, 1881-12-14
STOCK BREEDERS.
Annual Meeting Of the Iowa I'm.
proved. Stock Breeders
Association.
rroE Stalker, Of the Lawn Agricultural
College, on tho Diseases Of
Cattle.
incubation Declared to Be the Only Pro-
ventlve Of Contagious Dis
aaBos,
spttta. i,t,oat<h 10 n. cs,tsoo Tribune.

VeuLlV6 OF uoHtaBlQuk AM~
aasos,
Special utsoatth to 7As CHICAGO Tftbunt
Iowa TRY. la.t Dec. I8.-fhe eighth annual
convention Of tho lows State 1tnrrosed.Stock
nroedrrs' AsspaIau uon was called to order at tho
opera-housu In this city nt 0'olnck this Hfter.
noon ly IrosIIcnt q. {. 1.l,sc. The atten'aucc
wis not IArxe. owing to tho trlRhsfuf condition
al tho roads, which Rro anklo s1uup III mud Hit
OVER lht HsstIon Of tho State. rendering trlse.
InH utmost i1unUsafbte There was, homever,
tn!r attendance Of representative breeders ana
fecderH frtfn tue livestock centres, and tho
days proceedings were Of an intcrorcst!ng ohar-
actor. AtnunK tho prominent stock tnon notlcod
In tho audience worn O.. y. StuNoll, Of Scott
County; lipbert Wilson. A. Z. judd. and rhsneas
Nichuls, Of stuscatlne Caunty; the Hon. Oliver
Mills. Ut Cass Gpl,ntyt Cnpi W. II. Jordan, Of
l,rcniur County; ]. @. brown, OF Marshall
County; Jnstna Clark, OF Montgomery County;
Col John Scott, nf Story County, the Hon. Fitch
u. ssncoy, at Mitchell County: the tiun. James
Wilson. Of IuwR County: Prut: NJ. Stalker. Prof.
y. a. Knnpn, and Prof., A. =. Wc.ch. OF Afncs
College, The formal oxcrclscs OF tho day werr,
opened with MI impressive prayer by the Nov.
Il. H. Collh,. OF Furt Dodge, after which r. F.
CiGpp, President Of tho 1pwa City HOARD
OF Trade. wclcumcd tho delegates On bohalF' Of
the l,onrd In II few wcil:chOsen remHrks. Tho
gentleman caused no ltttlu sensation BY asscTt-
: ing the optnlon that tho time would cumc when
nl6nssrositics In hntnnn shhpe would receive tho
= saluu trcnttnont at tho hunds Of the world as
tnunstrosltcs In tho animal families now ru-
cciva. llo bslievcd that ouch lctormed mental
nuJ phyalcAl specimens or humanity ought not
tD be nowed to DcRet tboir Kind. an4 reiarroa
In this connection to tho act by which President
Gurtloh hccatnp d n,Rrtyr, and bis assassin
took rank n,nung the tnQnatrous murdererp Of
1,o kSu t1on atan fltY1nf
very cordially by tho Hon. W. A. Morrlson
Mayor Of lowu City. On bcbulf of tho assooln-
tlon tho Hon. Jalacs Wilson, OF Tau,A County,
delivered Il very fetIctous .uttlross. Following
Mr. Wilson'S remarks, President Luso gafe an
account ur tie Rruwth OF tho livestock tnlerests
In iowa, Itt which ho tod the story of tho rlso
aud full nf tho Iowa calf-poddlera. who In tho
curly duys usud 10 guarantee to ths'r purchus-
ers auy hraed Of cattle desired, basng
thcir guarantee slmp!y upon the rcsunl-
blanco Vi their calves. to any PARTICULAR
breed for. which Il CUSTOMER might expEoss .
pIutsreee: Teso men hsa nes! assysn r. frnl :
exertton Of tho Ass'lolat!on of RreeaoFa, which
Judge Liise dusunated i.s tho must renowned
AKrculura! Colleges, 9iso worry interesting
t!tk t ~ tho sab}cyt II .oi tao ,. n,nnaHencns Of
question:, he stated INIT DO knuw u hu. 0nq un-
versa! rule IN rcgard 70 curing 1Iscases uf cat
ND aur n 1a Tas oS S s st nea aHf wse
tacctiuus roply wns ,recuivoa With u burst Ut
laughter by tue dv!esa,ss. Seriously. ho uu-
lumaay Ms sdd'etea Ssso.sa 10 - pscuni4sy C
10 be tnouvhtfully oon3ilertu the effect at
Such diseases upon tho aoalth Of tho people..
sihny puys'e,uhs wetn u tho uPinIun lunt Rarxet
euso, Thors Wero sayersl o!hor diseases