The Little River news., 1921-10-08
Boosting the Big Bone
 Poland China Breed

of the value of pure bred hogs and of the utter follow of the farmer who attempts to raise scrubs or grade hogs. Much has been said about the pure bred sire but we have overlooked an- other great fact that stares us in the l face and goes hand in hand with the pure bred sire. That is the pure bred SOW.
 Too much cannot be said or done to encourage the farmer to have both No better interest can be realized on
 an investment than that on pure bred l hogs. And why? Beacuse no other farm animal reproduces itself so quick | ly and finds market so readily. In
 reality the value of pure bred SOW
 cannot be overestimated If she is
 the kind that produces a large husky litter of long high-backed big boned pigs, her value can never be told. The
 offspring of pure bred SOW will make | larger hogs than from grade or
 scrub SOW for the simple reason that she came from a strain that some
 master mind has spent years to de- | velop into large hog.
 | This cannot be said of a grade SOW l for no one is trying to improve them
 to that degree for breeding purposes. The offspring of a pure bred SOW, bred to pure bred sire will produce hog on merit, a hog that if given chance of a decent living will be the handspring of independence for the future farmer and live stock man.
 l very often hear farmer say that grades are good enough for him. Well, possibly so, but does he want to travel in the same old rut that our forefathers have worn out? And does he want his children to do the same?
 Why not accept in this age of ad- vanced farming practice, what men have given a life time study and labor and proved to be a conclusive fact? Why not give your children a chance at a better and a more useful life than girl pure bred gilt and SOW, and 99 chances to 1 you will be ashamed of your grade or scrub stock in less than year But suppose you give him or her a gilt and SOW of grade or common stock what can you expect of that boy or girl? Why at the very best you can only expect them to reap just what you have sown.
 Yes, you may expect them to re- main in the same old rut you have travelled so long. You may say it takes money to buy pure bred SOW. Yes, they do cost more money. but show me anything of real worth and something worth while that is free. If you will look around about you and note the most prosperous farmers of today own pure bred live stock. And what is true in our own state is true in other states.
 Then I hear some of you say that these prosperous farmers can afford to own pure bred live stock There is where you are mistaken again. Why? Simply because a prosperous man would not own them if they were not paying investment Pure bred live stock is one of the greatest boots that the prosperous farmer has ever had They al the greatest stepping stones to success
 1 have not travelled in any of the | northern states to any great extent, but l read of the prosperous farmers | of Illinois, Iowa and Ohio, three of the greatest and richest states in the Un-
 ion, and what do you find? You will
 find the man with the best improved Harm, best home of the best and most
 conveniences has depended largely on the pure bred SOW.
 The pure bred SOW has paid for their
 farms and equipped them with modern
 machinery.
 She has built their handsome resi-
 dences and outbuildings and furnished
 them with labor saving devices. She
 has made them able to purchase costly
 motor cars, that they and families
 might enjoy the leisure hours while
 the SOW goes on producing and caring for her filters.
 It has often been said and l verify
 believe 1t to be so that 99 per cent
 of the wealthy farmers of the United
 States can trace their era of prosperi- ty directly back to the pure bred SOW
 And is this alone not enough to con-
 vince you that it is time to relegate
 the scrub to bygOne days, and start
 yourself and your boy or girl right
 with pure bred SOW. The Polands Twill get larger at given age on a
 minimum amount of feed than any
 other breed under the sun. They are prolific, gentle and will not sunburn