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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, Howarp 
Francis, as his death occurred March 28, 1913. 
