List of Illustrations 



Chief (45899) 



Pork production in Mississippi modernized — Frontispiece 



Some farmers combine beef and pork production . 



Typical unprofitable Coastal Plain pine-woods rooters 



Moultrie Packing Plant, Moultrie, Ga. 



Distribution of boys' pigs club pigs .... 



Distribution of swine in southern states . 



Proper feeding must accompany breeding 



Swine breeding is dependent on the reproductive process 



This type is on the increase in many sections of the South 



Utility should be made the basis of all breeding operations 



Litter mates ; fed by a pig club boy and his father 



Blood lines of the Poland-China 



Poland-China gilt, Jennie Girl (581414) . 



Blood lines of the Chester White and O. I. C. 



Blood lines of the Small Yorkshire 



Blood lines of the Duroc-Jersey 



Duroc-Jersey boar, Defender's Ohio 



Blood lines of the Essex 



Blood lines of the Cheshire 



Berkshire gilt. Premier's Queen 25 i 



Blood lines of the Berkshire 



Hampshire gilt .... 



Louisiana bred Tamworth sow . 



Big Guinea swine on Willow Dale Farm, Mayfield, Ga. 



Points of the hog 



The butcher helps establish the ideal pork type 



From the rear the fat hog presents a compact appearance 



Wholesale cuts marked on Champion Barrow igi.'J Inter 



national 



The body of the fat hog is judged largely from the side view 

 Large type breeding swine are popular in the show ring 

 Mississippi State Fair Grand Champion Sows of 1915 . 

 Proper shelter is essential in show fitting 

 Personal attention is essential in show fitting 



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