PART V. 



Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Iowa 

 Swine Breeders' Association, 1913. 



The aimiial meeting of the Iowa Swine Breeders' Association was 

 held at Ames, Iowa, June 18, 1913. In tlie absence of the president 

 and first vice-president, the second vice-president, F. J. Sexsmith 

 of Orient presided. It is not possible in this report to give all of 

 the addresses in full, inasmuch as no shorthand report of the meet- 

 ing was taken and a number of addresses were informal. 



The Association was welcomed by Charles F. Curtiss, Dean of the 

 Agricultural Department of the Iowa State College of Agriculture 

 and Mechanic Arts. He assured the members of the organization 

 that no Association was more welcome at the college than the Swine 

 Breeders. He stated it to be his belief that they came together as 

 students and that they were able to obtain highly valuable informa- 

 tion from their meetings. The modern type of improved swine, he 

 stated, represented the highest efficiency in the attainments of the 

 business of animal industry. No other animal converts grains into 

 high priced meats so readily or with so great a profit as the hog. 

 He said that although this state had just disposed of the greatest 

 corn crop ever raised and at low prices, the hog netted $1.00 per 

 bushel for every bushel fed him. 



Mr. Sexsmith as chairman responded briefly to this address of 

 welcome. He said that Iowa Swine Breeders were always glad to 

 visit Ames and they never failed to go home with a great deal of 

 information regarding their business that they could not secure 

 from other sources. 



John M. Evvard of the Animal Husbandry Section, Iowa Eperi- 

 ment Station, gave the following paper on the subject, "Forage 

 Crops for Swine." 



