF
his stock and the record they have