sii()iniioi;.\ i;i;i:ki)Ki;s association'. 2Ur> 



i'resideut liowfii: You need not In- nfi-.-iid of doiiij; a\v;iy with tliis 

 orfranizatioii. Just as long: as this orfjauizatiou can Hud nu'U who arc 

 willing to assume the rosponsilnlitios of tlio Association, and just as 

 long as the niendiers are willing to pay in money enough to defray the 

 expenses of the meetings of the Association, and just as long as the 

 members of the Association will come to these meetings and participate 

 in the discussions as they liave this afternoon, just so long will this 

 Association be in existence, and no longer, regardless of any other asso- 

 ciations. 



The motion before the liouse was adopted, and the President appointed 

 the following committees to c-onfer with like committees from other 

 associations on this sul)ject brought up Ity Professor Skinner: W. S. 

 Robbins, Mr. Donley and Mr. Christian. 



The Secretary read a letter from the secretary of the National Live 

 Stock Association, notifying the Indiana Shorthorn Breeders' Association 

 that they were entitled to six delegates to the National Live Stock Con- 

 vention to l)e convened in Portland. Oregon. January 12th to loth. 



President Bowen: If any one who is a member of this Association 

 wishes to attend the meeting in Portland, he will be appointed a delegate. 

 It carries witli it paying $."> to the Association. If any nieud)er wishes to 

 go to Portland and would like to be a delegate, I shall appoint him. 



There is one matter I have had in mind for some time, in fact, ever 

 since I saw the magnilicent show buildings or pavilions on the Illinoi.« 

 State Pair grounds and the Iowa State Fair grounds. I have been think 

 ing how we coidd secure such a pavilion for our State Fair gi'ounds, to 

 be used by exhibitors at our State P'airs who show live stock. We al) 

 know that the State B'oard of Agricidture has a large debt, and from tliat 

 source it would seem at the present time almost impossible to expect tlie 

 erection of such a iiavilion, although I am fiiiuly of the opinion that it 

 would pay for itself within a very short time. As you all know, our 

 State Fair is nearly always blessed with stormy weather, which keeps a 

 great many visitors away. Just how to go about getting this building, 

 I can not say. If we could get our Legislature to appropriate money for 

 this purpose. I tluidv it woidd be a wise thing for them to do: but tliat 

 would cause a delay of at least a year. I liave considered this subj»'ct 

 for some time in all its i)liases, and liave tried to study out some way by 

 which we could secure that siiow pavilion. We are all interested in the 

 State Fair, and ever.v l)reeder of Shorthorns, whether he exhibits or not, 

 is interested in it. If by some means we could get every farmer in the 

 State of Indiana who is interested in this sulgect to contribute a specitied 

 sum — not a large sum, not to exceed a dollar — we could erect on the State 

 Fair grounds a building that woidd lie a credit to the State. 



Mr. Bobbins: I)o you know tlu' approximate expense of one of those 

 buildingsV 



