. Biggle swine book. Swine. [from old catalog]. WESTERN PRACTICES. 87 fectly honest, and the prices were on a fair business basis. There is always some dishonest and crooked business along every trade and industry, and the breeding business is not an exception ; but this is frowned upon by the better class of farmers and breeders. There is a good deal of jealousy existing between breeders which dates back as far as the writer can recollect, at least thirty years. There are always efforts made to boom by proper methods, and sometimes by im- proper ones, certain strains of hogs ; but the breedin
. Biggle swine book. Swine. [from old catalog]. WESTERN PRACTICES. 87 fectly honest, and the prices were on a fair business basis. There is always some dishonest and crooked business along every trade and industry, and the breeding business is not an exception ; but this is frowned upon by the better class of farmers and breeders. There is a good deal of jealousy existing between breeders which dates back as far as the writer can recollect, at least thirty years. There are always efforts made to boom by proper methods, and sometimes by im- proper ones, certain strains of hogs ; but the breeding business is not different from any other line of business, and honest and correct methods usually prevail sold. in the end, as crooked and wrongful transactions will not wear, and later expose themselves. In the pedigreed hog business the breeder's pedi- gree is looked after as much, almost, as that of the pigs, and stock is purchased from a breeder because of his known ability as a breeder and his honesty as a man. The hot-air methods and fictitious prices that were obtained a few years ago in public sales, brought distrust upon the breeders engaged in it, and resulted in putting a large number of them either into bank- ruptcy or out of business. The public sales at this time are carried on in a straightforward and business-like manner, and at prices that the farmers are justified in paying. About two years ago there was a change in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Biggle, Jacob. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, Wilmer Atkinson co.
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