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entirely of corn, or nearly so, is better than a mixed one, or in fact 
any kind of feed available in this section, on account of corn making firm 
fat and solid meat, which the public in this and foreign countries prefer, 
and furthermore this fat yields well when put into the lard kettle. Both 
public and packer discriminate always against oily meat; it is un- 
palatable and of little value for lard. 
Color also seems to have some small influence on the minds of certain 
hog buyers. The red hog, for instance, being less in favor than the black, 
and, while I do not know that it has been proved that tuberculosis is 
found oftener in the red than in the black hog, there is at least a 
prejudice of this kind existing. I am inclined to think, on account of 
the red hog's roving disposition and that he seems to possess more 
energy than his black brother in rooting around and finding disease 
germs, if there are any, particularly tuberculosis, that the black hog on 
account of his more lethergic temperament would pass over. My im- 
pression is that the percentage of red hogs condemned for tuberculosis 
is greater than that of the black one. - Speaking from my observation 
and on what little I have learned regarding the different breeds of swine, 
I think if I were in the swine raising business in the state of Iowa 1 
should favor the Poland China and similar breeds as against the other 
and more dissimilar kinds. 
I am given to understand the object of your association is to produce 
a smooth, well formed hog of symmetrical proportions, and this is 
worthy of the highest praise. I have already explained why it should 
pay to raise such stock. There is nothing in any way to be gained by the 
breeder in producing common stock with no merit but that of being a big- 
boned, coarse weight maker. 
At the close of this paper Mr. Browning said: "Perhaps Mr. 
Agar heard there was a lot of red hog men here and it would be a 
good thing for him to stay away." 
Mr. Harding: "We must all consider that Mr. Agar's opinion in 
regard to these hogs is just the opinion of one man and we might 
differ with him." 
Mr. Roberts said: "I have had some little experience in judging 
hogs that the packer wants. I think there is a great mistake in 
the idea of the packers in regard to the hog. I believe that the 
ideal hog that we have is the type that the packer wants. About 
three years ago I went through the stock yards at Sioux City and 
out of all the hogs that they had in the yards I didn 't find our type. 
The ideal type was not there. But when you go into their yards 
and pick out your type it comes pretty near to their type. The 
packer has not raised hogs and don't know anything about it until 
he cuts it through. What we want is what the packer wants. Our 
interests are identical. I believe the packer ought to get out and 
let the best breeders pick the hogs that are nearest to our ideal 
