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and growth to eminence in ;ill desirable qualities in tliis species of live 

 stock." 



The proof necessary to establishing tlie fact in the minds of any 

 incredulous persons, who possibly may be laboring under the halucfn- 

 ation of a doubt as to the groAvth of the Duroc, is the fact that during 

 the past two years, more breeders have taken hold of the red hog than 

 all others combined, which is enough within itself to convince the most 

 skeptical observer of the worth of this selection, and with the assurance 

 of unequaled success in the merited fame and fortune of this favorite, 

 that in every clime, all over the land, they are fast proving nature's 

 inexorable law, that they are the survivor of the fittest. 



There are a great number of instances where we might add sugges- 

 tions which, if followed and acted upon, would be of incalculable benefit 

 to the intelligent breeder seeking information on some particular subject 

 which interests him alone, but we note the excellent program prepared 

 by our worthy committee, containing, as it does, gentlemen of a wide 

 range of experience running through many years of study, and I feel 

 that most points of vital interest to the beginner will be treated upon in 

 such a plain, thorough and intelligent manner that he will go from 

 this meeting better prepared to conduct his chosen vocation by having 

 been here. 



After the president's address Col. David Wallace, of Indianapolis, gave 

 a talk on "Breeding Thoroughbred Swine." He made some good points 

 and brought out discussion, he was followed by W. A. Graver of Craw- 

 fordsville, Ind. 



The following breeders read papers: J. B. Hilligoss, Anderson, Ind., 

 M. P. Cannon, New Castle, Ind., and C. E. Smith, Lincoln, Ind. These 

 papers and the discussion will appear in the Journal. 



* One of the very pleasing features of these annual meetings is the 

 banquet held each year. It is a love feast for breeders of all breeds of 

 hogs, and out of 170 that sat down at the tables, seventy of them were 

 breeders of the reds; one rule of the Association is when you join the 

 Association that entitles you to a seat at the banquet table. The election 

 of officers for 1904 resulted as follows: 



President, C. C. Cotton, Manila; Vice-President, C. B. Lockhart, 

 Martinsville; Secretary and Treasurer, C. E. Smith, Lincoln. 



Executive Committee: R. C. Springer, Elizabethtown; J. D. Nidlinger, 

 Decatur; E. M. Clark, Bunker Hill; M. P. Cannon, New Castle; W. A. 

 Carver, Crawfordsville. 



Program Committee: S. W. Johnson, Marion; E. E. Phillips, Onward; 

 L. Savage, Wagoner. 



Arrangement Committee: C. B. Lockhart, Martinsville; David /Wallace, 

 Indianapolis; E. K. Morris, Indianapolis. 



