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“GET A PURE-BRED PIG.”
His is the advice that was given editorially last week and that
Dr. Butler is giving again on page three this week. It is good
advice, too; but along with it we wish to offer another bit of ad
vice. This is: Don’t get a pure bred pig unless you are prepared
for it and know how to take care of it.
This advice may not be as acceptable to some readers as that first
offered. It “sounds good” to the farmer to be told that he can buy
a pure-bred pig for as little as $20 or $25, and with it can soon be on
the way tg becoming a “quality farmer’’—a man who does things
better than the average farmer. It does not sound so well to have it
intimated that he is not prepared to take care of a good pig. or
would not know how to do it, even if he had the pig.
We are going to do more than intimate, however—we are going
to say right out that there are lots of Southern farmers who are not
prepared to care for a pure-bred pig, and who do not know how
to care for a pig of quality.
Let's see about it. Suppose, Mr. Farmer, you are going to buy
a pure-bred pig. Have you a good place to keep him? Have you
any winter pasture for him? Have you raised anything to feed him
on? Are you situated so as to give him good care and to keep an
eye on him all the time?
If you cannot say yes to these questions, you are not ready to buy
a pure-bred pig. Look to them first, and then get the pig.
Again, do you know how to feed that pig when you get him—to feed
him so as to make him grow and develop all there is in him, and yet
feed him at a reasonable cost? Do you know how to keep the lice off of
him, and how to guard against contagious and other diseases?
Can you tell when you get him whether or not he is a good specimen
of his breed? Do you know enough about hogs to judge from his
general appearance whether or not he is feeling well and doing well ?
If you cannot answer these questions affirmatively, you want to
do some studying before you buy the pig.
i We believe in blooded hogs, and we believe that Southern farmers
can raise just as good hogs, and raise them just as cheaply, as anybody;
but it is not worth while for any man to spend money for a pure-bred
pig and then give that pig scrub treatment. The man who thinks that
an eight-by-ten pen is a fit place for a growing pig to take his exercise,
or who imagines that a pig needs six inches of mud to wade and root
in. or who thinks that the feeding of a pig is a mere matter of throw
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ing him so many ears of corn a day, or who regards a few lice as a
small matter, or who doesn’t know that a pig likes green things to eat,
and to have his sides tickled with a stick, is not ready to spend his
money on high-priced pigs, because pigs have a way of ‘‘not doing
well” for such men.
If you would have your pigs thrive, you must know how to take
care for them. If you would make pork at a profit, you must know
a little about what feeds contain and how to combine them to give
the pig what he needs,
All this is not hard to learn however. Any man or bright boy
who will do a little studying, and who is willing to treat his pig as
a profit-paying animal should be treated, can keep the pig happy and
thrifty and make him pay a profit.
So, once again, get ready to take care of your pig. learn something
about how to feed and look after him, and then “get a pure-bred
pig,” and you will have something to be proud of and to make money
with.
FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.
Hl(i CROPS ON’ ORDINARY LAND—Why We Cannot (Jet Them
at Reasonable Cost. t
CHRISTMAS GIFTS A GIRL CAN MAKE—With Illustrations. ... M
FARMERS’ UNION NEWS—A Foreword From Mr. Dabbs and Re
port or Mississippi State Meeting . . i. 20 j
"GET A PURE-BRED PIG’*—Why This is the Very Best Time to
Start With Hogs.... :1
GRAPES IN THE SOUTH—One Grower's Experiments and Con
clusions . 17
HOW I CAN KEEP MY FARM FROM WASHING AWAY—Profes
sor Shorn in Details a Plan Which Has Given Good Results. . . 5
HOW PEOPLE LIVE IN PORTO RICO—An Interesting Letter
From Mrs. Stevens. to i
JUST ABOUT PIGS—Little Notes Worth Heeding . 15
THE PROSPECTS FOR FEEDING BEEF CATTLE—Present Indi- |
cations Are Favorable. :J
THE STORY OF A POOR FIELD—How It Was Made Good. 19
THIS YEAR’S CORN CROP—What ft Should Teach Us About
Next Year's Crop. 6
WHAT TO PLANT ON THE HOME GROUNDS—The Last of Pro
fessor Niven’s Articles on Making Home Grounds Attractive. 22
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