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make-up of the pigs and hogs to follow, and better still if both are 

 well-bred. You may also be aware that different sections of the 

 United States may require somewhat different breeds of hogs. For 

 instance, in the Carolinas and other Southern States, a long-legged, 

 razor backed type seems to be in demand. The farmer there says 

 he must have that kind in order to out-run the darky, who wants 

 meat, too; but with us Pennsylvania farmers any kind of hog that 

 will mature early and at nine or ten months dress 200 or 250 pounds, 

 is a good kind of stock to deal with. He is profitable, and can be 

 converted into meat at almost any age when needed. The farmer 

 will find them a source of profit if properly handled, and the demand 

 for country-cured hams, bacon, lard, etc., furnishes all the market 

 necessary for the disposal of it. 



I hope, in concluding this report, that I have at least made plain 

 this one point — that is: the breeding of more and better livestock 

 in Pennsylvania. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ROADS AND ROAD LAWS 



By SAMUEL McCREARY, Chairman. 



Gentlemen: 1 did not come here with any written report, and any- 

 tiling I may say will be just from my own mind. I have not pre- 

 pared anything. 



We had a good deal of experience in the present road law in our 

 township, in Lawrence county, and our experience has not been as 

 favorable as perhaps it should have been. We think our roads cost 

 us too much for the use we got out of them, and, as far as our people 

 are concerned, they will have nothing more to do with Macadam 

 roads. They are a very expensive luxury. I look forward to the 

 present Legislature to enact a law that will be more satisfactory, 

 and give the people more benefit than they are getting from this 

 present law. 



There is one thing that I think is a mistake, and that is, that the 

 State — I don't know whose fault it is — ^the State had spent quite 

 a number of millions of dollars before they found out that the Mac- 

 adam road is not the road for the people. It was too expensive, and 

 I understand that they are not going to build any more of it. It 

 does seem a very expensive piece of foolishness to spend over $7,- 

 000,000 and then find out that the roads are no good. We would lik< 

 to hear from other counties. The roads that have been built in oui 

 township have cost about |9,000 a mile, and limestone is very con 

 venient to some of the roads there. I must say that the first hall 

 mile built had not been built more than two years before it needed re- 

 pairs to the amount of |700; that seemed too much money to pay, so 

 it was not repaired, and is lying there yet, and it is a question 

 whether it will ever be repaired. The people run over these roads 

 with their autos, and soon grind the limestone into dust, and it does 

 not last long. j 



22—7—1908. 



