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ship of 34 not many, -but militant Mr. Culbert- 

 son, who now virtually assumed the leadership 

 which up to this time had been exercised by Mr. 

 Miller, called upon the faithful to at once prepare 

 to fight the Shorthorns to a finish at future fat 

 stock shows. Looking towards that end, Mr. Cul- 

 bertson exhorted the members to castrate not less 

 than 300 bull calves, and from this number to select 

 100 of the best for showing ; one or two men should 

 no longer bear the burden ; the load was too heavy ; 

 the stake was too large. For himself he pledged 

 forty calves as a starter and Mr. J. E. Price fol- 

 lowed with a promise of thirty more. Messrs. Swan 

 Bros. & Frank said they could be depended upon for 

 fifty. 



Mr. Burleigh of Maine stated that although he 

 "hailed from a country where it was said they had 

 to line the noses of their cattle with steel so that 

 they could graze on the flinty hills, and although 

 they had to bring corn from Chicago to feed them, ' ' 

 he would alter every grade calf dropped on his place 

 and he would also alter five purebreds and fit them 

 for this show. 



Mr. Clark said that "gentlemen would do well to 

 bear in mind that if they wanted good steers they 

 must alter good calves. " 



Mr. Giidgell thought that it was best to show 

 purebreds. Hereford breeders would get no credit 

 for the grades, no matter how good. The Short- 

 horn breeders would claim that the good quality all 

 came from the Shorthorn blood. "We must meet 



