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marbeled meat, have been more successful, always standing well up 

 in line and have won championships both in this country and at 

 Smithfield. 



The remark is frequently made that "there are not so many 

 men going into the Galloway business," but it is equally true that 

 there are not so many going out. "That they do not bring as high 

 prices" — neither do they bring such low prices as some of the other 

 breeds. It is a fact that we hardly ever sell a bull in our own 

 county, because the farmers can go out and buy pure bred bulls of 

 some of the other breeds at from thirty-five to fifty dollars. I am 

 sure if we could get at the returns of the sales of pure bred cattle, 

 you would find that the Galloway averages as high, if not higher, 

 than any other breed. I attended two dispersion sales of pure bred 

 cattle in my home county last year, one a Galloway herd, the other 

 of another breed. The Galloway herd had not been kept up and 

 had dwindled down to three old cows from thirteen to fifteen years 

 old, that averaged over sixty dollars. The other herd was as well 

 kept and as well bred, some of the animals having been added to the 

 herd at a cost of eight hundred dollars per head. This herd was 

 just in its prime and their average was not quite seventy dollars. 



I am not giving you these comparisons in an unfriendly spirit. 

 If there is anything that the Galloway is proud of, more than 

 another, it is of the company he keeps, the white face, the doddie 

 and the red, white and roan. Not a competitor but a co-partner 

 with these magnificent breeds in their fight against the scrub. Mis- 

 souri for pure bred cattle and better beef. 



"THE RED, WHITE AND ROAN." 



(Address by Ool. W. A. Harris, of Kansas.) 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : I cannot tell you how 

 pleased I am to have an opportunity to be with you this after- 

 noon. I did not know what I was to talk about until a day or two 

 ago, when I came across a copy of your program. I found that I 

 had been put down as W. A. Harris of Chicago. I felt somewhat 

 aggrieved at that, because that has been the means of inflicting 

 some very deep scars upon my political body in the past; in fact, 

 it has inflicted more than any other one thing. I am glad, how- 

 ever, that your chairman has located me properly in introducing 

 me to you. 



