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England, to confer with the English Hereford 

 Herd Book Association, and act in conjunction 

 with them, taking such steps as may be neces- 

 sary to place their pedigrees on such a footing 

 as will qualify them for entry in the American 

 Hereford Record. The price of entries in the 

 Herd Book to persons not members of this Asso- 

 ciation was fixed at $2, and the price of the' 

 Herd Book at $5. 



The Executive Committee was authorized to 

 employ the Secretary of this Association to take 

 care of the property of this Association and do 

 the work of this Herd Book and pay him for the 

 work done. 



A resolution of thanks was then introduced 

 as follows: Resolved, That the thanks of this 

 Association be tendered to Mr. T. L. Miller for 

 the Hereford beef furnished for the dinner this 

 day; and also to Mr. J. Irving Pearce for the 

 use of the club room. 



Adjourned to meet again during the Chicago 

 Fat Stock Show in November next. 



(Signed) T. E. MILLER, Secretary. 



In pursuance of the authority given us by 

 the American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation, to confer with the English Hereford 

 Herd Book Society, in regard to the rules that 

 should govern the admission of cattle to the 

 Herd Book, we attended the Herefordshire Ag- 

 ricultural Show that was held at Abergavenny, 

 England, in June, 1883. During this show the 

 Hereford Herd Book Society held its annual 

 meeting. It was held in the committee room 

 on the show grounds. Mr. J. H. Arkwright 

 presided. After the report of the Secretary, 

 Mr. S. W. Urwick, other business was trans- 

 acted and the Society had its attention called 

 to the rules governing the admission of cattle 

 to the Herd Book. 



Mr. Miller (America) said he had been re- 

 quested by the American Hereford Cattle 

 Breeders' Association to seek an interview with 

 the Council of the Hereford Herd Book So- 

 ciety, to see if some arrangement could be made 

 so that the pedigree entries of cattle in the 

 Herd Books published by both societies might 

 be made to correspond. He would be very glad 

 to meet the members of the Council to consider 

 the question. 



Mr. Chairman: "Have we your book?" 



Mr. Miller: "Yes, I sent a copy to each 

 member of your editing committee, I believe. 



There were two volumes." The Chairman said 

 he "had not received a copy." He "should 

 think that the proposed conference would be 

 very desirable." 



Mr. Miller said he "did not know exactly 

 what the rules of the Society were, but in the 

 Association to which he belonged four crosses 

 for dams and five for bulls were laid down, 

 while in England it was only three crosses for 

 dams and four for bulls. He wished to confer 

 with the Council to see if a uniform arrange- 

 ment could not be made. The members of the 

 Association desired to know, not only that an 

 animal was thoroughbred, but how, and why it 

 was thoroughbred. He would like to obtain the 

 views of the Hereford Council upon these mat- 

 ters, so that he could report to the Association." 



The Chairman said that "when the Society 

 began, a mistaken interpretation was put upon 

 one of the rules. When the mistake was found 

 out, they went back to the strict interpretation 

 of the rule, so that 

 the Society had not 

 reduced the stand- 

 ard." 



Mr. Miller 

 thought that "it 

 would be eminent- 

 ly advisable for 

 the two societies 

 to be in accord in 

 this matter." 



The Chairman : 

 "We tried it once, 

 but we were beat- 

 en. However, I 

 will propose that 

 we have a special THOMAS SMITH, 



meeting." Mr. Crete, in. 



Robinson proposed that it should be a general 

 meeting of the members. The Chairman: "I 

 think the Council should consider it first and 

 then it should be referred to a general meeting 

 of the members." Mr. A. Rogers seconded the 

 resolution, and it was carried. 



The Society had their annual dinner, after 

 getting through with their business, under a 

 monster tent. The dinner was very largely at- 

 'tended. After this they proceeded with the 

 toasts and speeches, which, as usual on such oc- 

 casions, were large in number and long in dura- 

 tion. 



