The Glenwood post., 1904-09-17
THE SWINE GROWER.
His "Backbone" and Not His "Wish-
bone" Brings Man Success.

Iowa Swine and Corn Breeders Asso-
ciation.
The swine breeder has made possi-
Bile through years of energetic toll the
realities now possessed and enjoyed by
the farmers and feeders of swine all
through the corn belt. The present
thoroughbred breeder of swine, regard
less of strain, puts his best effort,
thought and skill into the development
of certain type and backs his judg-
ment by conversation, argument or let.
ter and oftentimes by an advertise
ment in various stock journals. The
hog is a machine for mans use. com
fort and enjoyment ns well as his in
dividual care, and, as history repeats
itself, as sure as truth is eternal, if you
do not minister TO the hog wisely and
well you cannot hope to reap the prof
its in the future that seem so near and
tattering. Ten years have demonstrat-
ed to the feeder that he can make a
bunch of hogs weigh about so many
pounds mt n certain age, owing entire
ly to care. conditions and feed. The
same lines the kind of hog he ought TO
have at Il certain age. Now, my fellow
breeders, do you not agree with me
that you may not only have the ideal
hog today, but have had the ideal for
some years past? Yet you have not
slackened your efforts, nor have you
rested with folded hands and felt there
were no more worlds to conquer.
Good Management the Whole Thing.
You raise on your farms. or at least
should raise. what is needed most to
develop your herds, droves and tocks
and bring them to early maturity and
q market value that remuneratcs you
for your time and labor. Every man
to be success must know the exact
cost Of production before he Is compe-
tent to put price on his product or to
determine his profit Life is not in
holding good hand but in playing a
poor hand well. Success does not con-
sist in never making bunders, but in
never making the same one twice. The
world generally gives its admiration
not to the man who does what nobody
else ever attempts to do, but to the
man who does best what multitudes do
we'll There is u vast difference be-
tween wishing and winning. Many a
man has failed because his wishbone
was where his backbone should have
been. IL man can write better
book preach better sermon, make Il
better mouse trap, raise n better hog,
bull, sheep, horse or goat or better seed
corn than his neighbors, though he
build his house in the woods, the world
will make beaten path to his door.
He Must Hustle For Dividends.
l have endeavored briefly to locate
and distinguish the present thorough
bred breeder and feeder whom l now
believe has reached the zenith of breed
ing and feeding, but what have we to
offer the boy of today, who is the man
Of tomorrow, in this broad field? No
man Is as capable or competent to
| judge the good as well as the weak
| points as the man who produced the
animal. No man can hope for success
unless he is part and parcel OF the ami
NAL developed. He must see him In the
morning as well as in the evening and
Ofttimes through the busy hours of the
day. He must study its needs, and by
experience he will learn that 100 head
properly cared for will bring greater
and more lasting returns than twice
that number neglected or committed to
anothers care. Your land has increased
In value Today many OF you are farm
ing 500 per acre land, and in order to
make 1t pay dividend at its present
market value you must hustle