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not too much to say that it marked an epoch in the 

 history of beef-making in the United States. The 

 show was the logical outgrowth of conditions exist- 

 ing at the time. Such a tribunal was demanded not 

 only for a comparison of the relative values of dif- 

 ferent breeds for producing profitable steers, but 

 to try the general economic issue of big bulk vs. 

 baby beef, then just looming large as a mooted ques- 

 tion. 



The exhibition, which was a genuine novelty in 

 this country at the time, was staged in the old Ex- 

 position Building, long since demolished, that stood 

 on the site of the handsome structure that now 

 houses the Chicago Art Institute on the Lake Front, 

 at the point where Adams Street terminates in 

 Michigan Boulevard. Following is a list of the 

 officers and members of the Illinois State Board of 

 Agriculture that took this important forward step 

 in behalf of western stock-growers : 



D. B. Gilham, Alton, President ; John P. Eeynolds, 

 Chicago, ex-President; S. D. Fisher, Springfield, 

 Treasurer; John W. Bunn, Springfield, Secretary; 

 Lewis Ellsworth, Naperville, Vice-President; H. D. 

 Emery, Chicago ; Jonathan Periam, Chicago ; Geo. S. 

 Haskell, Eockford; J. L. Moore, Polo; Samuel 

 Dysart, Franklin Grove; Charles Snoad, Joliet; 

 Emory Cobb, Kankakee ; D. W. Vittum, Jr., Canton ; 

 Samuel Douglas, Monmouth; David E. Beaty, Jer- 

 seyville; James W. Judy, Tallula; Wm. M. Smith, 

 Lexington; James E. Scott, Champaign; E. H. 

 Bishop, Effingham; B. PuUen, Centralia; M. T. 



