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of Aberdeen Angus breeders profitable. The judicious manner in 

 which the American Aberdeen Angus Breeders' Association has spent 

 its money whether it was in large or small sums, has borne fruit 

 which has been worthy of being heralded in every cattle section of the 

 country as well as abroad. Notwithstanding what has been ac- 

 complished at the leading fairs where cooperation has reached its 

 highest degree oi efficiency many improvements can be made during 

 the next decade and greater numbers can be reached. Beyond the 

 reach of the state fairs and shows and expositions there is a field of 

 greater vastness than has been reached or can be hoped to be reached 

 by state fairs and shows. The county, street and local fairs will un- 

 doubtedly rise to every occasion as it naturally develops. One is safe 

 in saying that if we progress in the matter of fairs and shows during 

 the next generation, as we have during the past, and there is every 

 reason to believe we will far surpass, we should be able to extend 

 through fairs of great and small degree an opportunity for everyone 

 to review breeds of live stock in general and Aberdeen Angus in par- 

 ticular. 



Much credit is due the colleges and universities of the country for 

 the substantial manner in which they have extended the merits of 

 improved live stock. The Iowa State College is a shining example of 

 what can be done with profit and at the same time furnish lessons of 

 a scientific and practical nature. The merits of the Aberdeen Angus 

 have not only stood the most rigid tests in extension trips among 

 practical farmers but they have also weathered the most searching in- 

 vestigations of university and college men who are constantly delving 

 into every atom that comprises the animal and plant kingdom. I 

 firmly believe the success which the Iowa State College has attained 

 with Aberdeen Angus cattle is the most substantial evidence of merit 

 any breed has attained in the state of Iowa, and I further believe much 

 of the popularity which Aberdeen Angus enjoy in Iowa is due to its 

 record of superior performance. What has been accomplished in ex- 

 tending the Aberdeen Angus breed by the Iowa State College the past 

 decade is a symbol or promise of what we may expect when they get 

 the various departments of their division of extension in a state of 

 preparedness whereby they can invade any part of the state in any 

 desired number necessary to impress everyone within the borders of 

 Iowa of the real significance of breed extension. 



Another form of extension which is as old as the breed in this 

 country and which has done much in popularizing it is the public 

 sale which has been held by individual breeders and combinations 

 cf breeders. The support the breeders have given the public sales as 

 a whole has been the means of stimulating the trade on many occa- 

 sions when it was dull with those who preach and believe in only 

 private barter. The most authentic material we have on values dur- 

 ing the history of the breed in this country and in Great Britain were 

 obtained from the results of public sales. Public sales are as great 

 an attribute in the success of breed extension as exhibits at fairs and 

 form as valuable a part in the history of any breed. 



