250 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
duty it shall be to devise the best means of bringing about a better 
and more complete knowledge of the score card and its objects 
among breeders and farmers. This committee is composed of Messrs. 
Sam McKelvie, Wm. D. McTavish, J. R. Pfander and C. C. Carlin. 
The next meeting will be on the day following the winter meet- 
ing of the Iowa Swine Breeders' Association, 
The scoring of hogs and examination of candidates for certificates 
as expert judges was conducted by a committee consisting of W. Z. 
Swallow, R. J. Harding and J. R. Pfander. The specimens used 
for scoring were a Berkshire boar furnished by J. W. Ogle of 
Ames, a Chester White boar, from J. T. Whitted of Monroe, and 
a Duroc Jersey sow sent by C. C. Carlin of Des Moines. 
On the Berkshire ten candidates scored, and certificates were 
granted to Wm. D. McTavish. 
In the Chester White class eleven scored. Certificates were given 
to E. H. Cantine, Cherokee, Iowa; Earl Addy, Parnell, Missouri; 
0. S. Gilbert, Eldora, Iowa. 
In the Duroc Jersey class there were twelve. Those who suc- 
ceeded in securing certificates were E. H. Cantine, Wm. D. Mc- 
Tavish, Geo. T. White of Dallas Center, Iowa, and R. F. Dewey, 
West Union, Iowa. 
