, 1880-12-16
Startling Facts Regarding tho Intro
duction Of Pleuro-pneumonin
Among Cattle.
Views OF Prominent Breeders, with tho
Dictl,uls Adoptc,1 by Them.
The Transportation Question Discussed
at Considerable Length.


'suy wcre numerous. irclnE n,nry nf tho brst
KNOWN stock 1hIH III tho Slate. AilI0hg tho NJ.
trtats thus fnr Registered aru tho HIM. j. u.
truhe, t'or. i. II. tilnr, ind &. 7. C!urkson nc
tho lnfa Stale Rtster, l)cs Molt.es; l'rnr. =. y.
kunrp, Hr tho State Agricultural College. A,nes;
tho lien. JaIues Wilson. 'rrrr; President 4. y.
Wclch. nf Tho State Agricultural CoE-
frlu; l'liny Nichols. West Liberty: II.
Il. Little. urInnrl: ". W. AktrIch, 1'rson;
Il. IllstekwclI, Ccrru Gnro: ". 4. Smith. Oskt-
lts'sh: ". 81. lle!mcs, Uriuncit: lso1'crt MI;,rr,
West Liberty: l.. +. Col,n. Furt Dsalgc ,'ftxscI.-
Her; the ltcv. firnry WN'sucr, Wi.ltcrsct: CUl.
.lnsln Sct'tt, observation-disclosures Of tnwlt:
Il. ". f.ac,is, Iowa city: II. W. LAttrop. Iowa
city; Charles Luw,!rr, Salem; ". G. Evnns. Wcst
Ithrtty; {. W. Norton, 1nritt: Il. I. St0ckrGsl,
Chester Centre: i. F. I,nthnp. Steamboat Rack:
y. X. Emrrson, N1wton: W. 1t. MMtthtws, Itt,,i-
rc; Pill u. Miller, l'aaoru: Il. G. lsoi1nett.
Wnvcrly: ". iirpgs. Kellogg: $. i. Newell
Agency City; u. Met,nrliy. A,Hcs.
THE fitSr r.sl'E1l
Of tho dny waa reid by II. llrtugs. Of knllo1g,
npon the topic Of the grnwth of Rri'sscs IN Iowa
III " rcllnl'u s,lrcc Of Income. Tho writer took
tho Rrniul thit clover and tin,t,thy wore tho
preierA'e grasses fnr grazing purluses, insist
ing that bu grass Would t,ot Hcner,ltiy thrive
In Town soil. Tho writer mt only discussed tho
g.,ss question: hut nEso brntcfc tho subject Ur
uns,ro. piic1inUI,n among clttle.
2Uysrsll gentlemen Envo very startling tufor-
tAattnn Ut regard 10 the importation VI young
cnlvcs fr,m Eastern llllries, whero tiu diseI.Ac
prevailed.
Jnnics Wilson. Of Tatna County, ,atr. 1.nthrop.of
Iowa City. atr. Nellnls, Ut alarshnlt County, Mr.
nrockway, Df Washington County, a,ltl iluny
othcra tuoA fnrt III tho t!tscuss!nn, the general
opinion i'ctng TINT Congress should take lnitnc-
tllHt1 tanAsllrcs 10
STOP T1EE srttE.sD 0E THE rt:AHfET. n,sEAsE.
II wns admitted thAt lnrgc nAsntlurs ur these
calves hnh 1iecn distributed In portions Dr tho
Statt, md tiInt tho ,lanEer uf genera! infection
wnA Imminent. It WIS very evident that Iowa
stock-brcmlcrs aru alarmed ut tito prospect uf
scclnE THUR hcr,ls tinplctcd, attended lly tho
grcut si'a1clul loss which would Df cutltso hr-
erlu. Ono Renttc,nan snii1 tnls he believed tho
flsscasu wis ulrCaAy IN tho Stntc, and liz thought
tho fnrtncis would 1lavu to ntlnpt so1uo ,nore
herotc measure thnu pctitunluy Congress to
help ilion.
1T the conclusion or the debate ex-ConHrcss-
NUN wtlson, of Iama County, introduced tho
following:
fit*urtti. That Congress bo respectfully pcit-
toned to tMku Immediate Etnps t. prevent the
spNHd nf the c,tt!r disease now netinT tho
tho asntcs OF tho mississippi vulley.
Tile resolution wis unanimously utloptcd.
Mr.. Wilson th9n tats up
TILE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION,
which,, ho sad. wis tho canSe Of discomfort,
which l,nto tho fiitsbltry riots possihlu, mud
would oyontun!ly e,u.se desperation uIl ovur tho
country. Ilg therefore. Introduced tho follow
l'IH III relation to thu tl,utter:
RtAn'rtd, Tint WI respectfully petition tho
Congress OF to limited Suites to 50 regulate tho
ax to 4euiro rctsonth!o ch,rgoa nsiti t., prevent
ais.
Tho Chair appointed tho lion. Jnncs Wilson.
f1M.na County; Prof. 4. x. Knapp, Ut tho Stuto
ttttiatttttttrNt fSetfowu. md tturn ot
Iowa City, committee TO scctsrc signatures tn
tito l'lestro- pneumonia pttltlona, and 10 bring
tho subject to tho uttsHtOn OF the Nntt0hul Colt
ErcAs ut tho carlIust inBnspnt.
MIR. Jnmes U. lllpnf, OF Mursl,aIl County, reall
nraI'or OH Thu cnlr," in which hu cs'ntcndrd
tl,as no calt should ho rl!sed by hnEsl, but should
receive tho milk frotn tho COW.
X lung discussion rualiltol, tho general opItl-
Inn bulnr TINT tho tnrgeat md nrst braf steers
nru thoso WIN run with thoIr dan1s md focu iIs
naturo Intended thoy Rhuul,l.
a vElef INTERESTING FEATURE
Ut tho forenoon session WIS II paprr oil i" "Pcdl-
grUrs; How Obsaincd md Tl.cir VuiGe,' writ
ten l.nd rcMd by Col. Juh, scott, OK Ltaptununt.
Governor Vt lowIi. Coi. Scott cIulnletl that
pcoplo buying bloodn4 atoci Should re-
ullrc III most cases lntrlnsIu points of
excullcnce III tho ANNUAL before thoni, a.ii thu
petllKrGo should cohtnin tho tlAtncs OF tho pnr-
ties who k1,uw tho fuets Of tho breeding. Tho
question OF lnAiIgre0 WIS II very tlctir1ltU one,
yGt it might be nKsuinGu thNt tl,u rGall vnluo Ut
any nnl1nal for stuck purposes, inside frun, my
matter af morc tM.,uy, IL Ert.aty dependent up-
on It's cupnuity To produce rt'ssertty with va,n
bio chlrauters.ics. 1lufcrrtug to tho pctllgrce
Of Oxford tttlshurst, QUO Of tho most fatNnus
OF SElurt-llOrn abrcs, tho writer su[l: "lt
may bc hlso nu,ed that thero n,p five
tops abovo tie imported cow. ona part
lWlrt,ltjt)il, N1la rtt1lH ttIDtlEu in IL GtInxhtnH