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diplomats and consuls to attend our great live stock shows occa- 

 sionally, so that they could see for themselves we could more easily 

 build up a foreign trade. Governments send their representatives 

 abroad, not alone on matters of statesmanship, but on business 

 affairs as well. Doubtless many a clever American invention has 

 found a ready sale abroad, for the reason that a representative of 

 a foreign government in the United States saw it in successful 

 operation, and interested his countrymen in it. The same could 

 be done in the case of American breeding stock. The tremendous 

 energy and remarkable progressiveness of the Japanese in this 

 respect are cases in point, and what may be expected from such 

 a source by the American stock breeder is indicated by the rather 

 large purchases of horses and dairy cattle made by Japan during 

 recent years. That country is also awakening to the profit of the 

 dairy industry, and when once started, her demand for dairy breed- 

 ing stock is more likely to seek its supply in the United States than 

 elsewhere. Still another fact which illustrates this point is that 

 the attendance of young men from Mexico and South America at 

 our agricultural colleges, especially those institutions which pay 

 a large amount of attention to animal husbandry, is stimulating in 

 their home countries a demand for pure-bred live stock, which will 

 certainly enlarge the market at the command of the American 

 breeder. 



I have alluded to the apparent difficulty of getting foreign 

 representatives to attend our stock shows, and this leads me to 

 suggest that the same end might be accomplished if the Govern- 

 ment itself maintained a breeding farm, where representative ani- 

 mals of the leading breeds could be kept. Such a farm, properly 

 equipped, suitably maintained, and located near Washington, would 

 be one of the points of interest of the National Capital. Foreigners 

 stationed at Washington could see, at a minimum of time and 

 trouble, what the United States can produce in live stock, and by 

 prohibiting the sale for export of animals from this farm, the 

 Government could safeguard and encourage the interests of Ameri- 

 can breeders. It would not be official representatives alone whose 

 interest could be excited by such a farm, but visitors who come 

 to the United States on their own business or pleasure, would, if 

 interested in live stock, be very sure to make such an establishment 

 one of their points to visit. When we think that nearly all visitors 

 to the United States from abroad visit Washington, the advertising 

 possibilities of a national breeding farm can be appreciated. 



