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Start at the tpp. I mentioned a heifer at .$•_'.">(> and one at $100 as exam- 

 ples. I don't think $L'ri(t is a very liiiiii price to jiay for a heifer. l)nt yon 

 can get a good animal for tliat prici'. 



- Mr. Bnsby: I am interested in tlie (incstion tliat was l)ronglit np about 

 the valne of imported stoel<, and wiu'tln'r the imported stoclv has in it 

 value in excess of tlie valne of our home-bred stock. I think the (lues- 

 tion is worthy of consideration. In the records of the International show 

 there is a summarization of the awards given to the imported stock in 

 comparison with tlic nativo stock. 1 think tlic (piestion is partly an- 

 swered. Yon will tiud that the imported stock shared largely in all the 

 awards given. What does that meanV It means that there must be 

 value in that imported stock, or else we had an inferior judge. I as- 

 sume he had an alile judge, and if so, tht're must be something in the im- 

 ported blood that makes it take high rank. Coming to the question that 

 we are in the future to break down any false notions on this subject, 

 how are we to do it? I feel that these tilings are all the working out of 

 natural causes. Opinions get in our minds and they stick there until 

 we are driven from our position through experience. If the ijuported 

 stock is inferior to the native stock, let us show it in the prize ring. I 

 own nothing that is imported. I am exceedingly sorry I do not. l)ut I 

 have not been able to reach that point yet. I have tried to Iniy good 

 native stock, but it seems to me that if we are to break down a notion 

 that is false we must do it in the show ring. I believe it is good for us 

 at this time to feel that imported stock has high value, and if our native 

 stock is to compete with it we must work continually and uniformly to 

 the end of defeating that thing. 



Mr. Koliliiiis: Tliis seems to be a sort of experience meeting. I 

 think there is nothing really before the meeting. We have had some 

 talk here about how a man should start in the Shorthorn business that is 

 worthy of more cousideralion than has l)een given it. It is a pretty big 

 thing to start in tlie Sliorthorii liusiiicss. :Mr. Ileagey talks of a man 

 starting in with cheap stock rather than with the high-priced stock. I 

 think the history of the successful breeders of the I'uited States will 

 show us that ninety jier cent, of tlu'm started with the cheaper cattle; 

 but after a few years of this experiment, they found out their mistake 

 and started over again with better cattle. There is no doubt that a 

 cheap cow has her place. A man will come to yoin- place and )uiy a cow 

 for .$1(XJ when he can not afford to pay .^.'OO for a cow. He gets his 

 money in a poor bred animal and tlicii Ix'gins to study the different 

 phases of the question as he never studied it l)ef(»re. In a short time he 

 will see that he started wrong and will Imy lietter animals, but he 

 tiever wotdd have bought the I)etter animals if lie had not startt'd with 

 the cheaper ones and become interesti'd in the matter. I don't think 

 anyone in the State is more opposed to the cheaper class of animals than 



