Pure Pigs

"Every good farmer should raise hogs, year in and year out," says Fred F. Devore of Omaha. Last week he thought he had found a way to aid the cashless farmer, help him build up a registered breeding herd. No philanthropist, he expects his newly-formed Pure-Bred Hog Development Association to line the pockets of himself & associates as well as the farmers'.

To any farmer of good character and proven hog-raising ability the Association will furnish as many pure-bred sows as he can accommodate. From each of the first two litters of each sow, two pigs must be returned to the Association when they have grown to 200 Ib. or more. The farmer then becomes half owner of the sow. With eight piglets saved from each litter, he should have a 12 1/2-pig-per-sow return on his investment of care and feed.

For the second breeding, the Association will pay half the cost of a pure bred boar. The farmer must pay for cholera-vaccination of all pigs. When the two litters have been raised he may either buy put the Association's interest in his breeding stock or sell back his own.

Hogman Devore expects to place about 1,000 head this year, more next. Believing the farmer can use 10-c- corn most profitably by feeding it to hogs, he hopes other farm-aid organizations, including the U. S. Government, will follow his lead.

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