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The last session was lit'ld at 8 a. m., January 8, and breeders were 

 so enthused 'that the Tresident had to tell when it was time to adjourn 

 so all would get to the Stock Yards in time for the red sale. The meet- 

 ing adjourned to meet at Indianapolis, January, 1905. 



rREPARING AND OFFERING SWINE FOR TUBLIC SALE. 



[Read by M. F. Cannon, New Castle, Ind., before the Indiana Duroc- 

 Jersey Swine Breeders' Association, January 7, 1904, at Indianapolis, 

 Indiana.] 



This question does not call for oratory, but a man who carries slop. 

 To begin, you should have thoroughbred stock, sires and dams recorded. 

 Of course, they should be Duroc-Jerseys. Have your pigs to come in 

 March and April. When the pigs want to begin to eat, give them a 

 l)laee to themselves. Their food should consist of shorts, bran and oats, 

 ground tine, with a small portion of meal. Feed sparingly. Just keep 

 them growing nicely; do not allow them to get fat before sale day; then 

 have them just fat enough to round them out nice; give them plenty of 

 range to run over with fresh green grass, such as bluegrass first and 

 clover for summer pasture, with light feeds of corn each day, fresh 

 water all the time. By the middle of July I put my pigs on full feed of 

 groimd oats with one-third corn, soaked from one feed to the next; con- 

 tinue feeding the oats till green corn will do to commence feeding, which 

 is usually about the first of September. Commence with the corn very 

 sparingly, increase the amount a little each day until you have them on 

 fair feed of corn, then begin to cut down the slop or ground feed to 

 within thirty days of your sale date when it should be discontinued 

 entirely, then give your pigs corn and good clean water. Do not have 

 corn lying by them, just give them what they will eat in the next hour 

 or two; feed this way to within ten days of your sale, then slacken some 

 on the corn. You should rake the cobs in a pile once a Aveek and make 

 charcoal for them to eat." Give salt once or twice a week. When you 

 have done all this you surely will have some nice pigs for your sale. 

 You have the pig ready, but what next? I always see about advertising 

 properlj- and thoroughly. AVe have a great amount to do yet, providing 

 lunch, conveyance, cleaning sale barn, whitewashing pens, penning hogs 

 and getting them cleaned and brushed up, making them as clean-looking 

 fls it Is possible to do. Pen them with males and females of the same litter 

 in pens as near each other as possible, have your help of the very best 

 you can get, handle the hogs carefully and do not allow them to squeal 

 and disturb the sale. I never drive the best oiit first. Just as the sale 

 gets started nicely and every one has got in, tlien we commence with 

 some of our best ones. You should not forget the auctioneer. He should 

 have been selected a number of months aliead of your sale. If he is 



