5 04 THE PIG 



Up to 1905 ten records had been published, registering about 

 10,000 animals. The Ohio Improved Chester White Swine 

 Breeders' Association was organized in 1 897 at Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Six records have thus far been published. The Standard Chester 

 White Record Association was organized in 1 894 at Indianapolis, 

 Indiana. Volume I appeared in 1895, and thus far ten volumes 

 have been published up to 1906. The National Chester White 

 Record Association was organized years ago and long led an 

 inactive existence. The headquarters for this organization have 

 been in Pennsylvania. 



The prices paid for Chester Whites have not been affected by 

 inflation conditions, as has occurred with other breeds. While 

 the Chester White is an old breed and is well known over a 

 large portion of the country, it has played a modest part during 

 the more recent years when boom prices might have been antic- 

 ipated. Breeders have mainly depended upon private sales, and 

 very high-class animals have been purchasable at from $50 to 

 $100 per head. In 1893 Mr. S. H. Todd sold the boar pig 

 Banker 2293, that was first in class at the World's Columbian 

 Exposition at Chicago, for $150. This, according to Mr. Todd, is 

 the highest price paid for a Chester White up to that time, and 

 so far as the writer can learn it has not been equaled since. 



