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tional department to work along that line? We may resolve, and 

 talk along certain lines, but if we don't take hold and do something, 

 the talk is all for nothing, and don't accomplish anything. Now, 

 I think that following the report, it would be a good time to go into 

 the matter, and have our Legislative Committee sometime during 

 this session formulate a bill. 



Talking about raising mules, reminds me of a time, a few years 

 ago, that a few gentlemen went to Kentucky, and bought several 

 carloads of mule colts. They are now about two years and a half 

 old, and they have no trouble in selling them at a large profit. That 

 is one object lesson that has come to my notice. Now, there is not 

 reason why this breeding could not be done at home, and the extra 

 thousands of dollars that we are sending out of Pennsylvania each 

 year should be stopped, and the money kept at home. 



The agitation against the Beef Trust amounts to a great deal to 

 the farmers of Pennsylvania, and has got these farmers to thinking, 

 and to-day home-dressed beef is a great deal more in demand than 

 it was a few years ago and the j)rice of cattle has advanced in the 

 State of Pennsylvania, and I think that the Livestock Breeders' 

 Association should take hold of the live stock interest at once. 1 

 would move you now, that we appoint a committee to formulate a 

 resolution to be presented to the Legislative Committee. 



DR. TOWER: Mr. Chairman, that is exactly what I hoped, when 

 I saw my old friend, Mr. Hutchison, come in. It would be impos- 

 sible for me to have any other opinion. Ideas as to what the bill 

 should contain should be given to this committee. Would it not be 

 a good idea to point out to the committee what this bill should 

 contain, before it goes to the Legislative Committee? 



MR. HUTCHISON: I am interested in it, and am willing to work 

 along the line in any w'ay. Traveling all over the State, as I do, 

 I see how much better the horse is, raised in Pennsylvania, than the 

 one raised in Illinois, and I am willing to work along any line that 

 may be suggested, to improve this industry. 



The CHAIRMAN: It might be well to appoint a committee to 

 formulate a re'solution to present to the Legislative Committee. As 

 Chairman of the Legislative Committee, it seems to me that it would 

 be well to have the opinions of the- members of the Board who are 

 present. The Legislative Committee will be only too glad to receive 

 any personal ideas, and now w^ould be the time to do j^. 



A Member: I want to endorse what the Chairman of the Legis- 

 lative Committee has just said; I don't think we can spend time on a 

 subject of greater importance. 



MR. McCLELLAN: I should like to say something regarding 

 the horses that are brought in and sold at high prices throughout 

 the country. People who buy from pedlers usually pay a very high 

 price for a very poor article, but it is their own fault for buying 

 this way. If they went direct to the breeder, they would get a 

 better horse at forty per cent, less money. The horses that are 

 pedled throughout the State, are those that no good horseman 

 would buy. I have been told by two or three breeders is Jo(iiana 



