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and seud many of our good pure-blood to slaughter, as barrows and many 

 gilts must pass to the same end. The extravagant statements in some of 

 our advertisements work hardship, in that they profess a perfection they 

 have not attained. The claims being proven false and dishonest, all of 

 us must suffer. High honor among fanciers will work the greater good. 

 The shows afford us great opportunity to get before the people our breed, 

 and with honest judges and great numbers competing, a stimulus is af- 

 forded that could not be otherwise attained. More of us ought to .show 

 our stock. The low prices prevailing in the sales this year, being about 

 an average of $1G per head, ought not in any way discourage a real fan- 

 cier, for the prices are not lower than those of other breeds. One good 

 effect of these prices will be to drive out the mere speculator. Our faith 

 is in our Duroc-Jersey as the one hog that pays always, and since the 

 world must have our pork, we conclude that if we maintain our stand- 

 ard, be honest, be skillful, be patient, be enterprising, we must reap a 

 golden harvest in cash, but we will do more. We will prove ourselves 

 benefactors to mankind, and we prove to the swine breeders of the world 

 that we are real "fanciers," not just feeders or sellers of "swine'." 



The following are the officers lor 1905: 



President — Carl Scott Muncie. 



Vice-President — W. A. Graver Fillmore. 



Secretary and Treasurer — C. E. Smith Lincoln. 



Executive Committee — C. B. Lockhart, Martinsville; E. M. 



Clark, Bunker Hill; J. B. Jones, Franklin. 

 Program Committee — T. W. .Johnson, Mai'ion; E. E. Philips, 



Onward; I^. Savage, Wagoner. 

 Banquet Committee — David Wallace, Indianapolis; C. B. 



Lockhart, Martinsville; E. K. Morris, Indianapolis. 



The first subject on the program was "The Breeding of Thoroughbred 

 Swine." .T. B. Jones, Franklin, said it was an art to breed thoroughbred 

 swine to make a success of it, even after you got good ones; it is an art 

 to feed and develop them successfully. 



W. A. Craver. Fillmore: If somebody does not keep up pure bred 

 hogs, the breed of hogs Avill run down. I hear farmers say that they 

 have grade hogs that are as good-looking as thoroughbreds, but it takes 

 a thoroughbred cross to make the grades good. 1 take pride in feeding 

 tlioroughl)rcds over grades, and yon will treat them better and tliey are 

 moic prolitiible in many ways. 



Frank Elliott, Vincennes: You can breed thoroughbreds as easy as 

 you can grades, and they will develop faster on less feed. 



