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called middle type, however, and he became interested in the 

 big boned kind only during his very last years. 



Mr. Francis' greatest service to husbandry lay in the adver- 

 tising he gave the Poland-China breed as a result of his show- 

 ring record. Until he entered the lists, no breed of swine had 

 been able successfully to compete with the Berkshire, and he 

 did much to put the Poland-China on its feet, from the -stand- 

 point of the showyard and block. The work he began so suc- 

 cessfully is now being carried forward by his son, Howard 

 Francis, as his death occurred March 28, 1913. 



