THE MULE-FOOT 761 



I have a list of two hundred and forty-five Mule- Foot breeders in twenty- 

 five states, furnished me by C. E. Quinn of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, and have written to a great many of them regarding the immunity 

 of the Mule-Foot hog. They have all replied that they have never known a 

 full-blood Mule-Foot to die with cholera. Mr. Quinn also wrote me that he was 

 unable to learn of Mule-Foot hogs dying with cholera in the thirteen slates 

 in which he investigated the claim of immunity. 



These statements, however, are not supported by veterinarians, 

 and the author is informed by an official of the Ohio State Veteri- 

 narians' office that in 19 14 hog cholera was brought to the Ohio 

 State Fair by a herd of Mule-Foot hogs exhibited the previous 

 week at the Forest City Fair at North Randall. It is not regarded 

 as impossible for herds of these hogs, under certain conditions, 

 to contract cholera. 



The distribution of Mule-Foot swine is quite widespread at the 

 present time. There are many breeders in the corn belt, espe- 

 cially in Ohio and Indiana. Messrs. J. H. Dunlap of Pickaway 

 County, Ohio, and C. G. Kreglow of Hardin County have long 

 been prominent improvers and active exhibitors and promoters of 

 the breed and have interested many persons in establishing herds. 



The promotion of Mule-Foot swine has been taken up by two 

 registry associations — the National Mule- Foot Association, organ- 

 ized in 1908 at Indianapolis, and the American Mule-Foot 

 Record Association, with headquarters at Columbus, Ohio. 



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