582 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



them plenty of good, rich slop, but be careful and do not stall thejn by 

 giving them an overdose in your anxiety to crowd them to their utmost 

 capacity. Always keep plenty of good, fresh and pure water where thef 

 can get it. And in hot weather prepare plenty of shade. As to feed, be 

 sure they have a liberal amount of green food. Either grass of some kind 

 or rape. We find nothing as good as common clover or rape. We feed 

 some corn, but only in a limited way, as our experience teaches us that 

 it is not a good bone and muscle-producing food. Our main dependence 

 as feed in preparing our show pigs is slop, made with wheat middlings, 

 mixed in milk and water— the more milk the better. We have at times 

 fed some oil cake meal, and we find it to be very beneficial, and aids 

 greatly in putting that silky appearance to the hair and mellow touch 

 so much admired in the show ring. 



It is an all-important factor to keep the pigs free from lice. This is 

 a very hard matter to do, but with a determined effort and a liberal use 

 of crude coal oil or any other good louse destroyer it can be done. We 

 have never found anything so good as the common crude oil referred to. 

 It is also a great advantage in showing your pigs, that they be gentle 

 and quiet. 



To become a successful exhibitor one must have the proper kind of 

 .stock (no matter what breed it is). It must combine size and quality, 

 and then if the above methods as regards cleanliness and feeding be ad- 

 hered to you will have the finish, and will be listed among the successful 

 exhibitors at the coming fairs. 



THE SINGLE JUDGE SYSTEM: CAN WE IMPROVE IT, AND IF 



SO IN WHAT WAY? 



ADAM F. MAY, FLAT BOCK, IND. 



Mr. President and Brother Swine Breeders of Indiana— The subject, 

 "The Single Judge System: Can We Improve It, and, if so, in What 

 Way?" seems to me covers a good deal of ground— more, I am afraid, 

 than I will be able to discuss at this time. However, when I am through 

 I trust you, as breeders, will not be backAvard in expressing your opinion 

 on this all-important subject. 



First I will say that in my opinion the single judge system is the only 

 proper system to judge stock of any kind. But to make even this prove 

 a success, and to be satisfactory to all concerned, a gi-eat many things 

 are to be taken into consideration. Hence I would urge that possibly 

 our examining committees at our swine breeders' institutes have been 

 a little too lenient in granting or issuing license. (Otherwise I might 

 never have held one.) I would urge that license be granted only to men 



