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worths, Frank Thornber, Carthage, 111.; for Large Yorkshires, 

 Thomas H. Canfield, Lake Park, Minn. ; for Mulefoots, John H. 

 Dunlap, Williamsport, 0.; for Chester Whites, Fred H. Moore, 

 Rochester, Ind. 



The activities of the first year were directed by men who gave 

 liberally of their own time to the service of the association, and no 

 mean amount of progress was made in placing the association on a 

 plane that commended it to the attention of the nation's live stock 

 husbandmen. Plans for a National Swine Show, suggested and 

 commended upon at various times during the year, failed to result 

 in the establishment of such a show, owing to the prevalence of the 

 foot-and-mouth disease. The interest in the association, however, 

 continued, and when the annual dinner was called at the Fort 

 Dearborn Hotel on Dec. 1, 1915, notwithstanding the fact that the 

 International Live Stock Exposition had again been cancelled, the 

 attendance numbered well above two hundred breeders from many 

 parts of America, and represented all of the breeds of swine. The 

 idea of the National Swine Show crystallized at this meeting, and 

 definite plans were inaugurated, looking to the establishment of 

 such a show during 1916. Secretary W. M. McFadden of the 

 American Poland-China Record Association was elected president 

 of the association, with J. Young Caldwell, Williamsville, 111., vice- 

 president, James J. Doty, Shenandoah, la., secretary, and George 

 M. Cantrall, Chicago, treasurer. The personnel of the executive 

 committee was, for Poland-Chinas, H. L. Currie, Brownsville, 

 Tenn. ; for Duroc-Jerseys, Charles V. Truax, Sycamore, 0. ; for 

 Hampshires, E. C. Stone, Peoria, 111. ; for Spotted Poland-Chinas, 

 Mrs. Jennie M. Conrad, Conrad, Ind. : for Mulefoots, John H. 

 Dunlap, Williamsport, 0. ; for Berkshires, W. S. Corsa, Whitehall, 

 111. ; for Large Yorkshires, Thomas H. Canfield, White Bear Lake, 

 Minn. ; for Chester Whites, C. R. Doty, Charleston, 111. 



The enthusiasm that prevailed at the meeting indicated that it 

 was the definite intention of the swinemen to support the associa- 

 tion, using it as the official voice of America's swine interests. The 

 year that followed the meeting found the association active in its 

 efforts to secure more uniform and better quarantine regulations, 

 disease eradication methods and many other improvements in swine 

 husbandry conditions, and to the development of a national show 

 of purebred swine. 



In January, 1916, announcement was made of the selection of 

 the site for the National Swine Show. Omaha was chosen as the 

 location, after competition with Waterloo and Des Moines, la., 

 Dallas, Tex., Atlanta, Ga., Memphis, Tenn., and Shreveport, La. 

 The inducements offered by the Nebraska city were such as to offer 

 every likelihood of a successful initial show, which proved to be 

 the case, when the show closed on Oct. 7. Upwards of 1,400 hogs 

 were on exhibition, and the character and excellence of the exhibits 

 were such as to bring forth the highest praise from the country's 

 live stock press. The judging in the various breeds was ably done, 

 and the standards there established have become the standards for 



