HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



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Swan Bros. & Frank, 600 ; W. E. Campbell, 10 ; 

 Scott & Hank, 20 ; total, 630. 



The testimonial to Mr. William Henry Soth- 

 am was then introduced, and the following 

 amounts, making a total of $535, were pre- 

 sented to him: T. L. Miller Company, $100; 

 C. M. Culbertson, $100; J. M. Studebaker, 

 $100; T. C. Ponting, $25; William Powell, $5; 

 Edwin Phelps, $25; William Hamilton, $50; 

 Thomas Foster, $50; A. H. Hood, $5; W. S. 

 VanNatta, $10; Earl & Stuart, $20; 0. Bush, 

 $5 ; A. D. Raub, $5 ; G. S. Burleigh, $5 ; John 

 Gosling, $5; (|f 156) Thomas Clark, $10; 

 Price & Jenks, $5 ; Charles Gudgell, $10. 



The subject of the members of this Associa- 

 tion making up a purse of $2,000 to be offered 

 in premiums for Hereford cattle to be exhibited 

 at the next Fat Stock Show was introduced by 

 T. L. Miller. It was clearly shown how such 

 an amount as this offered in prizes to Hereford 

 breeders, in addition to the amounts offered by 

 the management of the show, would bring out 

 and encourage the feeding of a very large num- 

 ber of Hereford steers. The result of this ap- 

 peal was the circulation of a subscription pa- 

 per, of which the following is a copy : 



We agree to pay the following sums, pro- 

 vided two thousand dollars is raised, towards 

 prizes to be given for Hereford cattle at the 

 Fat Stock Show in 1883, the classification to 

 be made by a committee to consist of C. B. 

 Stuart, T. E. Miller and C. K. Parmelee, and 

 such classification to be published as early as 

 possible. 



There was about $1,500 subscribed to the 

 fund, and the committee was instructed to use 

 every endeavor to make the sum up to the re- 

 quired amount. The meeting then adjourned 

 to Wednesda}', November 22, at the same place. 



The meeting of November 22d was called to 

 order by the President, C. M. Culbertson. The 

 report of the former Treasurer, Mr. Adams 

 Earl, was called for, who reported $260 on 

 hand. Mr. C. B. Stuart, who was elected Treas- 

 urer at the meeting on the 21st, resigned his 

 office for the purpose of having the Secretary 

 also hold the office of Treasurer. T. E. Miller, 

 of Beecher, 111., was elected Secretary and Treas- 

 urer for the ensuing year. 



The resolution was adopted that all cattle for 

 entry in the Herd Book, which clearly came in- 

 side the rules made for admission of cattle, 

 should be printed by its editor without submis- 

 sion to the Auditing Committee. 



It was moved and carried that the Auditing 

 Committee be authorized to draw the necessary 

 money from the treasury to pay C. M. Culbert- 



son, Jr., for his services in examining the 

 American Hereford Record. 



The President suggested that the prizes at 

 the various agricultural shows should be given 

 to young cattle, and thus discourage the keep- 

 ing in the show herds of older cows and large 

 cattle. After considerable discussion and 

 amendments the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting 

 that the agricultural societies throughout the 

 country should make their highest herd prize 

 for young cattle under two years and over one 

 year old; their second prize to a herd under 

 three years and over two years old. W'* . 



Owing to a misunderstanding in some of the 

 Chicago papers, a,s to the testimonial given to 

 Mr. Sotham, the following was adopted as the 

 sense of the Association : "The fund that was 

 presented to Mr. William Henry Sotham was 

 for the purpose of rewarding him for his ser- 

 vices for forty years in pushing the cause of 

 Hereford cattle, and is in no sense a charity, 

 but is for the purpose of showing the high 

 sense of appreciation of this Society for the 

 services rendered by Mr. Sotham in introducing 

 Hereford cattle/' 



The attention of the Society was called to 

 the ages of the Shorthorn steers being shown at 

 the present Fat Stock Show, in which it was 

 stated that Mr. D. 

 M. Moningor, of 

 Galvin, Iowa, en- 

 tered the steer 

 called "Champion 

 of Iowa" as 715 

 days old, or 1 

 year 1 1 months 

 and 21 days old. 

 He shows six teeth 

 of full size, and 

 by the mouth is 

 over three years 

 old. The horns 

 of this steer have 

 been filed and 

 dressed to give 

 him the appear- 

 ance of being 

 younger than his 

 mouth would make him. There are several 

 other steers entered by Mr. Moninger as two- 

 year-olds whose mouths would indicate a greater 

 age than that for which they were entered. 



After some discussion it was moved that the 

 President, Mr. C. M. Culbertson, be requested 

 to see Mr. J. P. Reynolds and take what steps 

 were necessary when the matter of the ages of 



JUDGE T. C. JONES, 

 Delaware, Ont. 



