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YOUR  CREDIT  IS  GOOD 
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embarrassing  nutations  no  collectors— no  red  tape. 
You  may  pay  all  cash  if  you  prefer  but  it  costs  you 
rot  one  cent  extra  to  take  advantage  of  Hartman's 
ototil.  liberal  credit  terms. 
Th<‘  annual  mooting:  and  sal'1  of  tlio 
Amorican  Berkshire  Congress  Association 
was  hold  at  the  Now  Jersey  Experiment 
Station,  Now  Brunswick,  February  22 
to  24  inclusive,  and  it  was  the  expressed 
opinion  of  the  members  of  this  congress 
association  that  the  meeting  and  sale 
was  the  most  successful  conference  the 
association  has  ever  experienced.  It  was 
planned  a  year  ago  to  have  the  congress 
meeting  tit  New  Brunswick,  but  owi,ug 
to  the  danger  of  foot  and  mouth  disease 
the  Live  Stock  Commission  and  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  officials  decided  it  would 
not  be  safe  to  take  the  hazzard.  This 
year  the  invitation  was  renewed  and  ac¬ 
cepted. 
Fifty  bred  sows  were  consigned  to 
this  sale  by  as  many  different  breeders, 
the  purpose  being  to  compare  the  type 
and  individuality  of  one  breeder's  achieve¬ 
ments  with  those  <>f  the  other.  After  the 
judging  demonstrations  were  conducted 
the  animals  were  sold  at  public  auction 
to  the  highest  bidder.  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  the  Berkshire  boar  known  as 
■  Successor’s  Double''  bred  and  owned 
by  Hood  Farm,  Lowell,  Mass.,  topped 
the  sale  at  the  phenomenal  price  of 
,$1,125.  the  buyer  being  Dr.  J.  Norman 
Henry  of  Philadelphia,  who  operates  _a 
farm  in  Northeast  Maryland.  ^Tlu*  - >o 
animals  consigned  averaged  each, 
which  was  considered  a  most  satisfac¬ 
tory  figure. 
Dr.  Jacob  G.  Lipman,  Dean  and  Di¬ 
rector  of  the  New  Jersey  Experiment 
Station,  extended  the  greetings  of  the 
Station  to  those  present,  and  predicted 
that,  agricultural  activities  in  general  and 
certainly  live  Stock  activities  in  particu¬ 
lar  were  heading  eastward  and  said  that 
he  bad  faith  in  the  future  development  of 
live  stock  farming  in  the  East.  He 
pointed  out  that  it  was  his  belief  the 
present  Berkshire  Congress  meeting 
would  prove  an  inspiration  to  Eastern 
breeders,  and  considered  that  it  marked 
an  important  epoch  in  the  trend  of  agri¬ 
cultural  affairs.  . 
Interest  naturally  centered  m  the  dis¬ 
cussion  of  subjects  relating  to  pork  pro¬ 
duction  and  breeding.  Prof.  ,T.  A.  Mc¬ 
Lean,  new  business  agent  of  the  Quaker 
Oats  Company  of  Boston,  entertained 
the  congress  on  the  first  evening  by 
throwing  on  the  screen  a  number  of  slides 
representative  of  Berkshire  types  _  as 
decreed  and  determined  by  the  show  ring, 
lie  was  fortunate  in  securing  a  number 
of  photographs  representing  famous 
Berkshires  that  have  played  a  most  im- 
portant  part  in  the  development  of  the 
modern  Berkshire  type,  lie  paid  com¬ 
mendable  tribute  to  such  breeders  as  N. 
II.  Gentry  of  Sedalin*  Mo.;  Pi’of.C.  F. 
Curtiss  of  Bock  wood  Farm,  and  "Jimmy 
Dodge  of  Ilood  Farm,  and  others  who 
have  persisted  in  maintaining  and  ad¬ 
ding  to  the  virtues  of  this  breed  of 
swine.  _ 
Daniel  Buckley  of  Broad  Axe,  I  a., 
explained  what  the  Pennsylvania  Berk¬ 
shire  breeders  are  trying  to  establish  as 
designated,  by  the  term  “Berkshire 
Futurities,”  bringing  out  the  thought 
that  if  a  breeder  was  fursoeing  enough 
in  his  breeding  observations  to  predict 
type,  then  it  was  worth  while  for  him  to 
enter  in  advance  the  progeny  of  a  certain 
mating  in  order  that  the  relative  merits 
might  be  determined  by  show  ring  com¬ 
parison. 
The  swine  department  of  the  Experi¬ 
ment  Station  bad  provided  for  compari¬ 
son  four  barrows  that  bad  been  fattened 
and  made  ready  for  slaughter.  Two  of 
the  animals  were  judged  on  foot  by 
Prof.  W.  II.  Tomlmve  of  Penn.  State 
College  and  Dean  Curtiss  of  the  Iowa 
Experiment  Station.  The  remaining  two 
were  slaughtered  and  very  careful  com¬ 
parisons  were  made  of  the  carcasses. 
Prof.  Tom  have  assisted  by  Mr.  J.  M. 
Hunter  of  the  New  Jersey  Experiment 
Station  gave  a  most  interesting  demon¬ 
stration  i,n  meat  cutting.  He  drew  com¬ 
parisons  that  a  butcher  would  be  apt 
to  make  between  the  good  carcass  and 
the  inferior  one.  and  actually  demon¬ 
strated  by  use  of  the  butcher  knife  and 
scales  such  differences  as  really  existed 
in  the  two  carcasses. 
Naturally  the  question  of  bog  cholera 
and  its  prevention  occupied  the  attention 
of  the  congress.  Dean  Govstk  of  White 
Hall,  Ilk,  discussed  in  an  interesting 
manner  the  principles  involved  in  the 
production  of  serum  and  virus,  explain¬ 
ing  in  detail  the  limits  of  its  use  anil 
application.  His  remarks  brought  forth 
very  interesting  discussions  participated 
i.n  by  Mr.  Anderson,  director  of  Squibh’3 
Laboratories  at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J., 
and  I>r.  Roichel,  associated  with  the  H. 
K.  Mulford  Company  at  Glcnolden.  Pa. 
It  was  brought  out  during  this  discus¬ 
sion  that  it  is  of  the  greatest  importance 
to  have  serum  of  high  potency  manu¬ 
factured  under  sanitary  conditions  and 
subjected  to  most  careful  tests.  The  fact 
that  foot  and  mouth  disease  had  been 
distributed  in  Illinois  by  means  of  the 
use  of  serum  emphasized  even  more  the 
absolute  necessity  of  using  only  healthy 
animals  for  serum  production.  It  was 
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: 1 1 1 «I  vitality  nf  the  animals  subjected  to 
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fectly  safe  way  of  immunizing  against 
the  disease.  This  plaint,  however  was  not 
substantiated  by  fact,  the  answer  being 
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and  while  occasionally  there  might,  be  a 
contributory  cause  that  would  cheek  the 
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animal,  the  hazard  was  no  greater  than 
that  existing  in  the  average  herd  where 
neither  serum  nor  virus  was  used.  There 
seemed  to  be  some  difference  of  opinion 
concerning  the  relative  dosage  of  serum 
and  virus,  and.  I  believe  personally,  that 
this  is  the  real  problem  to-day  concern¬ 
ing  the  use  of  hog  cholera  serum  and 
virus.  There  seems  to  be  no  scientific 
way  of  determining  the  amount,  of  virus 
to  use,  or  even  its  potency,  and  while 
all  have  seemingly  agreed  in  the  past 
that  relatively  large  amounts  of  serum 
are  not  injurious,  the  fact  remains  that 
the  use  of  unlimited  amounts  of  serum 
bri.ng  about  conditions  that  are  neither 
desirable  nor  commendable.  Fntil  the 
dosages  are  standardized  I  am  convinced 
that  there  will  be  differences  of  opinion 
concerning  the  use  as  well  as  the  merit 
of  the  serum  and  virus  treatment. 
The  equipment  of  the  swine  depart¬ 
ment  of  the  New  Jersey  Experiment 
Station  served  as  an  object  lesson  in  a 
demonstration  by  the  animal  husband¬ 
man.  It  was  suggested  that  Alfalfa  had 
been  used  very  successfully  as  a  basis 
for  a  ration  for  brood  sows.  By  grinding 
the  Alfalfa  it  was  possible  to  increase 
the  consumption  per  animal  two  or  three¬ 
fold,  and  that  the  addition  of  molasses, 
hominy  and  tankage  to  the  ground  Al¬ 
falfa  made  a  ration  most  nutritious  and 
well  adapted  to  the  feeding  of  brood  sows. 
Representatives  of  the  herd  were  ex¬ 
hibited  to  show  the  value  of  this  ration. 
The  use  of  the  self  feeder  was  also  ex¬ 
plained  i,n  considerable  detail.  It  is  well 
adapted  for  use  with  brood  sows  nursing 
pigs,  for  shotes  being  fattened  in  dry 
lots,  and  under  certain  conditions  for 
gilts  and  breeding  stock  during  the  early 
stages  of  (heir  development.  It  is  an 
extravagant  means  of  feeding  bred  sows 
in  good  condition,  likewise  an  expensive 
means  of  maintaining  breeding  animals 
of  either  sex.  It  is  clear,  however,  that 
the  pig  can  be  safely  trusted  to  balance 
his  own  ration  during  any  stage  of  de¬ 
velopment.  and  it  is  my  belief  he  can  do 
Ibis  more  efficiently  than  his  owner. 
Those  in  attendance  seemed  eager  for 
information  concerning  the  feeding  and 
management  of  swine,  and  if  was  the 
expressed  opinion  that  the  plant  at  the 
New  Jersey  Experiment  Station  afforded 
unusual  opportunity  for  investigational 
work  along  this  line. 
Dean  Curtiss  of  the  Iowa  Experiment 
Station  gave  some  very  helpful  informa¬ 
tion  concerning  the  feeding  and  prepar¬ 
ing  for  the  show  rin",  pointing  out  very 
forcefully  the  importance  of  liberal 
feeding,  and  an  abundance  of  exercise. 
Sy/.e  with  quality  are  factors  that  limit 
show  ring  accomplishments,  and  it  was 
Dean  Curtiss'  belief  that  very  few  eases 
of  overfeeding  prevail,  and  that  under¬ 
feeding  was  a  common  fault  among  the 
average  breeder  of  live  stock. 
W,  N.  Lovcjoy  of  Roscno,  Ill.,  Dean 
Curtiss  of  Ames,  la.,  and  Jimmy  Dodge 
of  Lowell,  Mass.,  served  as  a  sifting 
committee  for  the  sale,  and  also  gave 
demonstrations  in  the  judging  of  breed¬ 
ing  swine.  Five  brood  sows  owned  by 
the  Experiment  Sfnti/in  served  as  a 
basis  for  comparison.  It  was  urged  that 
Berkshire  breeders  adhere  strictly  to  the 
recognized  Berkshire  type;  that  they 
cling  to  the  moderately  short  nose;  that 
a  long  strong  back  was  essential,  and 
that  quality  should  be  evidenced  at  every 
turn.  Utility  .should  fashion  every  de¬ 
tail  and  always  he  in  evidence. 
Tywacann  Farm  of  Farmingdale,  I .. 
T.,  shipped  the  famous  boar.  “(Successor’s 
Longfellow”  to  the  congress  meeting  for 
demonstration  purposes.  This  boar  was 
used  at  the  New  Jersey  Experiment  Sta¬ 
tion  two  years  ago  in  stud  and  a  num¬ 
ber  of  his  daughters  received  favorable 
comment  from  the  committee.  He  is  a 
massive  fellow  weighing  800  pounds,  in 
breeding  condition,  and  was  recognized 
as  ;i  typical  representative  of  the  famous 
breed. 
On  Wednesday  evening  over  100  Berk¬ 
shire  enthusiasts  gathered  at  Hotel  Ivlei.u 
at  a  banquet,  and  this  occasion  proved 
of  unusual  interest.  Dean  Curtiss  acted 
as  toastmaster,  and  called  upon  a  num¬ 
ber  of  prominent  Berkshire  breeders  and 
others,  who  participated  in  interesting 
discussions  concerning  problems  in  pork 
production  and  swine  breeding.  It  is 
clear  that  tbi,s  meeting  will  mark  a  new 
epoch  in  swine  breeding  activities  in  the 
East,  and  it  is  believed  that  this  was 
the  largest  exclusive  live  stock  meeting 
ever  held  in  this  State.  Breeders  were 
present  from  25  States,  and  more  than 
500  attended  the  auction  sale  on  Thurs¬ 
day.  Pork  production  offers  unusual  op¬ 
portunities  to  the  New  Jersey  farmer, 
and  this  meeting  was  a  real  inspiration 
to  those  of  us  who  have  maintained  all 
along  that  this  phase  of  animal  produc¬ 
tion  would  eventually  come  to  its  own. 
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carry  the  goods.  Be*  yuur  Own  hn*8  in  u  pleasant, 
permanent  and  profitable  bnsiueHx.  Write  at  once 
for  lull  particulars,  giving  :urr  and  occupation, 
THE  m  oroini  <  o. 
Dept.  20  North  Java,  N.  Y 
