The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-08-06
JUDGES OF SWINE
CLOSE CONVENTION
Adopt Two Score Cards For
the Better Judging
of Hogs.
PRESIDENT
n ~.
Next Meeting Is to Be Held
At Zionsville,
Indiana

The election of officers for the ensu-
ing year, the date and place chosen for
convention in 1914, and the adoption of
two score cards for the judging OF
hogs were the net results, besides
speeches and general discussion, of
the meeting held by members of the
of Swine in room at the Arlington
hotel last night
The officers selected were J. w.
Brindle, Zionville, president, c. J.
Newby, Zionville, secretary and treas
urer; arrangement committee, l.. A.
Hinshaw of Zionville, Ed. Morris, John
Weddell and William Essig and Exam
ination committee John Horcourt OF
New Augusta, E. J. Barker of Thorn
town and w. j. Farquhar of Modoc,
Indiana. The next meeting will be held
on Tuesday, August 4, 1914, at Zion
vile, near Indianapolis. 1t was decid-
ed to hold only one days session next
wear
Score Cards Adopted.
The adoption of two score cards to
better the present method of judging
a hog was done by vote amid much
argument and discussion. The majority
of the members present ruled that two
hogs should be used instead of the
universal" or the breed" score card.
Lloyd Mugg, veteran hog raiser OF
Kokomo, whose white SOW won first
premium at the Worlds fair*fH Chi
cago opened the evenings program
with a talk, favorlng t1e' adoption of
the universal score card. Resultant
discussion showed that majority fa-
vored the plan of Mr.. Brindle for two
separate score cards.
M. ID. Harvey of Zionville, who was
to speak, was not present so the mem
bers generally discussed the "advan-
tages and disadvantages of the mail
order business in buying and selling"
An advantage is the saving of expeH-
ses which result through a public sale
and disadvantage is the excess ex
press rates. The members ruled that
no hog raiser should insert an adver
tisement saying Satisfaction Guaran-
teed" because 1T cannot be. Willie Es-
sig, Upton, Indiana, delivered a talk
Pig" He said common practise
among hog raisers is the feeding of
cows milk toanew born pigs, fact
) ~ Ineible for the death of
~ ! IL the six weeks after
Il 4 I1f9 adtIress was very instruc
II and many points which he brought
out were new to the other members.
Several other addresses, one by
Mayor Zimmerman, were scheduled on
the program but were not given. The
meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock.
The judges held a meeting at the
Glen Miller Stock Yards yesterday af-
ternoon for the purpose of teaching
some of the younger members how. to
judge hogs. The animal was driven
back and forth between the men, who
were seated on benches along the side
of the pen. A committee of three were
appointed to judge and to make out
cards which were to be basis for the
judging of the other mems cards; the
committee being composed of Bert
Stafford of Shelbyville, J. w. Weddle,
of Franklin, and A. ID. Cobb, the
Wayne County agricultural expert. AT
ter the men had completed the mark
ing OF. their cards, the cards were Civ
en- to the committee, who looked them
over and then called ON various men
to tell how they made the markings.
This brought forth discussion. Imme-
diately after the judging contest was
over, the annual dues of fifty cents
for each member were called for. This
money is used to defray the expenses
of publication of a magazine which is
issued by this organization and which
keeps in touch with all the problems