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Professor WALLACE : I should like to say one word before 

 we close. I am quite sure that my lecture would not have 

 been a success unless Mr. Elwes had been here. Mr. Elwes 

 has been my trumpeter for the last thirty years, and 1 am 

 always quite certain that anything I say will be duly 

 emphasized by Mr. Elwes. But there is one thing in regard 

 to which Mr. Elwes and I do not see eye to eye, and that 

 is in regard to our opinion of Dr. Young. Now Mr. Elwes 

 has never seen Dr. Young. I have travelled and corresponded 

 with Dr. Young, he has advised me with regard to this breed 

 in Scotland, and we have found Dr. Young's practical results 

 come out what he said they would time and again. I do not 

 think Dr. Young is a perfect guide, but he is the best we can 

 get, and when he comes back I am quite sure I shall have a 

 battle royal with him. He has been worrying me every day to 

 change something; he even wanted me to change my lecture 

 to-night. Dr. Young has done great service in this matter; 

 he has been brought up in the business, and I greatly believe 

 in men who have been brought up to a business, and in fact 

 people who come into businesses of this intricate kind, after 

 they have grown up, never make a success of it in my opinion. 

 We are going to stick to what Dr. Young has told us 

 until we get a better guide. 



That sheep which Mr. Elwes mentioned happens to have 

 been the only one Dr. Young knew nothing about. That was 

 a sheep which I got from somebody else. When I showed it 

 to Dr. Young he went into ecstasies; he said, "That is the 

 sheep I wanted to get and could not find! ' Dr. Young has 

 given me a lot of information, but nine-tenths of the 

 information in the lecture I obtained from other sources, 

 and I know I will have a fight over what I have said 

 when he comes back. It will be a great time when Mr. 

 Elwes and Dr. Young and I get together. The public, at 

 any rate, may now know that at least the three greatest 

 authorities on this question have not settled what the}' 

 consider the rights and the wrongs of this very important 

 matter. I thank you for the attention and patience with which 

 you have listened to my address, and I hope this is only the 

 beginning of a great industry. 



Professor P. CARMODY (Trinidad) moved a vote of thanks 

 t ^ the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation, and the 

 proceedings terminated. 



