PROCEEDINGS 



OK TlIK 



ANNUAL MEETINQ 



OF TlIK 



Indiana Wool Growers' Association, 



January 7-8, 1904. 



TliH iiK't^liiiji' wiis cMllcd to (irder n1 l' i). in.. .I.inu.-ir.v (Itli, liy W. 11. 

 Thoriiliurs', rrcsidciit of the Association. 



Tlir rrrsidciH llicii read the following address: 

 rUKSIDEXTS AlthUKSS. 



►Sheep and \\'ool <;ro\\crs of Onr Most I'rosiKious State of Indiana: 



Genlleineii and Brothers 1. as your l'resi(h'nt. .u've you a most liearty 

 welcome to tliis. our tweiily-eiiildli aiinn-il iiu eliini'. and l<indly asli your 

 assistance in uiakiiij; tliis one of llie most iiitereslin.u- and lieiieticial meet- 

 ings we have liad for many yc^ars. 



As it is a custom for the cliaiiinaii of oiu' meetin.ii'. as well as others, 

 to give an address touching on the further outlook, I will cite you to a few 

 finger boards on the present outlook for sheep of our State and nation. 



The drouth which has contiiiue<l for tlie last two years in (Queensland 

 and New South Wales has" caused thousands of their sheep to perish. 

 Their wool sales in Septi-mlier show soim'thing like three thousand hales 

 short from 11)01. Ild-e at home the lar.L^c ian( limaii in the West has l»een 

 crowded out by tlie tiih r (d' tiie soil, till today, the long ranches are few. 

 comparatively speaking. In the near future the sheep will be pr.xluced 

 on our farming land. When this day comes, we will have fewer sheep 

 but better quality, also better price for wool and mutton. 



I will quote from Senator W. A. Ilairit. touching on a weakness in 

 American Stock Breeding. 



"In the haste to ac(piire riches, we luive lieeii prone to jump in or 

 out of liiH'eds of live stock, a<-cordiiig t(t tlic inulabilities of tlie market, 

 when sheep for a time liai)pened to l»c piotitable .and cattle were drugged 

 in the price, tliere w.as an immedi.ate inaction of cattle .and an investmcjit 



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