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Show ll.rn.rlf. ol Hi lloii lluiln.i.. The following psper was read by It 0. Carroll before the last meeting of tao Illinois 8wlne llieeders' Astocla- ' 'lop: The subject unsigned me Is one thit talght b drawn out to rover n vast Held, but my time Is too limited t . permit of dealing with the subject In detail. SelflshneM Is on of the wont barn tries on the bog business How many frilly selfish men succeed In tho busl-ftewT busl-ftewT I claim that a selflnh brccler sill never make the builnens n siki s, Tho suereetful breeder must bo liberal lib-eral enough to see the faults nnd Imperfection Im-perfection of Ills own herd and when In finds a cross In tho turd of n brother breeder that would be an 1m- i provement on bis own, try to icvuro i It, nnd not lie selfish enough lo per- ' alt his own herd to go to wrrt k ralhst ' than buy from n brother breeder I I remember seeing this notice In a sale ! catalogue: "It you haven't what tho peoplo want, get It, and then you will Ind a ready sale for what you are offering" of-fering" The remark Is as true as the rising uf the sun When I was In the breeding business I was glad to find some other fellow that had something tetter than myself I bought to Ira-' Ira-' provo my own herd. I Then thero are show barnacles. Ths people can see tor thcnitchee It dors it ' breeder good to gel beaten sometimes. I Nothing Is more, disgusting and tiro-somo tiro-somo than to have to listen to ths lamentations of n defeated exhibitor Llfo Is too short, take your defeat ! cheerfully, I There Is tho state talr barnacle. 11 III tho Mtnw that breeds and gather I tp a (nt ot cheap stuff nnd takes to I eur stnto' fair exhibitions. He as a rule has no Interest In the advance-Bent advance-Bent ot any breed. Ho cares nothing tor tho Interest of tho fair. Nlno-I Nlno-I tenth ot this class would not give ths I Itrlcultural paper a half-llnch advertisement adver-tisement under any circumstances, though those papers have put both I time nnd money Into tho advancement of tho Interest ot the breeds They lit down In tho pens right beside ths nes that havo been liberal enough to (ut their mean and almost undivided mention back ot a grandly bred herd that will Improto tho stock Interests lenernlly. They sell their animals for t little more, and sometime lets, than pork prices, thereby Injuring th entire en-tire swlno raising business. There Is alto tho rod light nnd dan-(er-slgnnl barnaclo Wo havo it few ot thorn yet, but they are becoming Karcor. They draw n lltllo ring around themsolvr nnd never step outsld of If. They live In their shells and nro afraid to peep out fur fear they might lea a rf-l lliht they are always look-log look-log for disasters. They aro the fellows fel-lows that would not glvo over 117 for s boar to stand at the head ot their I botr.to sund at ths had ot tli.lr 'herd, and they will sell their own stock from US down, and try to make, sou lolloro that their antmals are Jutt a good a other that you would havo to pay Sf.0 for Thcao are tho fellows that write In the stock Journals and tell Just how to ralso hoge, and say that business was never better, and that they hato (hipped so many sows and boars within a certain tlmo. When I read thoio articles I am Inclined to bellevo they aro telling tho truth, especially es-pecially the boar part of It, but my opinion la they ship them to Chicago or somo other fat stock market, and would rather stand thu dockago than to cut tho animal when they art pigs, for they know they will tnako poor barrows. Oood breeder who aro really doing a good business do not have tho time to write long tlresomo article for publication In tho stuck Journals, sounding the alarm or calling call-ing attention to tho danger signals and of nit tho traps that the "rascals" huve set to catch tho unwary. Dusy, honest, upright breeders are unsuspecting. unsuspect-ing. Whan honast men go Into sales they are not lavish with their criticism of the methods of the man that Is holding hold-ing tht sale, nor do tbey denounce him as dishonest without having as thoroughly thor-oughly ascertained the facts In the case. The man that spreads distrust is hurting hi own business as wull as that of others. There aro a tow honest barnacles. Thero I nothing more commcndablo than bonesty. This should bo tht largest atone on Which the man builds bis foundation for tils business. On the other hand some breeders wfll toll you with delight ot tho dishonest methods uf some other breeder, and then with a nudgo In tho aide and n sly wink will say that tbey would not do such a thing, oh not for ths world. |