Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

purposes ana the manner IN WHICH
the breeding is carried on may be
classed under three quite different
classes.
Those Of the first class. and they
are altogether too small, are those
that are taking great pains in the
selection and breeding of their hogs,
using nothing but the best pure bred
stock and disposing OF a large proper
ton of their stock for breeding pur-
poses to be used in the Improvement
of other herds.
The second class would he those
farmers that are exercising good
judgment in getting pure bred sires
and selecting the best female they
have, whether pure bred or grade,
and using this class of breeding stock
for the production OF hogs for pork.
Those belonging to the third class,
and they are altogether too numer-
GUS, are those farmers who are pay
ing no attention to their breeding
operations, using such breeding
without any thought of Improvement
or what the progeny is going to be.
A Profitable Field for Young Farmers.
In commenting on these three classes
of swine breeders would say, first,
there are not enough good swine
breeders of pure bred swine. do
not mean to advocate that every
farmer should be a breeder of pure
bred swine, but there are a great
many that could take up this line Of
breeding and not only improve their
own herds, but those of their own
locality. In this state there are a
great many young men on farms and
about to go to farming. Among them
are great many who have taken the
Short Course in Agriculture and the
Farmers Course at our College Of Az
Ticulture, | would say to these
men that from my own experience /
have found the breeding of pure bred
swine one of profit and it has afforded
a great amount of pleasure. At drst
thought, a great many may think
the breeding business would soon be
overdone on account of too luany
breeders, but | do not think so
With more breeders Of pure breG
hogs would go an education TO the
more Indifferent fellows and the
swine themselves, il they are of the
ri 3ht kind, would stimulate their own
demand. / have heard SO many say
in answer to this, that would never
work around here because the farm
ers here do not appreciate the value
Of good hogs and they would not
patronize you" In answer to that l
would say, that is the very Yest place
to start to build a herd, for human
nature is nearly alike everywhere,
and they will soon learn to appreciate
when they see the profit to be de-
rived from using good breeding stock.
There is plenty of room at the top
for the best breeders.
Concerning the second class Of
breeders, l have nothing to say. The
farmer that is using nothing but pure
bred sires and using his best females
using mature stock as much as pos
sible in producing hogs for pork, is OF
the right track and is always going tc
make some money.
Successful Breeding Must be System
attic.
Concerning the third class. viii
say that as one travels over the state
and notices the inferior, nondescripi
stock that is being USED, he will be
surprised; no definite system being
followed going on the suppositior
that a hog is a hog and one hog is
as good for them as another. They
breed from immature stock. without
any regard for their breeding. type OIL
conformation
So many times we hear a man say
Il have tried this breed and they
seem to run out; they are not what
they should be. ] guess Twill try some
other breed and see what they will
do for me-" so he tries some other
breed with about the same results,
and then he is ready to try some
other. II he would stay by one
breed and use Judgment In selecting
the best individuals from the breed
he has, he would make better frog.
ress and get more improvement. Do
not think that any breed is your sal-
walton. ANY breed viii do for you
in just the proportion you do for
them. The man that Is a true ad-
mirer Of a certain breed and has
been successful in improving that
breed under his selections. breeding,
care and management, has a greater
appreciation of other breeds and
their merits than the man has that
Is continually changing breeds with
the hope Of finding something that Is
going to work wonders in the i'm
provement OF his herd. Stick to
your breed and learn to appreciate
that you are to blame and not the
breed.
Some Points to be Noted In Type.
No matter which breed we choose.
they should all have about the sams
type and standard Of conformation,
for they are all intended for TIL
same purpose, namely the production
of pork We would note the different
breed characteristics in the different
breeds. such as lack color with
nicely dropping ears In the Poland