266 BOARi) OF AGiaCtJLTtJKfi. 



Tho j-t'LTuhir brood niootincrs woro oiillod to onlor jiboiit this time and 

 tlio mooting wjis [)r;ictic;i!iy ntlJuuMicd. 



Tho ottioors for tlu' I'lisuiiij^ yoar arc: 



President— F. 1'. Modlin, l*oland-Cliina breeder, Newcastle, Ind. 



Vice-President— AV. C. Legg, Duroc-.Tersoy breeder, Windfall, Ind. 



Secretary-W. R. Midl<ifl". Poland-riiina brooder. Vincennes, Ind. 



Treasurer— F. Elliott, liorlvsliire l)reodL'r, Vincennos, Ind. 



Executive Committee— W. F. Johnson, Poland-China breeder. New 

 Augusta. Ind.; F. F. Mooro, Chester-Whito brooder, Rochester, Ind.; C. 

 C. Cotton. Duroo-.Iorsoy brooder. Manila, Iiul. 



Program Committoo— E. K. Morris, Indianapolis; W. R. Midkiff, 

 Sholbyville; Luoian Arbuokle, Hope; Chas. B. Eookliart. Martinsville; E. 

 .1. Barker, Thorntown; J. C. Reed, Springport. 



On motion, a committee composed of W. C. Hendricks, A. F. May 

 and W. C. Logg was appointed to draft resolutions on the death of Mr. 

 .1. B. Luyster, of Franklin, Ind.: 



Whereas, It has been the will of Divine Providence to remove from 

 our Association, by death, J. B. Luyster, Franklin, Ind., a brother breeder 

 for whom we had the highest esteem as a citizen and as an honorable 

 member of this Association; therefore be it 



Resolved, That we, the members of the Indiana Swine Breeders' 

 Association, extend our deepest sympathy to the family of our deceased 

 brother, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family and 

 placed on the records of this Association." 



Messrs. W. O. Canaday, A. C. Hodson and F. Moore were appointed 

 as a committee to confer with the members of a neAV association foi'med, 

 called the Improved Live Stock Association of Indiana. This associa- 

 tion was organized in the interest of live stock husbandry, all breeds and 

 classes being included. 



DESCRIBE A PIG TO BE BOUGHT AND ONE TO BE SOLD. 



Paper read by Walter Kemp, at the Poland-China meeting, Indianapolis, 



January 6, 1904. 



Fellow Swine Breeders, it is with great pleasure that I am with 

 you here in this city at this time, assembled with brother hog breeders, 

 that we may be a benefit to each other by discussing the many details 

 connected with one of the grandest enterprises of the day, Poland- 

 China breeding. As for the subject now before us— Describe a pig to be 

 bought and one to be sold. The two phrases to me are as I believe they 

 are to all of us, synonymous; that is under like conditions as to the 

 price given or received for an animal and the place he is to fill. 



It is true there are different markets in the hog business as well as 



