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of Mr. Alexander Galbraith. The influence of Hon. W. A. 

 Jones, now Commissioner of Indian Affairs, was clearly felt on 

 the development of this department of the University, for 

 through him as chairman of the Farm Committee of the Board 

 of Regents, the equipment for this work was materially up- 

 lifted with corresponding encouragement. Mr. George Mc- 

 Kerrow liberally assisted the writer in his work and much 

 advancement is due to him and others, including Messrs. 

 George Harding and Son, the late Mr. M. W. Dunham, Ex- 

 Governor Hoard, H. C. Taylor, John Gosling and M. J. Hoven, 

 all of whom in more than one way gave material impetus to 

 the movement. 



It was at this time that the writer come under the inspiring 

 influence of the late Mr. William Watson. It was a source of 

 intense pleasure to see this experienced fitter and judge sub- 

 ject any of his loving friends, chiefly cattle and sheep, to his 

 considerate inspection. Equally fair minded, another friend, 

 William Lysaght, had this rare faculty of candid criticism 

 even of : his own, and to both of these men the writer owes 

 more than he is able to acknowledge. After coming to Iowa, 

 enlarged opportunities were entered upon for the pursuit of 

 these studies. Prof. C. F. Curitss and Hon. James Wilson, 

 present Secretary of Agriculture, had prepared the way with 

 an equipment in live stock and other facilities of exceptional 

 merit for the teaching of this subject. Continued association 

 with the former has vastly deepened and widened the writer's 

 interest and knowledge of this subject; for such must be the 

 outcome of contact with a broad and fair minded judge of 

 wide experience in American live stock show rings. One of the 

 most effective sources of encouragement to the development 

 of this line of teaching has been the support given the move- 

 ment by the commission firm of Messrs. Clay, Robinson & 

 Company, of the Union Stock yards, Chicago. By liberally 

 donating prizes for the study of this subject in our colleges, 

 this firm brought the attention of the practical man to it, as 

 the latter realized that when a large firm stopped in its work 

 to do this there must be something of genuine merit in the 



