The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-08
SHORT HORNS.
Annual Meeting of the Mis-
souri, State Short Horn
Breeders Association.
Words of Welcome by Mayor
Messerly-The Presidents
Annual Address.
Remarks by Col N. j. Coleman
Interesting Papers Read by
Various Members.

Remarks by Col. N. j. Coleman
Interesting Papers Read by
Various Members.
The Missouri State Short Horn Breeders
association convened In annual session at
Sicher's park at 1:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and was called to order by the
president, Chas. E. Leonard, of Bell Air,
Cooper county, Phil Chew, editor and pub
Usher of the St. Louis Journal CT Agri-
culture and American Stock Breeder, at
the secretary's desk.
The minutes of the last regular meeting
were read and approved.
Mai. William Gentry, treasurer OF the
association, presented his annual report,
which was adopted.
Members were then called upon to come
forward and pay their membership fee for
the current year. The following well
known and representative short horn
breeders Of the state were found to be
present:
K. IL. Allen, Columbis.
V. Marmaduke, Marshall.
VIM. Gentry, Sedslia.
j. B. Gentry, Sedalia.
T. B. Price, Brownsville.
J. p. Legg, Calhoun.
Chas. A. Bailey, Fulton.
w. F. Hearne, Lees Summit.
L. K. Thornton, Slater.
S. w. Roberts, Pleasant Green.
G.. A. Leavitt, Houston.
A A. Walker, Pleasant Green.
il Grimes. Moberly.
G E. Leonard, Bell Air.
William McClain, Warrensburg.
S. C. McCutchen, Butler.
Ed. w. Clark, Mexico.
E. c. Evans & Son, Sedalia.
II. B. Scott, Sedalia.
J.C. HigginA, Houstenia.
JH. Parker, Columbia.
Phil. A. Chew, st. Louis.
Cnennult Todd, Fayette.
James Deatherage, Fayette.
J. E. Ward, Westport,
T. w. Ragsdale, Paris, Mo.
J. s. Caldwell, Shelbina.
DIR. w. Fl. III. Cundif. Pleasant Hill.
Stephen Hayward, Columbia.
w. P. Harmed, Bunceton.
A. J. Powell, Independence.
A. C. Briant, Bolton.
Mayor Messerly was then introduced and
delivered the following appropriate
address OF WELCOME:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen
The programme of exercises kindly fur
nished several days since, advises me OF
the fact that an address of welcome is an
nounced for the mayor of Sedalis.
From the same source / am apprised
that in the two days session of the Short
Horn Breeders association of the state of
Missouri, dozen subjects have been Sc
aected and arranged for discussion by able
and prominent gentlemen from different
portions of our state.
Missouri seems to be awakening fully to
a proper conception and realization of the
immensities of her advantages and re-
sources as farming and stock raising
country. Her location being central gives
to her the choice of several competing
markets.
The climate, the water, the soil, indeed
all the requisites to successful stock rails
ing here abound in great abundance.
She is advancing rapidly, her merits are
being recognized all over our Union, and
even beyond the seas, the stories of what
capital and industry may achieve In Mis-
souri, find willing listners.
Such an organization as yours aims to
advance and develop the great agricultural
interests of our state.
Prosperity in one assures prosperity in
another; and prosperity in all will bring
Missouri to the front among the states OF
this union.
Sedalia heartily welcomes you and ex-
tends her earnest and cordial hospitality.
Be assured that her citizens properly ap-
preciate your labors and efforts, and that
they wish your meeting here may be profit
able, pleasant and entertaining.
Gentlemen, again / extend TO you the
hearty welcome of the future capital OF
the great state of Missouri.
President Leonard then delivered his
ANNUAL ADDRESS.
His subject as announced on the pro-
gramme. was "History of Short Horns in
Missouri" Mr. Leonard stated that he had
not had time TO prepare paper on the sub
ject assigned him, the work, if done prop
-erly, involving much research and vast
amount of correspondence He spoke as
follows
Short Horn Convention of Missouri:
After a separation Of twelve months we
have come together to give our views as
how best to improve the merit and increase
the usefulness of what we honestly think
the best breed of cattle known to man.
Notwithstanding the great number of
Short Horns in America, it is gratifying to
know that the prices of 1888 are far in adj
vance of 1882, and the indications are that
they will materially advance in "a. Far
more encouraging, however, than the in
crease in price is the almost universal de-
termination on the part OF the breeders to
place merit at least equal with pedigree
and to ignore duke that is unworthy of
his noble ancestry as readily es an inferiot
animal of less pretending royal blood.
No family of Short Horns is without It's
meritorious animals and all have their
weeds that should be thoroughly eraGi-
Gated. Shorld this wedding out process be
vigorously pursued, the day would soon
come when every Short Horn could be
made prize winner in the hottest contest