A HISTORY OP SHORTHORXS TX KAXSAS 



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developed for the plan it was not strong enongii 

 to carry throngh a resolution asking that 

 something he done along this line. The first 

 state association left no record of achievement, 



AV. A. COCHEL 

 Representing tlie Aiiieric-;i 

 Shortliovn Breeders Ass 'n. 



(J. A. LAX'DE 

 Secretary Kansas Sliortlioni 

 BT'eeilers Association. 



its meetings having heen purely social and edu- 

 cational. Few of the members of the organiza- 

 tion are now living. 



The present state Shorthorn breeders associ- 

 ation was organized at Wichita more than thirty- 

 one years after the death of its predecesso]'. It 

 was at the time of the Kansas National Show in 

 1919 that about thirty breeders met at Park E. 

 Salter's office on the night following the 

 Shorthorn sale and, after electing Mr. Salter 



