The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-28
INDIANA sHORT-HORN BREEDERS.
iHey Express Their Views on Several Sub
jects in Vigorously Worded Resolutions.

The Indiana Short-horn Breeders Association
met yesterday IN the rooms Of the State Board
of Agriculture President E. S. Frazee, of
Orange, Fayette county not being present Vice
president Robert Mitchell, of Princeton, took
the chair.
j. A. Thompson, of Edlnburg, read a paper on
''The Early Maturity of Short horns, which was
discussed by DR.. Forsyth, of Franklin, Judge
Martindale of indianapolis; Robert Mitchell s.
F. Lockridge, of Greencastle and W. j. Quick,
of Columbus
DR.. j. Elliott V, s., of Indianapolis, read
paper on Contagious Cattle Diseases which
was discussed by Messrs. Martindale, Elliott and
Thompson, and Thomas Nelson, of Blooming
dale
Mr.. Nelson submitted the following:
Resolved That this convention does hereby endorse
the course Of all live stock and agricultural journals
their columns the existence of peuro-pneu
nonia, and other contagious diseases among
cacy of the bill passed at the last session of Congress
known as the Bureau of Animal Industry which has
already proved to be efficient as step towards the
stamping out Of said pleuro pneumonia.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Nelson then introduced the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved That the Short-Horn Breeders of Indiana,
in convention assembled unalterably opposed TO
the action of the St Louis convention of cattemen in
their advocacy of socaled national cattle trail be-
ginning somewhere in Texas and running the British
possessions said trail to be six miles in width its
tire length, and we hereby request senator's and
representatives IN Congress to their official priv
leges TO defeat by all honorable means, the enact
ment of such a measure.
Mr.. Nelson then introduced the following,
which was also adopted without a dissenting
voice:
Resolved, That this convention ndorse the action
OF the representatives of the National Cattle Growers
Convention at Chicago in withdrawing from the Cat
tieInens Convention held at st. Louis last fall,
that convention sectional in its character, and
had for its object the building up of an entirely
western and southwestern interest, ignoring the
existence of organizations of central and eastern
character and having for their object the good of
cattle breeders of the Nation at large.
President Mitchell made a vigorous speech
calling attention to the fact that short horn men
In Indiana were not active and progressive in ex-
tending the knowledge of the superiority of
this breed of cattle among all farmers and that
breeders of the Hereford and Polled Angus
breeds were more industrious in pushing and
bringing forward the merits of their stock. He
spoke strongly in favor of a closer fellowship
among breeders, and hoped that he might see
the same spirit manifested here as in Kentucky,
where if a breeder did not have the kind of ami
mails purchaser desired, he did rot discourage
him from buying of his neighbors but encouraged
him to do so. Such course of conduct had
been of benefit to Kentucky and would be of
great good to Indiana if adopted here.
| Several members then spoke of the necessity
of educating farmers up to understand that their
interests lay in cultvatng improved stock and
that information as to live stock should be circu-
| lated among them through the county papers
and through agricultural and live stock journals.
Mr." Mitchell resumng, said that he learned
| more of cattle at the Chicago fat cattle show in
one day than in ten years at county fairs Farm
ers are impressed by big, fat steers, and to
| popuiarize shorthorns and impress farmers with
| their various excellencies, more can be done by
showing large steers than by any exhibit of
| cows. heifers, and bulls As to profit, there is
| little money in wheat and corn. and the time
| is probably coming when there. will be
! less He recalled visit to the. farrs4
aga alss, when the Judge dla point lint
I ing to a MlEketof said said that nc and his two
boys ard ftr] bucket of salt took care of the
farm. Hasraised cattle OF Ills broad grassy
acres and vas not compelled to keep boarding
house for a lot of hands, as so MANY farmers did
Judge J. S. Buckles, of Muncie, said the
| farmer must pillow less grass more, raise more
| stock and take better care of it. Farmers should
be encouraged by papers and in every way to
raise short horns and to grade up their stock.
Judge Martindae said he was not in full mem
bership as short horn man but he had noticed
that cattle raising was a safe and profitable bu-
siness. slf cattle grower paid too much for
animal he could not lose. Time went on and the
|
| place money in banks-the banks break and
| they lose their Accommodations; they put il in
manufactures and a panic causes a reverse.
There is no panic in the cattle business. A panic
| does not stop the growth of the bluegrass nor
quell the ardor of the bull 1t is an interest that
is not affected. There have been overproductions
| in wheat and but there has never been an
| overproduction in beef. We are becoming, day
| by day. more of a beef-eating people. There are
| hundreds of thousands of workers in iron, in
| mines in various manufacturing industries, and
| the thick population Of our cities to be fed and
they demand beef. II don't want any vea
! don't want rabbit / want it understood to day
that the color in my face is due to beef"
| Laughter The president ''You are entitled
10 be received here as a full-grown shorthorn
| breeder"
| Mr.. Thompson moved that it is the sense of
| the short horn breeders that the State Board of
| Agriculture take steps to hold fat stock show
| in this city sometime next fall or winter the
| board to fix the time. Adopted.
| President Mitchell was chosen AS a delegate 10
| represent the short horn breeders of Indiana at
| the agricultural meeting to be held at New Or
| leans Feb 10.
| The meeting then adjourned to meet this
morning at o'clock.
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