The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-10-20
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$4,000 WORTH OF
$50 WISDOM

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Lloyd Mugg, a breeder of fifty years
experience, and writing for the Ameri.
can SWineherd, gives, for the benefit
of others that are younger, the results
of his methods of doing business as /;
breeder, that proved successful and
worth the amount of wisdom to the
extent Of $4,000, as follows:
u 81 always make N.Y. pigs give salts
faction when sell them, either on Or
der or by sight. Z On receiving a letter
of inquiry, l do not write the man that
have the best pig in the world, or the
I best pig he ever saw, but try to tell him
Just what have to sell, and if he
thinks 1t will suit him, would like to
fill the order, or If it is convenient, will
be glad to have him come and see my
|stuff.
II never compel man to keep pig
that he Is dissatisfied with and wants
to send back. He pays the express, and
! Will take the pig back and give back
/ to him his money.
| TO my best recollection, ] have only
shipped two during the fifty years that
were sent back. One of them was the
yearlinE SOW that won, first and grand
sweepstakes at the worlds fair. which
had sold TO him at s25 before She
came back to me. AS ] had told this
man she was q show pig ! thought |
must prove It by showing her. I have
customers buying of me who have been,
trading with me for over twenty-five
years. | do not try to sell a hog for
$50 or 500 that is not worth the mon.
| ey nor do l sell one for $25 that is
worth $50 or 500. / have always been
able to hold a good share of my trade
and my methods have proven II good
advertisement for my business.
i feed my hogs and pigs on such
feed az I hnVp. that G f.pnvanicnt
that they will give satisfaction to the,
purchaser. find 1t better;to let man
go away without buying. sooner than
to Talk him into buying something that
he does not want. And at times have
sold an animal at less than its worth in
order to introduce it ina neighborhood
and build a trade in a new section.
When a party sends me an order for
a pig with description, and I have not
got the pig, l send his money right
back and tell him cannot fill It. l do
not keep his money and drift something
else on him. as there are plenty of
good breeders in the United States, and
1t gives him a chance to get what he
wants. ] believe in good advertising of
sufficient force to sell what have.
Treat your customers right and do not
think that you are right and everybody
else wrong. and in this way have been
able to sell from Is to 100 pigs a year.
Treat man white and you will find it !
aids in extending your trade"
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M. T.. Currier. of Defiance. carries an
advertise in this weeks paper in
which he is advertising his second an
nual Dur0c Jersey boar and gilt sale. t
The sale will be held in the pavilion at ,
Defiance on Saturday, October 3d., and |
there are so head in the Offering. Mr..
Currier has been in the Duroc breeding
Of
from time to time perfected his herd
by adding blood from the well known
herds of G.. +. McAndrews & Son, Car
stem Christensen and others. and the /
blood lines of the stock he is I
selling In his sale are of Orion Cherry, Y
Defender. Wonder i Am and -fack Ori-l
on. There are 1G choice yearlings in
the offering, and as an attraction Mr..
Currier is selling two tried sows- Lehan
( Thompson are the auctioneers and N.
V. Kuh is the clerk. Mr. Currier is
an old Crawford county boy; he was
born and reared in East Boyer town
ship. and later married a Crawford
county girl. a daughter of John Hall.
It'll II
The boar purchased by Geo. L. Tap
eys at the Kittcrman Duroc Jersey sale
1t Kingsley last week Is sired by Sen.
,atiOn Jr. K This boar Is said to be val II
Jed at 100000 and is one of the most
valuable hogs living today. The pig was
in April and promises to be a
strictly big type boar. Mr.. Tapley feels
hat he has made a very valuable addi-
ion to his herd and he certainly has
added an excellent pig both from the
of individuality and blood
ines. George has a good bunch of
spring pigs this year and is Offering !
some good spring and fall bears for
,ale as well as Bob Orion. one of his
'earlng herd bears. Sac County Bull
etin.
Albert Weiss is advertising his Hamp.
hire sale in this weeks paper. The
ale will be held Saturday. October 23.
md he will sell thirty head of boars.
They are of the Lookout, Cornhusker,
Draper Lad and other well known
reeds, and Al says they are all good,
,iE, stretchy pigs. good hustlers, and
will be worth any mans; money as herd
readers. Breeders adhering to the
breed will do well to come
n and look the hogs over early In the
lay, pick out what is wanted, and then
re prepared to buy. The Weiss herd is
veil known over the county as a SUI
)eriOr herd.
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We, are in receipt of a letter from II.
I. Sleister, of Shelby county. who is a
member of the firm OF Sleister Bros,
'reeders OF big type Poland China
logs. Mr.. Sleister tells us that lac pur-
hased real show boar down ut the j
National swine show, a son of Major l
Jumbo, the senior champion. He says
or his next sale of Polands he will
AVE something good to show the
BREEDERS. Mr.. Sleister also takes &C.
aston to say that he was well pleased I
With his advertisement that appeared y
M this papeIs some time ago.