2/8 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



only way to fight this issue and to get the remuneration for 

 just damages is to avail yourself of the aid and facilities of 

 this Association, and to call upon it for its assistance in ad- 

 justing those damages. There is a field of operation where I 

 think the society can be of large usefulness to the sheep 

 breeders of the state, A great deal will depend upon the 

 activity of the sheep breeders themselves. I do not care how 

 strong a man you may be in your local community, the As- 

 sociation never can be of the value it should be to its members 

 as long as the members themselves are indifferent to what it 

 can do. Every sheep man in the state must take an active 

 interest in this matter, and must make it his business to let the 

 society be of use. In other words, every man who is a sheep 

 man has got to make himself into a private detective and has 

 got to take upon himself the work of looking up these cases, 

 and has got to make a specialty of it, and inquire and follow 

 up the dogs, and follow up these registration laws. That is 

 one place where there ought to be a much greater activity 

 among the individual members of the association. If you fail 

 to be successful as individuals then fall back on this organiza- 

 tion. Report the facts and ask the officers to go ahead. You 

 will soon change the whole sentiment on this subject if you 

 go about it intelligently. 



The President, I have been much impressed by the dis- 

 cussion that I have heard here today, and these speeches in 

 regard to the importance of the farmers understanding what 

 they are doing. It has been brought out in a very strong 

 way that we have many men who are doing no mean work, 

 and the work that they are doing is bound to have a great ef- 

 fect in building up this industry. 



The time has now come for our usual adjournment, and 

 this convention will stand adjourned until 7,30 p, m. 



