:U4 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



what is the matter with this hog or that hog. "Why," he says, 

 "He looks all right to me." Then if you will point out to him 

 the difference in the feet and hams and different divisions he will 

 see for himself and that was the idea of the score card and 

 about all its most ardent advocates claimed for it. Some have 

 tried a few times to judge hogs by it, but it was too slow. They 

 got the right hog when they got through, but it took too long to 

 do it. It is unquestionably intended as an educator for the be- 

 ginner and it is of practical use to the farmer or anyone engaged 

 in raising hogs. There could be some changes made in it, par- 

 ticularly the Poland China score card which calls for different 

 weights for the different ages and there is not anybody showing 

 hogs that Aveigh as light as the score card gives them. They talk 

 about little hogs or big hogs, but they all weigh more than the 

 score card calls for. If you will ta^ke the score card and the prize- 

 winning animals that you find at Iowa and farther east you will 

 find that the score card comes just about as near fitting the cham- 

 pion animal as anything you will fix. 



R. J. Ilarding said that the score card is intended to give an 

 ideal to the new beginner and to all of us that we might have 

 an idea of what constitutes a hog as he should be. The score 

 card teaches you to look at the hog a piece at a time and if you 

 are looking for defects you will find them quicker. There may 

 be some points that would be overlooked by the general observer, 

 but if you apply your score card you will find it. At the same 

 time it has done some harm by being misapplied. Some people 

 have understood that the hog must be up to the score card or 

 else he isn't much of a hog and of course we don't find many of 

 them. There are some changes we can make, but on most points it 

 is about right. If you would add a little to size and give it a 

 little more prominence it would be a good thing. 



J. M. Stewart, Ainsworth, thought that the score card was 

 all right. We might add a little more to size because there are 

 verj^ few yearling males that don't come up to five and a half 

 or six hundred pounds. There might be a little change in the 

 wording of some of the descriptions that would be an advantage 

 also. 



L. C. Reese stated that the score card has been of the greatest 

 educational aid to him. It points out to you the best points. 

 What does the chest denote? If you have a hog without any 

 chest it has no lung power and that is why it has twelve points. 



