HISTORY OF HEREFORD CATTLE 



Shorthorn steers came up before the State 

 Board. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. J. Irving 



Pearce, proprietor of the Sherman House, for 



the use of the rooms occupied by this Society. 



The Society then adjourned subject to the 



call of the President and Executive Committee. 



(Signed) T. E. MILLER, 



Secretary. 



Pursuant to a call from the Executive Com- 

 mittee, there was a meeting of this Association 



at 10 o'clock A. M. 



_^gM^^^ on February 28, 



1883, at the Sher- 

 man House, Chi- 

 cago. The busi- 

 ness to be brought 

 before the meet- 

 ing, as stated in 

 the call, was as 

 follows : 



First. To con- 

 sider and act up- 

 on rules to govern 

 future entries in 

 the "American 

 Hereford Record." 

 Second. To 

 consider proposi- 

 tions, looking to- 

 ward the Asso- 

 ciation owning the 

 "American Hereford Record." 



Third. The organization of a life member- 

 ship society of American Hereford breeders. 



Mr. B. Hershey and Mr. Adams Earl were 

 appointed by the Chair to confer with T. L. 

 Miller for the purchase of the "American Here- 

 ford Record" and report to the Association. 

 1 After some discussion as to the method of 

 making entries in the American Hereford Rec- 

 ord and the undesirable form in which the 

 English Herd Book was published, an extract 

 was read from a letter from Mr. John Hill, of 

 Felhampton Court, England, one of the editing 

 committee of the English Hereford Herd Book. 

 The Hon. Thomas Duckham is also one of the 

 editing committee. The extract is as follows: 

 "I should like to have your opinion on the 

 resolution I proposed at the last meeting of 

 the English Hereford Herd Book Society, which 

 was, that every cow should have four crosses, 

 and every bull four crosses (which is now the 

 rule). Mr. Duckham seconded me, but we were 

 beaten, of course, being strongly opposed by 

 men who have short pedigree animals and who 

 are making up herds from doubtful beginnings. 

 I go even further than this, and I think it 



WM. WARPIELD, 

 Lexington, Ky. 



would, in a year or two (due notice being 

 given), do better to have no animal entered un- 

 less it can trace to a cow already entered in the 

 Herd Book. This would keep the breed pure, 

 and prevent any alien from getting in. If you 

 and other breeders in America approve of my 

 scheme, it would, of course, strengthen my 

 hands much to have their opinions in writing." 



Upon hearing the letter read, the following 

 resolutions were introduced and carried unani- 

 mously : 



Resolved, That we, as Hereford cattle breed- 

 ers of America, recognizing the great impor- 

 tance of keeping the breed in its purest state, 

 most heartily endorse all that Mr. Hill and Mr. 

 Duckham suggest in the above communication, 

 and that we hope that the English Society may 

 take some such action looking to some such end. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be made a 

 part of our records, and a copy of the same be 

 sent to Messrs. Hill and Duckham. 



The committee appointed to report of the 

 purchase of the Herd Book submitted the fol- 

 lowing report from the owner : 



Chicago, February 28, 1883. 

 I propose to sell the American Hereford Rec- 

 ord to the American Hereford Cattle Breeders' 

 Association, if they desire to purchase the same, 

 for the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), 

 to be paid for within one year of this date, with 

 6 per cent, interest. In making this proposition 

 it is distinctly understood it shall be and re- 

 main in the American Hereford Cattle Breed- 

 ers' Association. (Sighed) T. L. MILLER. 



The proposition was accepted by the Associa- 

 tion and the money was raised by assessing each 

 member of the Association $2.17 for each thor- 

 oughbred Hereford owned by them on July 1, 

 1883. 



The Chair appointed the following members 

 for incorporating the American Hereford Cat- 

 tle Breeders' Association : W. S VanXatta, C. B. 

 Stuart, C. M. Culbertson, G. S. Burleigh and 

 T. L. Miller. Mr. J. B. Sollitt then introduced 

 the following resolution, which was seconded 

 and carried unanimously: Resolved, That the 

 thanks of this Association are due and are- 

 hereby tendered to T. L. Miller for the able and 

 effective manner in which he has got up and 

 published the American Hereford Record; also 

 for his able and vigorous defense of the Here- 

 ford interest through the last eleven years. 



The rules governing entries to the American 

 Hereford Record were then brought up by the 

 committee, and adopted. Mr. C. B. Stuart 

 moved that Mr. Miller be appointed a commit- 

 tee of one, as he is contemplating a trip to 



