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yards, but it is understood by the stockmen, and it is becoming 

 intolerable. ' 



"The principal remedies which have been advanced and 

 advocated for the improvement of these conditions were 

 summarised by Mr. T. W. Tomlinson. Secretary of the 

 American National Live Stock Association, at the above- 

 mentioned hearing, as follows : — 



' (1) A more even distribution of receipts on five days of 

 the week. This would prevent delays at terminals, and enable 

 the business to be transacted at less expense. 



* (2) A weekly ptiblication by the Government of data as 

 to the meat supply on hand. 



" ' (3) The establishment of public abattoirs in connection 

 with public stockyards. 



" ' (4) Slaughterers to relinquish, as far as possible, their 

 interest in and control of stockyards, and other instrumental- 

 ities involved in the marketing of live-stock. 



" ' (5) Commission houses not to serve as both seller and 

 buyer of the same stock. and to sell direct to country purchasers. 



" " (6) Federal and State Supervision of the Methods 

 and Practices at the Central Markets. 



"(7) A Greater Co-operation towards the end of 

 iring Unrestricted Competition.' " 



Improving Power of the Shorthorn 



An excellent article by Mr. \V. R. Goodwin was published 

 recently in the Shorthorn World on the "Improving Power of 

 the Shorthorn."' This applies to all native stock everywhere. 



Says Mr. < roodwin : The student of beef cattle breeding will 

 conclude that the Shorthorn is not only the cosmopolitan 

 breed, but also the universal improver of beef stocks. Thi3 

 fact carries ;i tribute and imposes an obligation. (In some 

 countries the Hereford. Angus and Devon will be found more 

 hi it able ; it greatly depends on rainfall and condition of 

 country and pasture.) Native stocks lack beef form — that 

 form which in the feed lots of the world has been proved to 

 grow rapidly, thrive easily and produce the desirable cuts of 

 beef in the greatest proportion to wastes. Scale, thrift, and 



