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HISTOEY OF HEEEFOB'D CATTLE 



approve of fat stock shows. It is the great edu- 

 cator, for on the block all beef has finally to be 

 tested. We heard old butchers say at the last 

 fall show that they had been butchers for 

 twenty to thirty years, but had learned more 

 in two days at the fat stock show than they 

 had in the past thirty years. Of course they 

 must have been Bourbons all that time. We 

 do not want such for judges ; we want butchers 

 that try to learn something every day. Our 

 ambition should be, not how or by what tricks 

 we can obtain premiums,, but rather how to 

 merit them, then if beaten unfairly, it is some- 

 times worth more than a victory, where the 

 spectators see that palpable injustice has been 

 done. 



"Having examined the American Hereford 

 Record, we have no hesitation in saying that we 

 approve it for its simplicity and brevity, and 

 so far as we have examined it, find it correct 

 and reliable, and in connection with this, we 

 must say that T. L. Miller deserves much praise 

 from the Hereford breeders for not only get- 

 ting up the Eecord, but also for the long and 

 steady fights he has made, almost alone, in 

 championing the Hereford cause, until he 

 brought them to the front to stay; for, once to 

 the front, they will take care of themselves." 



The following officers were elected : President, 

 C. M. Culbertson, Chicago, 111.; Secretary, T. 

 E. Miller, Beecher, 111. ; Treasurer, Adams Earl, 



A BREEDERS' JOURNAL CARTOON OF 1883. 

 (President Scott stands on the rule.) 



Lafayette, Ind. ; Vice-presidents, A. H. Swan, 

 Cheyenne, Wyo. ; W. H. Todd (If 139), Ver- 

 million, Ohio ; William Hamilton, Flint, Mich. ; 

 E. W. Sample, Lafayette, Ind. ; G. S. Burleigh 

 (fi 140), Mechanicsville, Iowa; J. M. Stude- 

 baker, South Bend, Ind. ; William H. Sotham, 

 Chicago, 111. ; A. H. Seabury, New Bedford, 

 Mass. ; A. D. Eaub, Earl Park, Ind. ; N. Abbe, 

 Elyria, Ohio; Mr. Lee of Lee & Eeynolds, 

 Camp Supply. Indian Territory. 



Auditing Committee: William Powell, 

 Beecher, 111.; Thomas Clark, Beecher, 111.; T. 

 L. Miller, Beecher, 111. 



One- Year Directors: H. Norris, Aurora, 

 111.; E. E. Price, Chicago, 111.; C. Gudgell, 

 Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



Two-Year Directors: Joseph Frank, Chi- 

 cago, 111.; George F. Morgan, Camargo, 111.; 

 W. S. VanNatta (]f 141), Fowler, Ind. 



Three- Year Directors : Thomas Clark, 

 Beecher, 111. ; W. E. Campbell, Caldwell, Kas. ; 

 T. L. Miller, Beecher, 111. 



Mr. Earl, Chairman of the Business Com- 

 mittee, recommended the adoption of the 

 American Hereford Herd Book, as gotten up in 

 good shape, and giving correct pedigree of 

 Hereford cattle in all its arrangements. It was 

 adopted by a unanimous vote. 



Mr. Miller handed the President a copy of 

 the American Hereford Eecord to be presented 

 to Mr. W. H. Sotham, the old champion and 

 original Hereford advocate. (^ 142) It was 

 presented him in the name of the Association. 



(If 143) 



It was moved and adopted that the Associa- 

 tion meet annually for general purposes of busi- 

 ness connected with this Association during the 

 week of the Fat Stock Show at Chicago, 111. 

 (11 144) 



The second meeting of the Association 

 (j[ 145) was held during the Chicago Fat Stock 

 Show, Friday, November 11, 1881. The same 

 officers were re-elected and general work 

 planned. The meeting was very successful, 

 and the enthusiasm that it produced among 

 the breeders of Herefords contributed largely 

 to the success and larger show of Hereford 

 steers that were made the following year. 



The third meeting of this Association was 

 held on November 17, 1882, in the club room 

 of the Sherman House, Chicago, 111. The meet- 

 ing was called to order by the President, C. M. 

 Culbertson, of Chicago. In his opening ad- 

 dress the President stated that, as the most of 

 the Hereford breeders had not arrived in Chi- 

 cago, this meeting would be merely a prelim- 

 inary one for the purpose of talking over busi- 

 ness matters that would be brought up before 

 the regular annual meeting, to be held Novem- 

 ber 21st. 



The matter of the American Hereford Cattle 

 Breeders' Association purchasing, as a society, 

 from Mr. T. L. Miller, of Beecher, 111., the 

 American Hereford Eecord, was introduced. 

 The President appointed a committee of three 

 gentlemen, consisting of Mr. W. S. VanNatta, 

 Mr. E. W. Sample and Mr. J. M. Studebaker, 

 to wait on T. L. Miller and ascertain from him 



