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him to demonstrate wliat he could do iu the way of breeding hogs. I 

 think a pig or a lamb would be a better prize than a cup or a medal. The 

 boy could keep flocks or droves from the increase of the animal won as a 

 prize as long as he remained in the business. 



Mr. Walter Quick: It seems to me we had better all ha^e something 

 to offer on this subject, or we will not have any prizes to offer at the 

 next fair. 1 think we should keep on offering prizes. That they have 

 been of great benefit to the breeders no one can question. It would seem 

 as if in these times when cattle prices are a little lower than they have 

 been we Avant to give all the encouragement possible. For that reason I 

 think we should make up a little larger purse than heretofore. 



Mr. Wallace: I should like to ask Senator Harris a question. If you 

 were to offer a cup or a medal, what would you award it for? 



Senator Harris: If you have plenty of prizes offered all through your 

 classes, I think a sterling silver cup might be offered as a sweepstakes 

 prize for the championship prize. Even a boy would appreciate that. Its 

 value is permanent and it will be kept in the family. It will go on and 

 not be obliterated the first time he Avants to blOAv in ten or fifteen dollars 

 on his best girl. The giving of such articles as prizes seems to be an 

 almost universal custom on the other side, and we can well afford to 

 study a great many of their methods. They bestow more individual 

 attention on their calves, and we can follow some of their methods with 

 profit. 



Mrs. Meredith: There is a very substantial value in a silver cup. At 

 our home we never drink water out of anything but silver cups, and they 

 nearly all have inscriptions on them. We have fifty-dollar silver pitchers 

 that were awarded to General Meredith, and we prize these things very 

 highly. The silver cups we US3 every day on our table are not worth 

 more than five dollars apiece, but we value them very highly on account 

 of their associations. I do not favor doing away with money prizes, but 

 I think an additional silver prize is very suitable. 



IMr. Wallace: I believe in helping a good thing along. I will offei 

 a prize of the sort Ave have been speaking of that Avill cost from twenty- 

 five to fifty dollars. This is my state. Everything I have in the world 

 I oAve to it, and I am going to do what I can to encourage the breeding of 

 good short-horns. The rest of you will have to decide .lust Avhere you 

 want that prize hung up. 



Senator Harris: I Avould confine it to animals bred by the exhibitor 

 iu all cases. 



Mr. Wallace: And bred In the state? 



Senator Harris: Yes; that should be a state trophy. 



