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essary qualification may consider himself fortunate indeed. He should 

 be able to use his tongue well at the proper time and place, but have 

 sense enough to know when and where to quit. He should be a rea- 

 sonable good judge of human nature, thereby not offending a would-be 

 purchaser, and yet knowledge enough of his nature to have him follow 

 your ideas. He should have a f-air education so as to keep all accounts 

 correct, and be a good enough penman that you on receiving his letters 

 might be able to tell what he is writing you about. He should be genteel, 

 friendly and sociable at all times, especially among his fellow breeders, 

 quick to resent a wrong, and ever ready to return a kindness. 



While I am willing to acknowledge and free to confess that possibly 

 there are successful breeders who have not all these qualifications, but 

 I am just as free to assert that all successful breeders have most all 

 these qualifications. 



MY TYPE OF DUROC-JERSEY. 



Paper by J. B. Hilligoss, Anderson, Ind., read before the Indiana Swine 

 Breeders' Association, January 7, 1904, at Indianapolis, Ind. 



Friends and brother breeders, I regret that I can not be with you to 

 attend the jubilee and help to partake of the good things that Brother 

 Lockhart and others were requested to have served at the banquet. 

 As to the subject assigned me, I will say: As to my type of a Duroc- 

 Jersey, I would prefer an animal that would fill the following descrip- 

 tion: medium sized head, wide between the eyes, and not too long from 

 the eyes to the end of the nose. I prefer a slight dish in face, thin ears, 

 extending forward and outward, slightly broke near the center, and of 

 medium size. I prefer a short neck with a high crest, shoulders wide on 

 top and carrying a good depth back of the shoulders. I want a full heart 

 girth, not cramped or wrinkled and carried down full at the underline; 

 the ribs well sprung on the side and of good depth, not curved under 

 and making the body round, but giving a large, roomy body, and I may 

 as well mention that I prefer a medium length type, not too long, as I 

 find that a hog with too much length is not as easy a feeder as the 

 medium hog. I prefer a slightly arched back, and the hams I want as 

 full and bulging as possible coming well down to the hock, and a tail 

 of medium size, set on well, high up, and nicely tapered. Legs set well 

 apart and to stand up as straight as possible on feet. I prefer a hog not 

 too high off the ground, neither do I want him too close, just a medium 

 distance from the ground to the underline; I want a good depth between 

 the under and upper lines and I do not cai'e how large they may mature 

 —the larger the better. I also prefer a medium bone (not meaty) but 

 solid and firm. I want short pastern joints, the shorter the better. When 

 we Duroc-.Tersey breeders succeed in getting an entire herd of this descrip- 

 tion, we will have succeeded in something that no other brepders of any 

 breed have yet done. 



