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more money for them when the real facts are that he has not enough 

 money to pay his advertising representatives and he stands off his auc- 

 tioneer. It is these kind of so styled breeders who knock on the method 

 but they are becoming fewer, I think, and I trust the time will soon 

 be when there will be none in the business. 



Now as I have reviewed the one side of my subject, I will turn to 

 the other. Many breeders prefer the private sale method from the fact, 

 as they say, it is not so expensive and they give their patrons the benefit 

 of the public sale expense if the patron is dealing with an honest breeder. 

 Possibly he is, but here I fault this side of my subject somewhat. Unless 

 you know your man and know his herd you are sometimes disappointed. 



You are sometimes disappointed if you visit his herd and find the 

 special boar that was advertised to be such a wonderfully big hog with 

 superior quality and all that blood lines could represent in breeding, 

 to be an ordinary sized hog, low in the back, long legged, bill nosed, 

 with a rough coat and not very heavy boned. You ask the brother 

 breeder if this is the hog. At the same time you impress him with the 

 fact that he is in no way up to your expectations. When he replies 

 that if he was in show form, that he would be as he described or 

 advertised him to be, you will probably congratulate yourself on coming 

 and having a look. 



Once more you will make inquiry of a breeder for your choice of an 

 individual and he will answer that he has just what you want and 

 you send him your cash in advance. When the hog arrives it is not 

 the one you ordered. Some of the points are visible you inquired about 

 but so many undesirable ones that they overcome the good. You of 

 course write him and he tells you to pay the express on it both ways 

 and he will take the hog back. You are out from one to ten dollars as 

 the case might be and you declare by this time you will wait and attend 

 a public sale. So there you are. We have many good reliable breeders 

 who, after the deal is made, will tell you if you like your money better 

 to return the hog at their expense if it is in any way misrepresented. 

 It is this kind of man it is a pleasure to do business with and nine 

 out of ten times you will keep the hog, as quite often it is as good 

 or better than he told you it was. 



But to bring my subject to a close, let me say I much prefer the 

 public sale method of disposing of my hogs because I get all my money 

 at once and everything is gone — there are no tailenders left. I bring 

 the buyers in competition with one another and the offering brings 

 more in every instance with me than I can get by disposing of them 

 privately. 



Again, I bring breeders, feeders and farmers from a distance to in- 

 spect my breeding herd, my methods, and in different ways make the 

 business more attractive. It inspires many a new beginner and gives 

 prestige to the breed. I get more advertising out of my public sales 

 and many others do likewise from the fact that your report as well as 

 the good features are sent broadcast throughout the land. Hence it 

 brings forth comment and interest from all readers. It is today the 

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