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the poor to pass such a bill. I was pleading with one senator and 

 showed him that every representative from his district had voted 

 for the bill, and told him of the many petitions that had come in 

 from his district asking for the enactment of the law. After hear- 

 ing me he said, "Well, Bob, it is a bad law and I can not vote for 

 it." 



POWER OF ORGANIZATION. 



Well, we got a part of our bill enacted into a law by the aid 

 of the great army of enforcement that I had in the background com- 

 manded by Capt. M. V. Carroll, and the members of that army 

 were the Missouri Sheep Breeders and their friends. 



Now we can see the advantage of an organization. There were 

 four or five dog bills introduced in the last legislature and all died 

 a chilly death but one, and it was badly treated. One representa- 

 tive, who introduced one of the bills, came to me and said he had a 

 much better bill than I, in his judgment, and he could not under- 

 stand why there were so many petitions coming in for the Bras- 

 field bill. Our organization was young but it did some great work. 



I was requested by our secretary to secure a copy of the peti- 

 tions that came in on House bill No. 92. 1 found it would be a big job. 

 I believe there were more petitions came in before the House and 

 Senate asking for the passage of House bill No. 92 than any other 

 bill that was petitioned for during the two terms of the last legis- 

 lature. We could have done nothing without our organization. It 

 means education. To us farmers it is squarely up to us in open 

 broad daylight. Do we wish to protect one of the greatest farm in- 

 dustries, one that will bring wealth to the amount of the capital in- 

 vested if properly cared for? Farmers, do you know that every 

 farmer in this State should have a flock of sheep according to the 

 size of his farm? His farm would look better, it would be better 

 by having them there. Those obnoxious weeds would not take his 

 place and make it look like some "widow woman" owned it, be- 

 sides his land would be reaping a reward by being enriched, and 

 the farmer's bank account would increase and, at the same time, 

 miss but little that they eat. 



HOW CONVERTS ARE MADE. 



I know I have been abused and called hard names over the 

 enactment of the dog law, and I have had to take the abuse. Little 

 do the people know that I was backed by such a great force as the 

 Missouri Sheep Breeders' Association. 



