Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1872-12-13

and Provinces before mentioned, may be-
come member Of the Association by sign
Ing the Constitution, and paying the sum OF
two dollars, and shall be liable to pay such
annual sums thereafter, not exceeding two
dollars, MS the Board Of Directors shall pre-
scribe; but all Agricultural Colleges, or as
sociations breeding Shorthorn cattle, shall be
entitled to one membership.
ART. 4. The officers and directors first
chosen shall be elected for the term of two
years. and until their successors are elected,
and the membership in each State, Territory
and Province not represented ut the first
meeting, may, by sending their names and |
fees aforesaid to the Treasurer, designate n
Director for such State Territory and Prov |
incc, whose term Of Office shall expire at the |
same time as other members Of the Board. |
Tho term of officers subsequently elected |
shall be for two years.
ART. 8. The Board of Directors. of whom |
nine shall constitute a quorum, shall have |
power to call meetings of the Association ut
such times and places rs they may deem nee
essary, but shall be required to call meetings
at the time Of the expiration of the terms Of
the officers, and shall also have authority TO
provide such rules and regulations rs they
may deem necessary for the protection of the
public against frauds in pedigrees, and for
the suppression of parties who may be guilty
of the same They shall likewise have pow
er TO provide for the publication of any trans
action of the association, and to provide
means for the payment Of all expenses that
may be incurred.
ART. 6. This Constitution may be amend
ed ut any regular meeting, called for the
| election of officers, by majority of two
thirds of the members present
The following officers were then elected
under this Constitution President, DR.. A.
G. Stevenson, of Indiana Vice Presidents,
WIN. War6eld, of Kentucky, and Hon. Da-
vid Christie, of the Province of Ontario
Secretary, B. f. Campbell, of Illinois
Treasurer, John G.. Dunn, Of Ohio. The
Board of Directors, as selected, are X. X.
Seymour, of Ohio; w. r. Duncan, of Hin.
OILS; Il. G. Bedford, of Kentucky: DR..
Manley Miles, Of Michigan George Murray,
of Wisconsin; Claude Matthews, Of India
ma Samuel Campbell, Of New York; j.
II. Bacon, Of Iowa; Q. I. Quisen, Of Mis-
souri,; G. L. Coffin, Of Maryland; Josiah
Fogg, of Massachusetts, Stephen White, Of
the Province of Ontario NJ. H. Cochrane,
OF the Province of Quebec W. S. King, Of
Minnesota Mark s. Cockerill, of Tennessee /;
Geo. w. Click, of Kansas Il. l.. Emery, of
Nebraska q. w. Howard, of California /;
Warren Perciyal, of Maine, and d. l..
Pratt, Of Vermont,
The report of the Committee on Pedigrees
was then taken up and considered, section by
section. The following are the resolutions,
as finally amended and adopted:
Resolred, That for the better management
, of the American Herd Book in the future,
the Committee beg leave to make the follow
| ing recommendations
Resolved, That in the record, the name and
address of both breeder and owner shall be
T given, together with the date of birth and the
color of the animal.
Resolved, That the ancestry of the animals
should be traced on both sides to imported
animals before they be entitled to registry
or to those heretofore recorded in the Ameri'
2 can Herd Book, save those with pedigreeS
, either false or spurious, before they can be
entitled to registry.
f RESOLVED, That family names ought TO be-
long to the breeder first claiming that namC
in some agricultural paper of the UniteC
5 States or Canada, or the Herd-B Book.
q Resolved, That the person under whose
direction the animals are coupled should b'
: recognized as the breeder of the produce.
p ReSolUed, That II committee shall be up
pointed by the President and Directors o
Q this Association, whose duty it shall be t
n examine all pedigrees charged by any mem
Der of the Association rs errors and Jorge
: ries, or believed by them to be errors AM
A forgeries; and when decided to be wrong
that the fact be published in a chapter of er
70 rors, to be attached to each succeeding vol
q ume of the Herd-Book.
Resolved That Lewis I. Allen be requisite,
i to continue the publication Of the American
II Short-Horn Herd-Book in accordance wit
the above recommendations.
On motion, the resolution for fixing tn
status Of cattle, was taken from the table an
adopted. The definition as presented by Dl
Miles, of the Michigan Agricultural College
e is as follows Pure breed, full blood Thor
Is oughbred animals Of distinct and well dc
n fined breed without any admixture Of othe
t. blood. Cross-bred animals Produced
e. breeding together distinct breeds. Grades;-
le The produce of a cross between pure-bre
and a native. High grade AN animal {
he mixed blood in which the blood of pure brce
e. largely predominates.
D. The important report Of the Committee @
Veterinary Practice was adopted with SON
y, slight notifications. 1t is as follows:
a. WHEREAS, The General Government
of the United States has made large and hi
, eral appropriations to the respective Stat,
eu for the establishment Of Agricultural Coll
ges; and
WHEREAS, The live stock interest of Il
u country is Of vast and growing importanc
p- and entitled to its just share of such apr
:. pration with other agricultural Interests
~ and
J.. WHEREAS, Comparatively little is know
of the diseases of domestic animals, and the
lie treatment and cure; therefore,
,ir Resolved, That we, the breeders of Shor
/, Horns, recommend the establishment of q
no efficient Professorship of Veterinary Practi'
he in each Agricultural College; and that sal
:. ProfessOrship receive u liberal endowme
IL from the college fund,
he Resolved, That we invite the breeders
4 horses. and the breeders of other domest
uu animals, to unite and cooperate with us
by promoting this object
Mr.. Matthews offered the following ado
ri tional motion on pedigrees, which W
as adopted
Resolved That Mr.. Allen be requested,
ou recording pedigrees sent by one breedG
iei that when quite n number are recorded,
1rs the same pedigree, in one volume, the fiji
in shall be recorded in full, and that those f
TO lowing he abbreviated by reference to t
si first
After other business relating to the perm
re- nency of the organization was transactC
Get Mr.. Allen, the editor of the American He
,ry Book, rendered his thanks to the Convent
for the renewal of their confidence; aft
,ck which the Convention adjourned.
,us At meeting subsequent to the adjoul
ed. ment, the directors decided to hold anott