Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-03-13

Topeka special to the Kansas Cit,
Times, Feb. 13: The Short Horn Breed
ers' association met at 9 o'clock thi,
morning, and straightway entered
upon the tiresome labor of listening tt
long, dry and uninteresting papers
the first being offered by Mr.. II. Ii
Cundiff, OF Pleasant Hill, Mo-, who at
tempted to air "the past, present ant
future of short horns" Among Other
things Mr.. Cundiff attempted to show
PLAINLY of course-that this breed OF
cattle, from the time of its gloomy anC
unostentatious foundation or discovery
had developed into more wonderful re
suits than any other breeds of cattle
that stock raisers had ever attempted
to improve. After all these years, yes
we might say centuries, America ranks
with England in the quality and ex
cellence of her short horn cattle. Ir
the past year the average scale O
prices for blooded bulls has been raised
to an average of $205 per head, whiof
is not bad considering the fact that sc
many other breeds are contesting with
the short horns tor supremacy.
1t has been claimed by the breeder,
OF Hereford cattle that they can sci
their stock to better advantage thar
the short horns, but this the short horr
cattle men boldly deny as being a 0olC
and delusive statement. AS an argu
ment in favor OF the short horn cattl,
over Herefords, the speaker had seer
short horn steer at the Kansas city
Fat Stock show last fall that weighed
3 02O, against the heaviest Hereford,
that could be found in the whole coun.
try, which only weighed 2 800.
Following the presentation of Mr.
Cundia's papers, j. w. Shorteu, ;
young man from the State Agricul
tural college at Manhattan. read al
essay on the subject Of Some com
mon short horn family foundations. ,
in which he discussed at considerabl,
length the theory of in-and-in breed
ing and its results. The ideas ant
points raised in his argument drew on
a long and quite interesting discussion
from members of the association, som,
being favorable 10 the policy an,
others radically opposed to it.
Finally the committee on resolutions
through it's chairman, +. ID. Coburn
of Kansas City, reported as follows:
Whereas, AS is well known, there exists, a
least 10 some extent In certain OF the NOR
eastern state a contagious andincurable ca,
tie disc Sc known as pleurO- pneumonia, an
Whereas. So long us this dread distempel
or Others oflike char acter exist within our boz
ders 10 tue extent of "A single case, the bee
producing Interests and M terial prosperit
OF dollars, are In constant jeopardy Of irt
paratle injury, If not practical obstruction
therefore be il
Resolved by the Short Horn Breeders as {
ci ion of Kansas in convention a. sembled
that it Is the duty OF our national govern
ment to aft ri every protect on and saf
guard possible against tie pread or eX 81 enc
OF such q -ead sCOurge or others; the Onl
proper means of which as regards pleur,
p: eumOuia i s prompt, thorough and con
plete eXte niDation, andwe earne t'y requet
that our senators AM representatives in COZ
ere,s give ther immt diate, vigorous an
hearty support to such measures ss will il
sure this result az the earliest possible mc
mCnt.
Resolved, That promptness and vigor {
act on n this dir' ction aTc OF more impOrtanC
than the question OF a few dollars more
less expense, and we sincerely hope the sui
ject will be early treated n such liberal al
brood -gauged manner as will aCcC mp ish a r.
suit 30 nee, ssary and so much 10 he desire
by every patriotic Am r,can.
Resolved, That copy of these preamble
and resolutions be AT OF ce forwarded hy OF
secretary to the president OF the Unite
States senate, speaI er OF the house Of repre-
sentatives and each member Of the Kansl
delegation in congress
+. ID. CoBURN,
!. ss~a@'-"''- q. w. CLICK,
f.. NJ SHELTON,
Committee.
The officers elected for the ensuin
Vnar Wpra as follows.