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books before selling. There is not one pig out of a hundred that is so recorded. 

 The pig is sold, and the buyer must have it recorded, or it is not done. I don't 

 sell a calf before it is recorded, and believe something as suggested should be done 

 by this meeting. 



Mr. WiUiamsi. If I sell Mr. Cooper a pig, and it is elligible, he can pay his 

 dollar and have it recorded. 



Mr. Cook. I am in favor of the herd book, and I aim to keep my hogs re- 

 corded. I am not favorable to excluding any hogs from showing for the reason 

 they are not recorded. If any man wants to take anything to the fair we should 

 be willing to allow him to show. It looks as though half breeds are better than 

 recorded hogs. We had better let this alone for the present. 



Mr. Mitchell. The Poland China is graded. It can not produce its type like 

 the Berkshire, which has been bred pure for one hundred years. 



President Lockhart, of the Stale Board. I want to know what you are afraid of by 

 asking the State Board to take this position? 



Mr. Williams. We want to have the grades brought up. 



Mr. Reveal. I am astonished that Mr. Mitchell is favorable to only graded 

 hogs. 



Mr. Mitchell. The gentleman has misunderstood me. The adoption of this 

 resolution will have a bad eflect on the swine interests of Indiana. There is not 

 a Berkshire in the country that if the sow and boar are put together but will 

 produce the same type. The Poland China can not do this. You seem to be 

 afraid to meet the half-breeds. ThLs thing of recording will have to be worked 

 up gradually. 



The motion was very warmly discussed by several others, the majority of the 

 breeders being evidently on the side of the record books, and when in the midst of 

 earnest discussion Mr. Beeler, General Superintendent of the fair, pointed out 

 that the ruling asked for by Mr. Williams was actually in the State Fair Premium 

 List itself, the merriment was general and prolonged. 



Mr. Mitchell said he feared that, like some other rules, it was a good deal of a 

 dead letter, and Mr. Williams withdrew his motion. 



On motion of W. E. Jackson, the thanks of the Association were tendered to 

 members of the press, including the Indiana Farmer, National Live Stock Jour- 

 nal, Kansas City Indicator, and the city press. 



Mr. Goodwin, ot Kansas City Indicator: Notwithstanding the distance, Kan- 

 sas City and Indianapolis clasp hands with each other. The man that publishes 

 the paper which I represent is a hog man himself. There was such a thing when 

 live stock and agricultural papers were run by men who sat in their office, and 

 when they did see a hog or pig ihey wanted to know what the dickens that was. 

 Those who are now conducting papers over the country are men of practical 

 knowledge. I am very glad, indeed, to be with you on this occasion. I have en- 

 joyed this meeting with the Indiana live-stock men very much, indeed. I assure 

 you that the farmers of Kansas and Missouri will be interested in reading the 

 proceedings of this meeting. I thank you, gentlemen, for the privilege of making 

 these few remarks. 



The convention adjourned sine die. 



