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reported experiments conducted at the Indiana Station on the value of grind- 

 ing and shelling corn for hogs and compared results with those obtained at 

 other stations. Feeding trials at the Kansas Station were reported by W. A. 

 Cochel in which he outlined the methods of finishing cattle on roughage without 

 grain supplements. J. M, Evvard gave the results of experiments which have 

 been conducted at the Iowa Station on the value of different pasture crops for 

 growing pigs and brood sows. 



At the evening session the topic under discussion was the meat supply. After 

 a brief statement of the importance of thi« subject by the president of the 

 society, C. F. Curtiss, the discussion was opened by H. J. Waters, in which he 

 spoke of the needs of readjusting the live stock industry, with particular em- 

 phasis upon the necessity for its redistribution. W. A. Cochel stated that more 

 economical use of roughage and cattle feeding and an improvement of our 

 waste lands were important factors toward increasing our meat supply. The 

 changes taking place in the live stock industry were described by E. W. Morse 

 of this Department and were shown to be similar to the changes going on 

 in many other industries. He stated that much idle land in the East and 

 South could soon be put to profitable use for meat production. 



H. P. Armsby outlined the need of more scientific investigation in connection 

 with fundamental problems in animal nutrition and showed wherein present- 

 day experiments are more or less superficial. A study of the market conditions 

 was reported by H. P. Smith in which he showed the constantly increasing 

 number of calves slaughtered, particularly in the dairy States. J. H. Skinner 

 pointed out the necessity of farmers in the Corn Belt putting live stock on a 

 breeding basis, rather than remaining as " finishers " of range bred cattle. 

 The possibilities of meat production in Central America were outlined by N. S. 

 Mayo. 



Several speakers referred to the proposed legislation prohibiting the slaugh- 

 tering of calves under 1 year of age, their feeling being that such legislation 

 was unnecessary, unjust, and diflScult of enforcement if enacted. It was argued 

 that the practice is actually an economical one, since the larger number of 

 calves are slaughtered near the large centers of population where feed is too 

 high to make into beef. Many of the calves are not of beef type, though they 

 make good veal at 6 or 8 weeks of age. 



There was a general agreement among all the speakers that the supply of 

 meat in the United States had not been reached, as is supposed by many people. 

 The present situation was criticised on the basis that the meat producer is not 

 getting the profits he should, while the consumer is paying unusually high 

 prices. It was believed that the present shortage in meat animals will be sup- 

 plied as soon as production becomes more profitable. It was voted that the 

 president appoint a committee to confer with the Secretary of Agriculture rela- 

 tive to plans for the study of the meat supply problem. 



Officers of the society for the ensuing year were elected as follows : President, 

 E. B. Forbes, Ohio ; vice president. J. H. Skinner, Indiana ; secretary and treas- 

 urer, D. H. Otis, Wisconsin; and the committee on experiments, H. W. Mum- 

 ford, Illinois, and J. H. Skinner, Indiana. 



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