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Mr. Williams: I do not see that anything will be gained by that until 

 the discrimination in the show ring and in the bam yard is dropped. It 

 would only lead to confusion. Possibly not to exceed one-fourth of the 

 men who attend sales, or of the prospective purchasers who go to your 

 farms have the herd book and can trace the breeding in its entirety to 

 any certain animal. If an animal is placed in the sales ring without this 

 discrimination probably not more than one-fourth of the buyers there had 

 familiarized themselves with the breeding of the animal through the herd 

 book before the sale. This discrimination going on in the sales ring the 

 new breeder would wonder why such was the case and it would start 

 an inquiry. If the pedigrees were still carried on and catalogued the same 

 as ever they could readily see why discrimination was made. This dis- 

 crimination can only be stopped by breeders themselves. People will seek 

 out and read and study before going to a sale, and will trace the breed 

 back to the imported cow. 



It seems to me there is another objection to this dropping of the im- 

 ported cow; it would necessitate the secretary of the National Associa- 

 tion looking up the pedigi-ee of an animal before recording it. The lead- 

 ing breeders and purchasers of the country can do more to stop this dis- 

 crimination than anyone else, and I see nothing to be gained by adopting 

 the resolution. 



President Bowen: If I thought this would bring about the desired 

 result, I would be for the resolution. I don't see how it can bring about 

 anything except a little more work for the party looking up the pedigree. 

 The discrimination is brought about in the sale of the cattle. The pedi- 

 gree only gives the sires and dams. To be sure, it adds that "tracing to 

 Young Mary," or to some other cow, but what is that if the imported 

 cow was not much? I know some imported cows I would not give very 

 much for, and some I would not have on my place. To be sure, some 

 people might give something for them because they were imported, but 

 they would not be showing good judgment in doing so. The American 

 people as a rule desire to be humbugged, so the discrimination must be 

 brought about by the breeders. They must discriminate between cattle. 

 If they do not know a good animal when they see it they ought not to 

 be in the business. I say that, knowing that a great many people are 

 in the business who do know good cattle and go on breeding in the 

 line we are trying to remedy. They do it for the simple reason that they 

 have to in order to hoodwink somebody else, or else they 6.6 not make 

 any money. As long as we as breeders demand animals that trace to 

 imported cows, or as long as we demand pure Scotch, just that long 

 people will be breeding pure Scotch animals, and no longer. 



Mr. Robbins: I did not move the adoption of the resolution because 

 I thought it was what we wanted, but because I thought it was the 



