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them, and beat them with Herefords," he said. He 

 would alter two purebreds good ones and there 

 was no breeder present who could not well afford 

 to sacrifice at least one good calf for the cause. 

 Mr. Burleigh also did not like to hear so much talk 

 about showing grades. He wanted pure Herefords, 

 good representatives of the breed, so that there 

 could be no dodging the question, and no excuse for 

 withholding the credit to the Hereford blood. He 

 would alter four and show them. 



Mr. Hershey said he did not want to hear any 

 more talk of showing grades. Hereford breeders 

 must show Herefords. In response to a question 

 from Mr. Culbertson as to how many purebreds he 

 would alter, he responded, "As many as you will." 

 Mr. Burleigh of Iowa said he would alter thirty 

 grades, and "as many more as he could get." 



Naturally Shorthorn breeders were satisfied with 

 the way things were going, and at the annual meet- 

 ing of their association, held the same week, the 

 show was warmly commended and its management 

 praised. That Conqueror and the Hereford block- 

 winners had made some of them somewhat nervous 

 was evidenced, however, by some of the discussion 

 at this meeting of 1881. For example: 



Mr. Streeter said that Shorthorn breeders should 

 "wake up to the importance of making steers of 

 some of their best purebreds, and bringing them out 

 to compete with the Herefords." The gauntlet had 

 been "thrown defiantly down by the Hereford men, 

 and we must take it up. We have the material to 



