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liue. that has given iis the typical beef t-ow. Aud it is the same agent 

 tliat lias given us the Poland-China. Berkshire, Chester ^Yhite and Duroc- 

 .Tersey hog of the present day. Was it just a happen-so that such noble 

 representatives of the breed as Chief Teeuniseli II. Chief Perfection II, 

 Ideal Sunshine and scores and scores of others equally as good, if not 

 better, were produced? You will all agree with me that those animals 

 were produced by careful, systematic breeding, or intelligence well 

 directed. Is it possible that tne topmost round of the ladder lias been 

 reached in this breeding problem? MethinUs if w«' were permitted to 

 pull aside the curtain of the future and l)eh()ld the hog of one hundred 

 years hence we would be compelled to acknowledge a vast improvement 

 over the hog of the present day. 



One other thought and then I will dose, and that is this: That all 

 members of this Association should encourage all the younger breeders 

 of our State to attend these annual meetings and thereby get them in- 

 terested in the work of the Association, and. furthermore. I would 

 earnestly suggest that all whose names appear on the program with duty 

 assigned to them from time to time make an earnest effort to discharge 

 the same to the best of their ability. I will not detain you longer. 1 

 hope that all your discussions and all that is said and done at this meet- 

 ing may be of such a character that when this session closes that all may 

 feel that they have been amply paid for the time and money they have 

 expended in attending this meeting. 



I want to extend to all the members of this Association my sincere 

 thanks for the honor you have conferred upon me l)y selecting me as your 

 chairman. ' 



The minutes of tlie last meeting were then read by Secretary \A'iii. 

 Midliiff. Shclbyville. Indiana, and adopted ])y the Association, after which 

 the program was followed. 



The first subject, "Is it profitable to raise two litters of pigs a year?" 

 called out a long discussion, as it was a subject in which all seemed to 

 be interested. 



This was assigned to C. C. Cotton. Manilla. Indiana. 



Mr. Cotton: 1 believe it partly pays to raise lall i»igs. I'nder condi- 

 tioning, a sow can have two litters a year and do well with them. I do 

 not believe in having a spring gilt have two litters, but by breeding my 

 old sows so as to liave litters the first half of September, I can save a 

 good number of the pigs and grow a comparatively even bunch, but of 

 course they do not do as well as my spring farroAv. It is impossible to 

 keep .some of them from being runty, and all will be a little smaller than 

 the si)ring fnvrow .-it the same ;igc. Tlic rms'in I like a fall jtig is for 



