There was once a new farmer who wanted to start farming pigs, so he bought three sows to get started. He then called another farmer who owned boards down the road to breed the pigs so that he could have piglets in the spring. Being that it was his first time, he inquired of the other farmer what needed to be done. He was told to bring the pigs over so the pigs could do what came naturally.

So the farmer loaded the three sows into his truck and drove down to the other farmer. While the pigs were together in the pen with the boar, the new farmer asked, "How do I know that the pigs took or not?"

"That's easy," said the old farmer. "Tomorrow morning when you get up, if the pigs are wallering in the mud, then they took. If they are just standing there, then they didn't".

"What do I do then?" asked the new farmer. "No problem. Just bring them back, and we'll let them go again. Sometimes it takes a few tries."

The next morning, the anxious new pig farmer got up and looked out the window to see what the pigs were doing. To his disappointment, they were just standing in the mud. So he called the other farmer and told him that nothing had happened. The other farmer said to bring them back down and let them try again. So the new farmer loaded them up into his truck and took them down to the other farm.

The second day, he got up and looked, and it was the same thing. Once again, he loaded them into his truck and went back down the road.

On the third morning, the depressed farmer asked his wife to look and tell him if the pigs were wallering in the mud or just standing there. She said okay and went to the window. Then she said, "They're not there."

"What do you mean," said the surprised farmer. "They have to be there. Look again".

So she looked around and finally said, "Oh, there they are. There are two in the back of the truck and one in the front beeping the horn, telling you to hurry up."