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that is good enough to breed she ought to be recorded. Men do 
not always do that. He has in mind that he can sell her progeny 
for pure bred stock, but he might not be asked for pedigrees on 
the part of those who buy her progeny. If a sow is worth breeding, 
she is worth recording. Just as soon as the pigs are dropped you 
ought to get the blanks. i\Iy understanding is this, that a pedigree 
goes with young stuff, but half the people when they buy believe 
that a certificate of registration goes with it I would like to see 
the time come when the practice was fixed. It would be far less 
trouble. Then there is one other point, that is, the matter of guar- 
antees. While I am not a lawyer, I know that what is announced 
on sale day will stand in law. If you have it announced on sale 
day that a sow is not bred on the date in the catalogue, it will 
stand. i\Ir. Sv/allow 's plan of sending a certificate with each animal 
would be ideal, but the new men do not like to go to that expense. 
The older breeders know how to handle it, but when a man starts 
in business he buys a few bred gilts and then he starts to selling 
and the new men ought to know what to expect, whether a certificate 
of registration or a pedigree." 
Mr. Swallow explained his plan further by saying: ''If I sell 
you a bunch of gilts and you are not a stockholder in the association, 
I can give you a pedigree and get the stock recorded in your name 
for fifty cents where it would cost you a dollar. That is the way 
I sell two-thirds of my pigs. That is a good way to get the new 
fellows started. You get them built up and get them interested 
and they will go right along." 
Mr. Browning agreed with Mr. Swallow on this question. "Like 
Mr. Swallow, I have had considerable experience in regard to the 
pedigrees and whenever I sell a sow at private sale I make the 
price so much and the sow to be recorded free of charge. Then 
I send the pedigree in when I make the sale and have it recorded 
and have the certificate sent to me so that I will know it is all 
right and then forward it to the buyer together with the pedigree 
of the male to which the sow was bred. All it will cost you will be 
fifty cents and it a very satisfactory way to do. That is the way 
I do at private sales and I believe it is the right way in public 
sales. ' ' 
J. P. AYallace of Des Moines said : ' ' The way in cattle sales is to 
furnish a certificate on sale day. It don't cost a great deal of 
money and you have it right there and the man feels better if you 
give it to him. It seems to me a man is just as much entitled to a 
