The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-21

The first annual meeting Of the Ma
tionaI Berkshire record association was
i'm session last week in this city.
Last March there met in Piqua, o., ten
men from almost as many states, who
had for their object the formation Of
an association for the purpose Of keep
ing record of Berkshire hogs. They
did not contemplate at the time the idea
of making the association more than
business enterprise and supposed that
when incorporated it would be under the
laws authorizing the Incorporation Of
business enterprises. but the plan has
taken a wider scope and it has become a
national association, composed of mem
bers and patrons from every state in the
union. The association will issue book
containing the record of Berkshire hogs
throughout the United States. The first
edition will be out about the middle OF
April and will contain 80 pages.
The first general meeting is attended
by twenty-ninc members, d small gath
ering, perhaps, but one of men who man.
ifest more interest in an Intelligent way
in the meeting than is usual in such
meetings. The institute meeting &C
CURED last night when a number Of
papers were read and discussed. Every
paper on the program was read, although
in number of cases not by the writer
Papers We're sent by members from each
of the seven states actively represented
in the membership where it was impos-
sible for writer's themselves TO attend
The discussions were general, everybody
feeling at liberty to join them. Those
present are delighted with the institute
session. They are as follows:
!. n. Barker. Thorntown; b. y. Cooley,
Coldwater Mich; Levi WentZ, Delaware
county, Ohio; George c. Harvey. Bro
naugh, Mo; II. l. Nowlin, Lawrence
burg: J. w Fulton, Newark, o.; a. }.
Rose Jamestown; L. NJ and o. 2. Wal
colt, Conover, o.; j. H. Baxter, H1llsdale,
Mich: E. " Rhodes, St. Paris, O.; ). c.
Rousch, Warren; l.. c. Peterson, Spring
Valley, O.; c. Barnett. Logansport;
George A. McColley, Waldron; David
Kizer, Troy, O.: A. ). Gilmore, Green's
burg; Jasper Heck, Waldron; Charles
Elliott. Bladenburg; T. O. Lash, Hen
dirk. ILL.,: r. II. Harvey, Sibley, Ill;
George Riley. Thorntown; J. T. Elliott,
Vincennes; William Dillon, Peterborough;
w II. Ker, Prairie du Rocher, Ill; w.
l.. Harper, Winchester: /. NJ. Shepherd
and f. X Morris. Indianapolis.
O. p Walcott is president OF the as
ISOLATION and Il. X. Norris is secretary.
The address of the former was the first
number on the program Wednesday nigh
took for his topic, The Berkshire Tor
Profit" He gave a brief history of the
association and an outline of its objects,
men of the same profession in social in
tercourse and gives them an opportunity
to compare notes and exchange ideas
The other and most important is the
publication Of the record book. This will
differ from any ether published in that
it will give fourteen of the immediate
ancestry Of the individual recorded, thus
laying the complete pedigree open to
glance, while in other records but the
sire and dam are given, and to secure the
complete pedigree it is necessary TO con-
suit a half dozen or more volumes. This
record is not owned by a few individuals
who can grow rich off its profits, but is
owned by the breeders themselves, no
one of whom can take more than a
single share. He summed up his re-
marks with the conclusion that the best
way TO raise Berkshires for profit was
TO record them in the National Record.
Other papers were read as follows;
I'm What Points Have the Berkshires
Made the Greatest Improvement in the
Past Two Years? Have They Gained in
the Show Ring?' S. c. Roush, Warren,
Ind
SHOULD Swine be Recorded Before Be
ing Allowed to Compete for Prizes in
Pure Bred Classes?" l.. c. Peterson,
Spring Valley, o.
"WiD a Berkshire Sow Raise as Large