Live Stock Breeders' Association. 285 



The second meeting of the Association was held in November, 

 1881, in Chicago, at which time the officers and directors chosen 

 at the previous meeting were by resolution adopted continued until 

 the next annual meeting, which was to be held in November of the 

 following year. 



The roll-call of members at this meeting showed a total enroll- 

 ment of thirty-four breeders, from eight different states and terri- 

 tories, of whom there were about twenty-five present on this occa- 

 sion. The importance of the fat-stock shows as a medium of getting 

 the merits of the Hereford before the public was duly recognized, 

 so the principal business of this meeting was to arouse an interest 

 and some degree of enthusiasm among the breeders, such as would 

 secure representative exhibits of Herefords at these shows. To 

 this end pledges were asked and obtained from the members present 

 for the production of steers, both pure-bred and grade, that would 

 be prepared for these exhibitions. 



The third meeing of this Association was held November 22 

 and 23, 1882, at the Sherman House, Chicago, and Mr. C. M. Cul- 

 bertson was continued as president, but some changes were made 

 in the directory. 



The chief matter of business and interest before this meeting 

 was the promotion of the exhibits of Herefords at the fat stock 

 shows, and it was resolved to raise a fund of $2,000.00 for special 

 prizes for these cattle at the next show. The castration of some 

 twenty pure-bred calves and a hundred or two grades was promised 

 by the members present. 



The fourth meeting of this Association was a called meeting, 

 and was held at the Sherman House, Chicago, February 28, 1883. 

 The business of this meeting was to consider a proposition from 

 Mr. T. L. Miller to sell to this Association the Hereford Record, two 

 volumes of which had then been issued. After a lengthy discus- 

 sion of the matter, a deal was finally effected between Mr. Miller 

 and a committee of the Association. To provide the funds neces- 

 sary to pay for this, a per capita assessment was levied, by resolu- 

 tion adopted, upon all the Herefords owned by the several members 

 of the Association on the 1st day of July, 1883. Under this resolu- 

 tion eighty members reported their herds for assessment for this 

 purpose, and the aggregate number was a little over 2,300. 



The committee on special-prize fund for the next fat stock 

 show reported that they had secured the $2,000.00 for this purpose, 

 and recommended a classification for same, which was approved. 

 It was now deemed necessary that this Association should have a 



