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to complain of. Let every feeder tack his faith to one breed of hogs 

 and then exert himself to produce the best pork that proper care and 

 good feed will make possible. Then when he sends in a smooth, even 

 load of hogs that come somewhere near conforming with the market 

 demands for weight he will have little to complain of when his check 

 is written. He will then perhaps enjoy that blissful state of existence 

 so well portrayed in the little couplet often quoted by Col. Woods: 

 "A sow and a cow, and a good-laying hen 



Provide financial salvation for men. 

 And if in addition you have a good wife. 



There's nothing to hinder your enjoying life." 



This paper was greatly appreciated by the members present 

 and Mr. McTavish expressed himself as follows. "That 

 paper covers the field so well that there seems nothing more to 

 say but I would like to ask Mr. Robinson if two loads of hogs 

 going to Chicago weigh two hundred pounds each and one 

 load is thin and the other fat, which load will the packers pre- 

 fer?" To this Mr. Robinson said, "As a rule the packers will 

 prefer the fat hog. There are times when the light hog will 

 outsell the fat hog but in the majority of cases, like other 

 stock, if you send a good thick bunch of hogs properly fattened 

 they wil sell toward the top of the market. Those that are 

 thin do not get it." 



Here Mr. Browning said : "I have had considerable 

 experience jn butchering different kinds of hogs and 

 have given some thought and study to this feeding and 

 fattening business. People think a thin hog is a bacon hog. 

 It is not. The right kind of a bacon hog is one that is well 

 fed and grown but not fat but he looks nice and sleek and has 

 quality. Packers do not make as much distinction as they 

 should. The bacon hog should be a nice smooth hog. 

 You take a hog that weighs two hundred pounds of 

 the bacon type and he will be thin boned, stand well 

 on his feet and a better hog than a big eared, loo'sely 

 built and big boned fat hog, and I think the great difference 

 between the bacon type and the fat type is in the individual 

 difference of the hog, and one reason vv'hy there is no particular 

 call for bacon breeds is because there are enough individuals 

 among the fat hog type to supply the demand for the bacon 



