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him, plus a fair profit to the raiser, rather than what it will cost 

 to fit him for market; in short, if the feeder had to pay as much 

 more per pound for the three-year-old than for the calf as the 

 three-year-old costs on the high-priced land of the corn belt, there 

 would no longer be cattle of this age on the market. Even pastur- 

 age on the ranges is getting so, scarce and dear that the cattle 

 raisers alreadly seriously consider the forcing of the feeder to buy 

 their cattle younger, in order to cut down the expense of making 

 them. It is a far cry from the heavy, aged bullock marketed 

 twenty-five years ago to the two-year-old steer nov/ found on our 

 markets. This sharp tendency toward making cattle younger will 

 be even more marked in the next quarter of a century, because of the 

 great advance in the price of land in the range country as well as in 

 the corn belt. But before the largest progress in this direction can 

 be made, it will be necessary to interest the breeders. In short, 

 from this time on it is more problem for the breeder than for the 

 feeder. Animals that are capable of and worth being made into 

 baby beef must be bred, not by isolated individuals, but by whole 

 communities and entire states. . 



"PEDIGREE." 



(Mr. Walter Miller, Peru, Indiana.) 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I have noticed on the 

 program for this occasion that I have been given credit as hailing 

 from Buenos Ayres. I presume Senator Wornall had something 

 to do with it, but I hope that will not cast a reflection upon my 

 being an American also, as I have a little patriotism and love of my 

 country, and I am glad to say I am from Indiana. 



First, I will give you an account of why I am here. Some days 

 ago I met Senator Wornall in Chicago, and he seemed to insist that 

 I consent to have my name placed on the program to give a little 

 talk on some practical subject, and the "Senator" generally gets 

 what he goes after — at least, he did in respect to the election — and 

 I am very much in the position of the little darkey, I simply could 

 not help it. 



On the other hand, I feel, too, that I owe you an apology for 

 having nerve enough to stand before you people and try to tell you 

 something, realizing myself that I have so little ability in this 

 regard. The other day I received a letter from the Secretary of 

 your State Board of Agriculture that he considered it a special 

 honor to be able tp place my name on his program, and my father 



