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over others, but to uphold the system of 



EEAEINC CHILDKEN WITHOUT MEDICINE, 



And to say, that if a child can fare thus _well 

 in the bands of a mother whose nervous sys- 

 tem has been a wreck since the birth of her 

 first child twelve years ago, what may not 

 you well mothers do? Agnes. 



Semi-Annual Convention of the Short, 

 horn Stock Breeder's Association. 



T the last meeting of the Semi-Annual 

 Convention of the Shorthorn Stock 

 '™^ Breeders Association of California, Mr. 

 L,^ Cyrus Jones, President was in the chair 

 and Mr. Bridgeford acted as Secretary, 

 the following business was transacted : 



A Committee on resolutions on the death of 

 G. N. Sweezy, a member of the society, was 

 appointed, consisting of Messrs. Overheizer, 

 Younger and Quinn. The Committee subse- 

 quently reported the following preamble and 

 resolutions which were adopted: 



Wheeeas, We have learned with much sor- 

 row of the death of one of our most valued 

 members, Mr. G. N. Sweezy, who departed 

 this life since our last meeting, He was an 

 early pioneer, grew up with the country, and 

 was truly devoted to the interests of his 

 adopted California. His enterprise in plant- 

 ing out the semi-tropical fruits, that were 

 beginning to realize his most sanguine hopes; 

 his ardent devotion to and admiration of the 

 Shorthorn; his skill in breeding and feeding 

 them; the splendid displays he has made for 

 years at our State fairs; his manly and hon- 

 orable competition, shows that he was imbued 

 with the great interests of the country. Well 

 we do remember the eloquent and forcible 

 speech he made at this place one year ago, to 

 harmonize and foster the interests of the 

 Shorthorn breeders. 



Besolved, That in his death we have lost a 

 valued friend, and that we send our condo- 

 lence to his stricken wife and children. Peace 

 to his memory. 



Besolved, That the President and Secretary 

 forward a copy of these resolutions to the 

 bereaved family. 



The following gentlemen were elected mem- 

 bers of the Association; M. B. Sturgiss, Cen- 

 terville; E. Fore, Princeton; L. W. Shippen, 

 Stockton; E. D. Brown, Haywood; B. Bates, 

 Courtland; E. Comstock, Sacramento; A. J. 

 Scoggins, Colusa; E. G. Weston, Folsom; E. 

 A. IJridgeford. 



Colonel Younger was then introduced, and 

 delivered the semi-annual address. This ad- 

 dress treated of stock-raising entirely. The 

 following resolutions were passed: 



llrsiilreil. That the thanks of this Society 

 be tenedered to Colonel Younger for his able 

 address on Shorthorns. We commend it to 

 the people of California as embodying much 

 jiractical and useful information, and especi- 

 ally to the young breeders. We also thank 

 him for his devotion to our interests as a 

 member of the State Agricultural Board; his 

 uniform attention to all our wants, and his 

 niiinly stand for our rights. In him we feel 

 that the st(pck breeders of California have a 

 trrie representative. 



Members and visitors, and breeders of other 

 kinds of cattle than Shorthorns, were then 

 called on and addressed the Society on sub- 

 jects of interest to the Convention. Among 

 thmo were Messrs. .Jones, Quinn and Wicks. 



The question of having an annual grand 



cattle sale and exhibition was discussed, and 

 it was finally I'esolved to hold it at Agricultu- 

 ral Park, Sacramento, on the third Thursday 

 of April next. 



The Prefident and Secretary of the Con- 

 vention were directed to i^repare a cataloiigo 

 of all the stock to be sold at such exhibition. 

 The Convention adopted the following reso- 

 lutions: 



IlfSoh--r:il, That it is the desire of all the 

 exhibitors of shorthorn cattle at the State 

 fair for the Committee to make known their 

 decision by tying on the ribbon a)id declaring 

 the winner at the time of decision. 



Resohxd, That the thanks of this meeting 

 be tendered to the reporters of the Becord- 

 Univn and Bulldin for the interests they have 

 taken in our meetings. 



The Convention then adjourned to meet in 

 Sau Francisco, April 1st, 187(5. 



"Foot and Mouth Disease" Among 

 Our Cattle- 

 Says the Indiana Farmer: This disease 

 which has prevailed more or less in England 

 for several years, and is now sweeping oflf 

 thousands of cattle there, it has made its ap- 

 pearance here. The Jersey herd or F. M. 

 Churchman, of Indianapolis, has been at- 

 tacked with it, and one animal died with it a 

 few days ago. Animals affected with the 

 disease show profusive saliva, .and the feet 

 are exceedingly tender. 



In England where it has longest prevailed 

 the disease is found to be very contagious, 

 and a separation from the other animals 

 should be promptly attended to. As dis- 

 infectants, camphor and carbolic acid is rec- 

 ommended. The feet should be washed with 

 a solution of one part of this acid to ten parts 

 of water, and the mouth and nostrils with a 

 warm solution of one part carboliea cid to 

 thirty parts of water. This is donewith a 

 syringe. 



So fatal and to such an extent is the dis- 

 ease prevailing in England, that a meat famine 

 is feared there. The cattle in the western 

 coast is more or less afleeted, and the strictest 

 surveillance prevails over all stock imported 

 into England. 



The greatest care should be taken among 

 our stock men to separate the affected animals 

 on the first ajjpearance of the disease. The 

 remedy given above has proven the best that 

 has been tried, and if administered in time 

 usually cures. 



The Farmer in an article on the cattle dis- 

 ease in England says the number of cases for 

 the quarter ending the ICth of October, is as 

 follows: In Somersetshire, 83,000; Glouces- 

 tersetshire, 44,000; Cheshire, .''.0,000; Dorset- 

 shire, 48,000; Oxfordshire, ,S.5,000; AVarwick- 

 shire, 33.000; Norfolk, 31,000; Cumberland, 

 23,000. Throughout England and Wales 

 there were for the same time over 500,000 

 cases. 



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Mes. Jones did not interfere when Jones 

 bought a farm, but when he talked about 

 stocking it, she put in a strong plea for the 

 new stripped pattern. 



Ameeican Shoethoen Heed Book. — The 

 time for receiving pedigrees for the American 

 Shorthorn Herd Book, vol. 15, has be. n ex- 

 tended to December 1st. Address the editor, 

 L. F. Allen, 1192 Niagara street, Buffalo, 

 New York. 



Says the Fresno Expositor; "C.'itlle in the 

 swamps are said to bo in a very bad comli- 

 tiou. The feed is very short, and stock poor, 

 aad in consequenoe lage numbers are dying. 

 They get mired in the water holes, and are 

 unable to extricate themselves. The worst 

 timo has not yet arrived: .\fter the rains 

 commence, the loss is sure to be great." 



Live Stock at the Centennial. 



A happy solution has been reached of the 

 troublesome problem how to provide ade- 

 quately for that department at the Interna- 

 tional Exhibition which comprises horses, 

 mules, horned cattle, sheep, swine, etc. It 

 was manifest that these could not be accom- 

 modated in the vicinity of the Agricultural 

 Building at the Exhibition, or within the 

 Park enclosure, since, in the first place, the 

 only available drainage of any such tract 

 must be into the Schuylkill at a point above 

 the Water Works of the city and of the Ex. 

 hibition; and next, the area of disposable 

 ground in . that locality is wholly unequal to 

 the magnitude of the live stock exhibition to 

 be provided for. 



In this emergency the Board of Finance 

 have been fortunate in leasing from Pennsyl- 

 vania Eailroad Company the stock-yards, 

 above the twenty-two acres in extent, which 

 are now used as drove-yards by that company 

 but from which they intend to remove in 

 December next, and which are situated upon 

 the south side of its main line of tracks be- 

 tween Belmont avenue and Forty-first street, 

 within a few hundred feet of the principal 

 entrance to the Exhibition Grounds. This 

 ground is passed by street railways on both 

 of the bounding streets, as well ,as by the 

 Pennsylvania Ilailroad, which will erect a 

 depot upon it for passenger accommodation, 

 and has alreadj' sidings and platforms within 

 the enclosure for the unloading of animals, 

 so that these can be brought by rail from any 

 point without transshipment. The existing 

 shedding will be cleared away, and the whole 

 surface handsomely renovated and supplied 

 with stalls of a convenience and neatness 

 unusual .at live stock exhibitions. Mauj' of 

 the important preliminaries are already pro- 

 vided, since, in addition to the essential rail- 

 road facilities already mentioned, water is 

 now distributed throughout the entire tract by 

 service pipes twenty-tive feet apart; thorough 

 di'ainage can be secured through the adjacent 

 city sewers; much of the surface is paved; 

 large numbers of neighboring sheds and 

 barns provide sutflciently for storage of hay. 

 grain, etc., and hotels hard bj', formerly used 

 by the drovers, will accommodate exhibitors 

 and their agents. When it is added that the 

 area of the land is such as to admit the con- 

 struction of a half mile track for the exercise 

 of the auim.als and their examination by the 

 judges, it will be seen that the managers of 

 the Exhibition have provided the means of 

 giving its due prominence to this very im- 

 jxn-tant department of the Agricultural Exhi- 

 bition. 



Special series of live stock exhibitions have 

 been provided for as follows: Horses from 

 Septeniuer 1st to September 15th; neat cattle 

 from September 20th to October 5th; sheep, 

 swine, dogs, from October 10th to October 

 25th; po\iltrv from October 25th to November 

 l(,th. 



Persons who intend making entries for this 

 exhibition should do so without delay, in 

 order that the managers may be able to 

 estimate the numb<'r of stalls and extent of 

 other preparations that will bo needed. In 

 the large Agricultural Exhibition Building, 

 though it covers ten acres, so many applica- 

 tions for space have been made by exhibitors 

 of agricultural produi'ls and machinery as to 

 necessitate an enlargement of the original 

 plan. The display of live stock is likely to 

 be no less popular; and those wishing to par- 

 ticipate in it, even though their applications 

 Muxy require future amendment, sliould lose 

 no timo in communicating with Jlr. Burnette 

 Landreth, Chief of the Bureau of Agriculture 

 Internatiiinal Exhibition, Philadel]>liia. 



