412 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Williams. I like the the address well. There is one thing in which we 

 should help the Chester White men out; that is, I think all swine breeders should 

 act together. These Victoria hogs are a cross from the white hogs. When it comes 

 to showing hogs without being recorded, those new-fangled hogs are brought in. 



Mr. Dye. If we don't class the Chester White either large or small breed, but 

 only Chester White, how are we to know what bi-eed to go with. 



Mr. McCord. Go by the record. It may be a little ticklish, perhaps, with a new 

 breeder; with the Poland China it would be safe to go by the record. There are 

 some in the National Record not "backed up " by facts. 



Mr. Thomas. How will it be in the future; will they be continued in the record? 



Mr. McCord. I suppose they will. 



Mr. Thomas. W^ould it not invalidate the record to some extent? 



Mr. Mustard. Mr. McC^ord, in what breed do you class your stock ? 



Mr. McCord. Large breed, and that includes the Jersey Red, if there are any 

 shown. 



Mr. Williams. At our State Fair, how do you class them? 



Mr. McCord. The Victoria showed with them this season. 



Mr. Williams. I think the Victoria should be excluded. I believe that all 

 recognized breeds should have a fair show at our fairs. The Chester White is one 

 of our large breeds. At the State Fair we should make every class equal, and favor 

 all the general classes. If the Chester White men can beat us, let them take the 

 ribbon, and if we can beat them, we will carry off the prize. We raise hogs for the 

 flesh only, and we should raise only the best breeds. I think we should have a 

 general sweepstakes for the best boar and sow. 



Mr. Thomas. Do you think they should all be classed alike, or should there be 

 as much money givf n to the Jersey Red as other breeds ? 



Mr. Williams. We have to do it. At St. Louis, three years ago, there were 

 more Jersey Reds than any other kind. Last year there were more Berkshire, and 

 this year more Poland China. 



Mr. McCord. 1 do not know whether Mr. Williams aims to have a herd shown 

 in each class, and then a general class, or not? 



3Tr. Williams. Yes, I do. They have this at Chicago, and this year I found 

 the reason why it was so. The hog men got together at St. Louis, and held a con- 

 vention, and did not invite the Poland China men to meet with them, and agreed 

 to cut out all sweepstakes on them. This year, when we met to classify, I saw how 

 the thing was worked. The Poland China men must work for this general sweep- 

 stake. 



DISCUSSION ON HOG CHOLERA. 



Mr. Williams. I had a litter of sixteen pigs about the middle of April. At 

 two months old they commenced scouring. I attributed it to getting frosted clover, 

 yet they ate heartily. I tried every remedy I could hear of, but they scoured on 

 until fourteen out of the sixteen died. L gave them milk, and it would run 

 through them as white as when it was given to them. 



