Agriculture for beginners . Fig. 255. Which will you raise? and as they grow older are fierce and dangerous. In theirwild state they seek moist, sandy, and well-wooded places,close to streams of water. Their favorite foods are fruits,grass, and roots, but when pressed by hunger they will eatsnakes, worms, and even higher animals, like birds, fowls,and fish, Man captured some of these wild animals, fed them abun-dant and nutritious food, accustomed them to domestic life, 28o AGRICULTURE FOR BEGIXXERS selected the best of them to raise from, and in the courseof generations developed our present
Agriculture for beginners . Fig. 255. Which will you raise? and as they grow older are fierce and dangerous. In theirwild state they seek moist, sandy, and well-wooded places,close to streams of water. Their favorite foods are fruits,grass, and roots, but when pressed by hunger they will eatsnakes, worms, and even higher animals, like birds, fowls,and fish, Man captured some of these wild animals, fed them abun-dant and nutritious food, accustomed them to domestic life, 28o AGRICULTURE FOR BEGIXXERS selected the best of them to raise from, and in the courseof generations developed our present breeds of hogs. Themain changes brought about in hogs were these: the legsbecame shorter, the snout and neck likewise shortened, theshoulders and hams increased their power to take on flesh,and the frame was strengthened to carry the added burdenof flesh. As the animal grew heavier it roamed less widely,and as it grew accustomed to man its temper became less Fig. 256. A Pair of Pokkers Meat can be more cheaply obtained from hogs than fromany other animal. W^hen a hog is properly fed and cared forit vdW make the farmer more money in proportion to costthan any other animal on the farm. The most profitable t}-pe of hog has short legs, small bones,straight back and under line, hea^y hams, small well-dishedhead, and hea\y shoulders. The scrub and razorbackhogs are ven- unprofitable, and require an undue amount offood to produce a pound of gain. It requires two years to get DOMESTIC ANIMALS 281 the scrub to weigh what a well-bred pig will weigh whennine months old. Scrub hogs can be quickly changed inform and type by the use of a pure-bred sire. A boy whose parents were too poor to send him to collegeonce decided to make his own money and get an bought a sow and began to raise pigs. He earned the foodfor the mother andher pigs. His hogsincreased so rap-idly that he had towork hard to keepthem in food. Bysaving the moneyhe received
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