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HJSTOEY OF HEE'EFDEI) CATTLE 



F. D. COBURN, 

 Topeka, Kan. 



and to take the obligation of the Society in 



payment, with individuals' names as security. 



Second. Agrees to continue the publication 



of the Herd Book, the Society shall make the 



rules for entry, and 

 ^ • '' ■ the entry fees to re- 



main as at present, 

 $1 for entry and 25 

 cents for each trac- 

 ing. 



Third. Will sell 

 it to the Society at 

 any time when the 

 Society sees fit to 

 purchase it at a fair 

 price. 



Your committee 

 would recommend 

 to the Association 

 the acceptance of 

 the second proposi- 

 tion, and that an 

 auditing committee be appointed, to consist of 

 three, who shall draft a set of rules governing 

 the future entries to the Herd Book and who 

 shall supply Mr. Miller with a copy of the rules. 



W. S. VanNatta, 



Chairman. 

 E. Sample, 

 J. M. Studebakee, 

 Adams Eakl, 

 W. Hamilton, 

 E. Phelps, 

 H. C. Burleigh, 

 C. Gddgell. 



The report was accepted and committee dis- 

 charged, it being resolved to leave the Herd 

 Book in the hands of its publisher and proprie- 

 tor, and that a committee consisting of C. B. 

 Stuart, G. S. Burleigh and W. S. VanNatta 

 be made a permanent auditing committee to 

 pass on pedigrees as to their eligibility for ad- 

 mission to the Herd Book, and also to report a 

 set of rules as soon as possible to this Associa- 

 tion which shall, upon approval by this Society, 

 govern the admission of cattle to the American 

 Hereford Eecord. 



It was suggested by the President that the 

 Hereford cattle breeders get together a number 

 of show herds of Hereford cattle in the year 

 1883, to the number of, say, 100 head, and 

 make a circuit of the fairs. An expression of 

 opinion was called for on the subject. 



Mr. Joseph Franks, of Cheyenne, Wyo., said: 

 The Western ranchmen were all very favorably 

 inclined towards the Hereford cattle; that they 

 would be pleased to see such an exhibit; that 



Jiis firm had individually bought over 600 

 Hereford bulls. 



Mr. W. E. Campbell, of Caldwell, Kansas, 

 said the cross of a Hereford bull on a Texas 

 cow gave the best satisfaction. Every one now 

 on the range wants to get Hereford bulls. The 

 risk of Texas fever was more with him than 

 it was further North. He used, beside his 

 Hereford bulls, two hundred Shorthorn bulls 

 in his herd, of which he had had a good many 

 die from consumption and lack of constitution, 

 while among his Hereford bulls he had only 

 lost two, one from Texas fever and one from 

 an accident. He takes all his bulls up in the 

 winter and feeds them, and finds he can feed 

 two Herefords on the same feed it takes to 

 keep up one Shorthorn. He would be pleased 

 to see a large exhibit of Hereford cattle next 

 year, and thought it would do much good. 



Major W. A. Towers, of Panhandle, Texas, 

 thought Herefords were as liable to take Texas 

 fever as other cattle.^ He has been very much 

 pleased with his Herefords, has taken sixty 

 head to his ranch direct from England. His 

 grade Herefords go through the winter much 

 better than any of his other cattle. Is using 

 about an equal number of Hereford and Short- 

 horn bulls. Thinks it would be a good idea to 

 take a large show of Hereford cattle through 

 the fairs of Kansas and as far west as Denver, 

 Colo. 



The President then introduced the subject of 

 grade Hereford steers to show at the Fat Stock 

 Show. There has been such a demand for 

 grade Hereford bulls to go west and south 

 that they have sold at from $60 to $75, and it 

 has made the steers so scarce that scarcely any 

 can be got, and proposed that the breeders pres- 

 ent pledge a certain number of calves to be 

 altered for the purpose of getting a supply of 

 "Hereford steers. The following responses were 

 made to this appeal: 



T. C. Pouting (H 149), 100; C. M. Culbert- 

 son, 30 ; J. P. Holmes, 10 ; Earl & Stuart, 10 

 grades and 2 thoroughbreds ; Thomas Clark, 1 ; 

 Hiram Norris & Sons, 12 ; William Powell, 2 ; 

 Lyon Bros., 2; G. S. Burleigh, 3; Charles K. 

 Parmelee, 20 ; Burnham & Sons, 5 ; J. E. Price, 

 30; A. A. Crane & Son (^ 150-151), 12; Bur- 

 leigh & Bodwell, 1 grade and 4 thoroughbreds ; 

 Dr. 0. Bush (II 152), 6; Thomas Foster (jj 153), 

 20 ; Wallace Libbey {|f 154) 10 ; A. H. Hood, 3 ; 

 A. H. Bullis (j[ 155), 4; A. D. Eaub, 8; C. 

 Gudgell, 3 thoroughbreds; W. Hamilton, 5 ; E. 

 I'helps, 5 ; Fowler & VanNatta, 5 grades and 

 2 thoroughbreds; Seabury & Sample, 15; mak- 

 ing a total of 319 grades and 10 thoroughbreds. 

 Besides these, the Western men put down for 



