SHORTHORN BREEDERS. 353" 



corn, but there has never been an over production in beef. We are becoming, day 

 by day, more of a bSef-eating people. There are hundreds of thousands of workers 

 in iron, in mines, in various manufacturing industries, and the dense population 

 of our cities to be fed, and they demand beef. '• I do not want any veal ; I do not 

 want rabbit. I want it understood to-day that the color in my face is due to beef."" 

 [Laughter.] * 



The President. You are entitled to be received here as a full-grown Shorthorn 

 breeder. 



Mr. MitcheUl strongly urged the utility of, and reported the result of his en- 

 deavors to secure a fat stock show at Indianapolis, which would have been under- 

 taken last fall, as he believed, had not the Ohio flood sufferers become just then 

 an object of sympathy to which all wanted to contribute. After this, of course, he 

 had to forego any further collecting of the necessary guarantee fund. 



Mr. Thonipson. I move sir, that the State Board of Agriculture take some steps 

 to hold a fat stock show in November, and we guarantee that .Tohnson county will 

 have some here. 



Mr. Mitchell. From what I have seen it should be later than at Chicago. Our 

 beeves should be here two or three. weeks before Christmas and you can sell them 

 for Christmas beeves. If we have the show in November, you would have to take 

 them home and wait for the Christmas market. I think Chicago will recind the 

 killing of premium cattle so early hereafter. The carcasses of Star Prince and 

 Koan Boy spoiled on their hands, owing to warm weather. 



Mr. Thompson. By fixing the time before the Chicago show, it would induce 

 them to exhibit at Chicago after showing here first, but I am willing to leave 

 this to the State Board of Agriculture to arrange. 



Motion carried. 



Convention adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. 



WEDNESDAY — MORNING SESSION. 



The meeting came to order at the call of Vice-President Mitchell, pursuant to 

 adjournment. 



The parties who were to have presented papers being still absent, some time 

 was taken up with discussion regarding the propriety of joining the National Cat- 

 tle Growers' Association, but no definite action was taken. 



Judge Buckles took the floor and spoke some time in favor of his suggestion 

 made the day previous, that a column or so of space should be secured in some 

 weekly agricultural paper published in Indianapolis, for a Shorthorn department, 

 to be edited by the secretary or some other properly qualified person on behalf of 

 the society. If it was necessary to pay for such services, he, for his part, was quite 

 ready to do his part towards it. The good accomplished by the stock papers he 

 was most ready to acknowledge, but, unfortunately, they circulated among men 

 who were already breeders and did not reach, or but rarely reached, the general 

 farmer. 



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