The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-18
Breed the First Consideration, Then
Intelligent Care.
(Nehra Ska Ecirrnnarl
Nebraska Farmer.)

(NeDraSka Earmer.)
1t. would seem that under some con-
ditions all hogs are profitable. Espec-
tally has this been the case during the
past year or two. 1t would be hard
indeed to PORT out the improbable
hog under the conditions Of high prices
which have prevailed and the excep-
tionally healthy condition of the swine
herds. There is, however, a great diff
ference in the degree of profit to be
found in the quality and condition of
the hogs of the country. Some hogs
are yielding a much larger profit than
others. The difference is not all based
upon any one condition or reason.
The breed of swine eXerts a control
ling influence in the profit of the hog.
This cannot be disputed: if it did not,
then there would be no special reason
for advocating breed and setting forth
qualities of special breeds, in early ma
turity, easy fattening properties, etc.
When the breed is selected, as one we'll
adapted to profitable hog growing, then
there are other requirements that must
be furnished or the hog will not be
profitable, or only to a limited degree,
that is much below the brightest pros
poets that scientific and good practical
hog raisers have reported as possible
ties in hog profit.
Hogs that are profitable to their own
ers are those that are thrifty and in
good growing condition from the time
they come into the world. To keep
them in this shape requires the atten-
ito nand vigilance of the person or per-
sons in charge. The care of the hog
to keep it in health and growing is a
work that cannot, be learned from
books entirely. It, may seem a little
out of place to say that to succeed with
the hog you must love the hog. In
other words, you must like the hog,
you must be interested in its welfare,
you must enjoy feeding it and enjoy
seeing it eat. The boy who stands at
the feed yard fence and watches the
hogs eat after they have been given
their feed or corn, and notes the vari-
Gus individual characteristics of the
members of the herd, etc, will grow
into feeder who viii raise profitable
hogs, if, given chance.
Z Hogs demand intelligent care and at
tention in order to do their best, or in
order to be highly profitable. The feed
er must know when the hogs are sup
piled with all necessities for health in
the way of feeds, water dry, clean
sleeping quarters sanitary arrange
ments in general way about the
yards, pens and feeding places 1t is
no work for a careless or lazy boy or
man to take care of a lot of hogs and
make them profitable. 1t is necessary
to study hog life, what the natural dis
position and requirements of the hog
are, in order to be able to properly
care for it. 1t may be said that too
much attention cannot be given to OPP
portunity for exercise, sunshine and
privilege of plenty of clean water.
The hog is an animal that is permo-
nently damaged by being stunted; it
never RECEIVERS from such a condition
1t may and will recover to grow into
a hog, but not the hog it would have
been if saved from that condition; be-
sides, it is not the profitable hog. The
profitable hog is the hog of breed, feed,
care and intelligent management from
the pig to the matured hog