PART VII. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Annual Meeting of the Swine 

 Breeders' Association 



1910 



BY C. C. CARLIN, SECRETARY 



OFFICERS 



J. H. "Watsox, President Madrid 



Geo. T. White, Vice-President Dallas Center 



C. C Carlin, Secretary and Treasurer Des Moines 



IOWA SWINE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The annual summer meeting of the Iowa Swine Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation for 1910 was held at Des Moines, Tuesday, June 14th. Ow- 

 ing to crop conditions the attendance was not as large as in some 

 former years but a very interesting program had been prepared 

 arid those breeders who found it convenient to leave their work 

 considered their time well spent. 



Mayor James R. Hanna, of Des Moines, delivered an address of 

 welcome which follows: 



"It falls to my lot frequently these days to make different formal ad- 

 dresses of welcome. It is a pretty hard thing to know just what to say 

 to make any surprise. You all know you are welcome and you expect me 

 to say something you have heard a good many times so it is pretty nearly 

 impossible to do anything new or strange. I feel pretty safe in welcoming 

 the swine breeders to the city because I know that when a man has 



