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its dam and granddam, but so far back as its great-great-great-great- 

 granddam, seven generations. 



To the swine breeders of Iowa let me say, we, who are now seelc- 

 ing to improve the corn you feed, wish at all times to co-operate with 

 you and will deem it a kindness if you will point out to usi the correc- 

 tions you think it possible for us to make in the corn you desire to 

 feed. We want to help you to geit the best corn, and the best forage, 

 that you may continue to grow the largest hogs of the best quality and 

 the greatest number of any State in the whole galaxy. When, if It 

 be nothing but hogs and hominy, it will be the juiciest, best-flavored pork 

 and the sweetest and most nourishing hominy in all the land. Then 

 here's to King Corn, and the mortgage lifting, bank-account-making hog. 

 May both long bless our Hawkeye prairie State and their union cause 

 every Iowa farmer to rise up and, calling them blessed, receive the silver 

 offering this union always brings. May peace, prosperity and pedigreed 

 corn bless your pigs henceforth evermore, causing all doubters to move 

 out of Missouri, establish permanently in this realm of realized fact and 

 demonstrated profit. Then as far as this proposition is concerned, "I'm 

 from Missouri" will be of the past. 



Considerable discussion followed this paper. Facts brought out 

 Avere that there were good qualities, in both smooth and rough 

 A-arieties of corn ; that smooth sorts showed a more marked ten- 

 dency to revert to original types ; that experiments in detasse!- 

 ing had not yet reached that stage which justified positive state- 

 ments as to value of results ; that no definite knowledge existed as 

 to the comparative maturing qualities of white and yellow varie- 

 ties ; that the ordinary period of ripening was from one hundred 

 and twenty to one hundred and twenty-five days ; that those sorts 

 having large cob usually called for longer ripening period ; that 

 radishes were valuable as a hog food ; that every man had a dif- 

 ferent opinion as to the value of the potato as hog feed. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



A committee on resolutions, consisting of Messrs. Howard, 

 McTavish, Swallow% Prine and Munson, reported the following 

 resolutions, which were adopted : 



Whereas, Tjhe paper presented before this association by Secretary 

 F. D. Coburn of the St. Louis Exposition sets forth many new and im- 

 portant additions and classifications of the premium list proposed for 

 the swine department of said World's Fair, in which this association 

 heartily concurs, and 



Whereas, This association's attention having been called to the con- 

 struction and size of the new swine pavilion now being erected at the 



