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the association that were viewed with particular regard was the 

 activity of the officers in regard to the fixing of the minimum price 

 for hogs in conjunction with the Food Administration, the lifting 

 of embargo and express shipments of hogs during December, the 

 successful conduct of the swine show, the progress made in securing 

 uniform shipping regulations for the various states and other 

 features. 



A talk by Geo. M. Rommel, Chief of the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, enlightened the members on the live stock conditions of 

 the old world, as observed by him on a trip made with a commission 

 sent to investigate. L. H. Stubbs of the Chamber of Commerce at 

 Cedar Rapids also made a talk, in which he explained the reasons for 

 the shortcomings of the swine show accommodaticns for 1918, and 

 promised the members that Cedar Rapids had learned its lesson 

 well and was prepared to correct all mistakes at the show of 1919. 

 The following officers were unanimously elected : President, Robt. J. 

 Evans, Chicago ; Vice-president, Fred H. Moore, Rochester, Ind. ; 

 Treasurer, Geo. M. Cantrall, Chicago. Executive Committee : For 

 Poland-Chinas, Chas. A. Marker, Auburn, 111. ; for Duroc-Jerseys, 

 W. M. Putman, Tecumseh, Neb. ; for Chester Whites, L. C. Reese, 

 Prescott, la. ; for Hampshires, Clayton Messenger, Keswick, la. ; for 

 Large Yorkshires, B. F. Davidson, Menlo, la. ; for Tamworths, P. 0. 

 Morris, Aledo, 111. ; for Berkshires, Ralph M. Jenkins, Orleans, Ind. ; 

 for Mulef oots, John H. Dunlap, Williamsport, 0. ; for Spotted 

 Poland-Chinas, John H. Bock, Kempton, Ind. The selection of the 

 secretary was left to the executive committee, under whose official 

 direction he was placed. 



Subsequently the committee selected W. J. Carmichael, formerly 

 of the Animal Husbandry Department of the University of Illinois, 

 and for several months previously to his appointment, associated 

 with E. Z. Russell as a specialist in swine husbandry promotion by 

 the United States Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington. 

 Mr. Carmichael selected an office in the Old Colony Building, Chi- 

 cago, as his headquarters, and is taking an active part in live stock 

 activities of the country in behalf of swinemen. 



The Swine Growers' Association has made progress toward realiz- 

 ing a powerful organization, working for the betterment of men 

 engaged in the production of sw r ine. Organization is coming to be 

 more and more recognized by farmers as a means of accomplishing 

 things. Various associations of farmers and farmers' interests are 

 springing up, and their effect is coming to be more and more 

 noticeable. The National Swine Growers' Association has arrived 

 at a place in its development that promises that it shall become one 

 of the most powerful organizations of the country devoted to such 

 a course. Membership in it is a mark of progress and alertness, 

 and farmers and breeders are taking advantage of it irrespective 

 of breeds or whether they are breeders of purebreds or growers 

 of pork. 



