The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-01-20
FRED BOERNER REELECTED Pres.
OF swine BREEDERS ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION MET AT HEREFORD. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY
MOST INTERESTING SESSIONS EVER HELD
IS SELECTED FOR 1928 MEETING
Big Auction Was Staged During the Convention and Attracted
Large Number of Buyers and Many Fine Hogs Were Offered
For Sale to the Highest Bidder

Hereford, Jan. lb.-PlainNieN wOn
the 1928 convention OF the Panhandle
Swine Breeders Association from
Amarillo and Pampa AZ the closing
session Of the convention hcld here
today.
Fred w. Boernor Of Lubbcck was
unanimously reelected presiden, a
the Association. other officers
chosen we're: John l. Hammonds ~
Floydada, first vice president y. n.
Hogan Of Pnmpa, second vi 60 rresi-
dent; Fqrl Lewis Of Childrrs ee'-
rotary treasurer. and r. w. BlerHcr
J. J. liammonds. j.. N. Hogan. farl
lewi ard n / Sharpe Of Vernon.
dir ilw
Tho Association voted unan'1 u.s.
IL 10 purchase membership in he
WcH Texas Chamber ~ Commerce.
a permanent legislative COMMITTEES
was appointed which Is TO have
charge II the investigation Of various
appropriations that viii be made for
the support 0f the extension service
Of Texas A e. VI College and the Live
Stock Sanitary Commission and any
other appropriations which may nf-
feet the swine industry.
The matter Of paid secretary for
the Association was discussed at
length and was left 20 the discretion
Of the board Of directors, although
the members voted in favor OF the
measure.
'lt Is as essential that the breeders
of pure-brod live stock advertise ms
II is that the merchant advertise"
declared II. S. Hilburn Of Plainview.
editor Of the Southwest Poultry and
Swine Breeder. Most Of the breed
ers do not study the advertising close
enough They waste money for ad-
vertising that does not bring them
the proper returns Run an adver-
iisement IN your local paper.
Joe Hanga, assistant secretary Of
he National Duroc-Jersey Associn-
tion, told the breeders Of the value
~ the county, district and state fairs
10 them In spreading The good quality.
"A mans live stock viii tell you the
Kind Of q man he Be-, eaid The peak
er
S. n. Lewis of Childrcss. rcrogniz-
ed as one ~ the leading exhibitors ~
swine az the great fairs of the South
west, told ~ the proper way 10 pre-
pare and select a show herd He went
into detail on bis subject, and many
~ the breeders declared his talk was
most instructive
Twenty-six hundred cars u hogs
we're shipped from the Panhandle dur
ing the last year, said B. Holland of
Amarillo, ~ the Miailctoc Creamer-
les, in the hog industry IN the Pam
handle lie pledged the moral and
financial support of bis Comrany TO
the swine breeders and urged hem
10 use his firm in any way as his
concern. as well as most ~ the other
commercial interests in the PanhaB-
die. had awakened 20 the value OF
the swine industry.
Members Of the Association dis
cussed at length the need Of state
veterinarian in the Panhandle and
many members told Of various meth
DDS Of treating cholera.
Hog Palmer Of Canadian received
great applause when he emphnticslfy
declared that the way for the Pam
handle Swim Breeders 20 cure cholera
was TO quit shipping III hogs. There
has been only one outbreak OF cholera
In Hemphill County and that was
among hogs that had been shipped
in from other sections, he said. Buy
your hogs at home and you viii not
have cholera. There are just ~ good
hogs in the Panhandle as there are
In the world" declared the speeker.
Breeders from all sections Of Tex
ns and adjoining states have been ar
irving In the city for the sale this
afternoon.
Members declared that the 1922
convention has feen the most sue
ccssful meeting Of l-e Association.
Resolutions Of thanks 90 The eth
rens Of Hereford, FOR me royal en-
tortainment afforded deloga;ps TO
the convention. were unnnin
adopted Resolutions nlso were
cd urging that other towns 70.
the example set By Hereford in b;
ing a get-togcther banquet of tnss
farmers and business men for n gem
eral discussion Of the pure bred live
stock industry.
The Association also adopted ies-
olution sanctioning any efforts PUT
forth for the betterment and promo
ton of the live stock interests In this
section.