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which are liable to cause trouble, aud any irregularity iu pedigree is sure 

 to redound to the disadvantage of the breed. In my experience 1 have 

 had considerable trouble, and today have some excellent brood sows, bred, 

 which, unless I can procure the necessary transfers completing their rec- 

 ord, it will be necessary that I pork them with their litters. I have 

 reached the conclusion that in future all papers must be in my possession 

 and I must know them to be correct before I purchase the stock. I have 

 also decided that at all my future sales I will have all papers completed 

 and ready to tender to the purchaser when settlement is made. I would 

 suggest that the only method for preventing future trouble is for all to 

 follow this plan. Never accept a purchase unless the pedigree is complete 

 and fill the rule of entry of our Association. 



Adam F. May: There is no doubt in my mind that much trouble 

 could be avoided and fewer mistakes occur if all of us were to follow the 

 plan suggested. It would also follow that our records would be more re- 

 liable. It is our duty to assist in this matter of preserving the true history 

 of the breed. Carefully kept home records and a promptness in render- 

 ing a correct pedigree to our purchasers is necessary to true public records. 



Question — "Is there a difference between a breeding and a show type? 

 What is it?" 



Joe Cunningham: Yes, there .is a difference. I have noticed that 

 the winning type is more close aud compact than the type generally se- 

 lected for breeding. Yet our show hogs, premium winners, are perhaps 

 our greatest breeders. I mean by that that the winners in our leading 

 shows are used individually on a larger number of sows than the average 

 breeding hogs. I also believe that in selecting sows for the show ring we 

 select more to the compact kind, whereas in selecting a sow for breeding 

 we select those of greater length. 



Question — "How did you feed the hogs that you took to the World's 

 Pair?" 



Lloyd Mugg: I did not get to take my hogs to St. Louis, as you all 

 know, yet I had them in shape and would have gladly completed the ar- 

 rangements by taking them. As to fitting hogs for the fair, I always 

 try to fit them under the conditions which I know they will meet when 

 campaigning. I keep them in dry lots with little if any shade, away from 

 running water, and feed grains which I can take with me or know I can 

 obtain on the fair grounds. I keep them on dry lots and get them usea 

 to the heat, because I know dry, hot pens and hot, oppressive trips aud 

 tedious waits is what we meet with on the road. A bunch of hogs fitted 

 in a cool, shady woods lot, with running water, fed on milk and other 

 delicacies, will not hold up under a fair season where none of these con- 

 ditions are present; in fact, the conditions are usually just the reverse. 



