. Productive agriculture . Fig. S5. — Dr. S. M. Babcock,the itn-cntor of the Babcock Test,which aids the dairyman to de-termine whether a cow is produc-ing butterfat economicalb. CHAPTER XIII SWINE PRODUCTION. Wild Swine. — It is reported upon good authority that therewere about twenty species of wild hogs. The wild boar is prob-ably the immediate ancestor ofour domestic swine. He was tall,slender, deficient in sides and rearquarters, and had heavy^ shoul-ders. The wild boar had at leastthree means of protection: hewas a fleet runner ; his long tviskswere good lighting implements;and his skin
. Productive agriculture . Fig. S5. — Dr. S. M. Babcock,the itn-cntor of the Babcock Test,which aids the dairyman to de-termine whether a cow is produc-ing butterfat economicalb. CHAPTER XIII SWINE PRODUCTION. Wild Swine. — It is reported upon good authority that therewere about twenty species of wild hogs. The wild boar is prob-ably the immediate ancestor ofour domestic swine. He was tall,slender, deficient in sides and rearquarters, and had heavy^ shoul-ders. The wild boar had at leastthree means of protection: hewas a fleet runner ; his long tviskswere good lighting implements;and his skin and hair were hogs liked moist, damp,warm places best. They soughtplaces near streams where theunderbrush was dense, whereherbs, roots, insects, and refresh-ing waters abounded. Root, hog, or die, was a natural act ofthe wild hog. By rooting, they secured the foods they needed, —roots, herbs, insects, and worms. Domestic hogs likewise rootup the pasture to secure the food they crave and need. Corn-fed hogs will root up the entire pasture in the spring to getworms and roots. These furnish an additional amount of pro-Note to the Teacher: The materials needed to do the Laboratory Ex-ercises
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