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Show vord wa3 sent to all who had )rdered stock and all appeared )n that day. They were distrib- T lted by a lottery system, each nan selecting in turn. The pigs arrived in September . L913. and were bred to farrow the spring of 1914. It was realized that there c would be much stock for sale, so in January a meeting was called to discuss the methods of advertising adver-tising and selling. It was de- cided to organize a breeders as- v sociation and transact all busi- v ness through the association officers. offi-cers. A constitution and set of by laws were drawn up and r. adopted. At the meeting it was agreed i that no animal not strictly first s class would be sold for breeding : stock. The orders received i would be distributed as evenly as possible among the members i of the Association. Stock offer- i ed for sale through the Associa- tion would have to be passed on i and considered worthy by the ; officers of the Association. The expenses of advertising-were advertising-were carried on by the assessment assess-ment levied on each brood sow. A booklet describing the association associa-tion was printed for distribution and advertisements were inserted in two papers. Inquiries came in from all parts of the United States, even from New England, and the orders or-ders came in so rapidly from the west that it was realized that thera would not be enough choice pigs to fill them all, so the advertisements adver-tisements were ordered suspended. suspend-ed. Most of the stock was disposed dis-posed of in Montana and Idaho. After the supply of choice pigs was exhausted it was necessary to turn down orders amounting to $5000. . Since securing the pure breds the members of the Association have taken pains to learn of the best types and pedigrees and the best methods of caring for their hogs. Today there is not. a section sec-tion of the state where there are more modern hog houses or men, better versed in swine production than on the Richfield Tract. Types have been studied until each member is an expert judge. This report is written, not to boost any one breed, but to give an example of what can be done by standardization. It can be done here The "Greater" Delta Project has some excellent herds of pure: bred swine. The sale of the surplus will soon be a problem. prob-lem. Advertising by an association associa-tion is cheaper than when done individually. In the case of the Richfield Association it was found that buyers had more confidence in an association than in an individual. in-dividual. The Richfield Association is successful because only good stock is sold. Inferior animals are disposed of as stock hogs. E. F. Rinehart, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Rupert, Idaho. Scientific Hog Raising ; The Richfield, Idano, Irriga- ; tion Tract is comparatively new ; practically all of the development J work having been done since ; 1910. As in most pioneer coun- ; tries the live stock brought in by ; the settlers was nondescript ; being a mixture of many breeds. ; In 1912 three men decided to ; start improying their hogs. ; After considerable study and I correspondence they decided up- J on the Berkshire. Two boars ; and seven sows were shipped in I during the summer of 1912. The ; next year the pure bred pigs as I well as the pigs of the pure bred ; boars crossed on the native sows ; were so far superior to any other I prodnced as to cause favorable ! comment and several1 farmers ; who had previously given the ' matter but little attention decided I to grade up their herds.' The three original breeders and I the local newspaper co-operated to spread the news that a move- ment was on foot to make an im- f portation of pure bred Berkshires. i Those who desired stock were r requested to put in their orders. As these came in better than had r been expected it was decided I that a car load could be used, t Naturally some men prefered f other breeds but it was finally l decided that one breed in a com- t munity is better than all breeds, r Afaer some correspondence a f iocal swine grower who had f much experience with the grow- r ing of swine was sent East to c select the foundation stock- In r Illinois he secured 119 .gilts and 75 boars representing- the best f blood lines of the Berkshire I breed. The price paid , was $25. I per head, the total cost being $3,350. . - . , When the shipment arrived |