486 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRiCULTURE 



EXPERT JUDGE ASSOCIATION. 



The annual session of the National Association of Expert Swine 

 Judges took place on Wednesday, June 12, on the day following 

 the meeting of the Iowa Swine Breeders. In the absence of the 

 presiding officers the chair was occupied by J. H. Watson. Sec- 

 retary W. D. ]\IcTavish read the minutes of the previous meeting 

 and made the usual reports, after which Prof. Curtiss made a 

 brief talk in which he emphasised the importance of the score card 

 in establishing and maintaining correct type and breed character. 



Election of officers resulted in the selection of the following 

 gentlemen : 



President — R. J. Harding. IMacedonia, Iowa. 



First vice president — J. H. Watson, Madrid, Iowa. 



Second vice president — Sam McKelvie, Lincoln, Nebraska. 



Secretary and treasurer — R. W. Halford, Manning, Iowa. 



A committee consisting of ]\Iessrs. R. J. Harding, R. W. Halford, 

 L. C. Reese, Prescott, Iowa, and Prof. Curtiss, was appointed to 

 formulate and present at the next annual meeting a report on 

 change in the score card, and to revise and correct the detailed 

 descriptions. 



The examining committee having charge of the score card practice 

 included R. J. Harding, J. ]\I. Stewart, Ainsworth, Iowa, and Prof. 

 Kennedy. Twelve men scored. The subjects provided were a 

 Chester White sow, a Duroc Jersey sow^, a Poland China sow, and 

 a Berkshire boar. W. T. Barr, Ames, provided the Chester White. 

 The others came from the college herds. The committee recom- 

 mended that certificates be issued as follows: 



On Duroc Jersej^s — F. G. Paul, Marshalltown, Iowa, and G. E. 

 Connell, Ames, low^a. 



On Berkshires — J. W. Ogle, Ames, Iowa, and G. E. Connell. 



On Poland Chinas— J. W. Ogle. 



On Chester Whites — None. 



