THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VII. 4-V) 



feeder who avoids the locations I have briefly called your attention to 

 and avails himself of the proverbial "ounce of prevention," will certainly 

 have his efforts crowned with success, the goal we are all striving for. 



P. F. Failor of Newton, Iowa, said Mr. Moore touched a vital 

 point in referring to shipment of breeding stock. In his experience 

 in the sale of breeding animals he had found more trouble to result 

 from improper care by the. buyer after purchase than from all 

 other causes. Breeders, he said, must, in order to preserve pre- 

 potency and breeding propensities, feed other than a corn ration. 

 He must provide a growing, cooling food, such as is best adapted 

 to a vigorous and healthy growth. The novice feeding only corn 

 and water, impairs digestion, induces ill condition and enters 

 complaint against the seller for that which his own ignorance or 

 earlessness is alone responsible for. He considered it important 

 and necessary to send with each hog sold printed instructions 

 stating how the hog had been fed and what his later feed and care 

 should be. Breeders might not need these instructions, but those 

 not breeders ought to know them. Ounces of precaution are worth 

 pounds of cure. 



Mr. Wolfe thought the paper suggestive and the discussion 

 good. 



It is quite a satisfactory indication of the prevailing health- 

 ful condition of herds of the state that no questions were at any 

 time asked concerning treatment for disease. 



Prof. C. F. Curtiss read a highly intertaining paper on modern pork 

 production, in the course of which he exhibited several pictures of the 

 different breeds of hogs as they existed half a century ago. His paper i? 

 as follows: 



MODERN PORK PRODUCTION. 



C. F. Curtiss, Ames. Iowa. 



Prof. C. F. Curtiss read a highly entertaining paper on this subject, 

 in the course of which he exhibited several pictures of the different breeds 

 of hogs as they existed half a century ago. His paper is as follows: 



The archaeologists tell us that swine have been domesticated over 

 4,900 years. They are now more widely distributed than any other 

 domestic animal, inhabiting nearly every part of the globe outside of 



