, 1888-11-21
CATTLE GROWERS.
Meeting Of the Association in
Chicago.
Necessary Legislation Ably
Discussed.
A Large Numbero of Resolutions
Acted Upon.

CHICAGO, Nov. r2O.-The annual meet
ng of the National Cattle Growers Asso-
citation began here to-day. In a paper
read by Hines of Michigan, a member of
the committee appointed to investigate the
contagion of Texas fever, recommended
that the association instruct its legislative
committee to ask congress to compel all
railroads or other transportation companies
to transport Southern cattle from one
state to another between the first day of
March and the first day of December of
each year only in cars or compartments
labelled and branded in plain and distinct
characters. For the transportation of
cattle from south of the thirty-sixth par
allel of north latitude only" and that
they shall be yarded and fed only in yards
distinct and apart from Northern cattle,
and hat are branded and lettered similar
to the cars and compartments. The com
mittee also recommend the enactment of
uniform legislation by various states reg.
ulating the transportation of cattle and
their care in stockyards.
The afternoon session was opened by
Dr.D. E. Salmon, superintendent of the
bureau of animal industry, who, in the
course of his report, said that 274,2 55
head of cattle had been inspected in search
of pleuro-pneumonia during the year Of
this number 8. 1850 were found infected
and slaughtered. also ATS head of cat
tie which were exposed to the disease
were killed. In the majority of states the
disease had been entirely eradicated.
The committee on resolutions reported
fayorably on the resolution of the commit
tee on legislation.
Before further reports were made a
resolution was adopted advocating the en-
actment of a national inspection law
providing that it shall be unlawful to
transport from one state into another
state or a foreign country any beef, pork,
mutton or veal to be sold for human food
which has not been inspected alive at the
Strengthening place by a United States in
spector and found healthy, and that a
special bureau of inspection should be
created in the department OF agriculture.
The committee on resolutions made a
favorable report on other matters pre-
sented in the morning session and it was
adopted. A resolution was also adopted
approving the exhibition of American
animal products at the Paris exposition of
1889, and urging all stockmen to give all
aid to the authorities in connection there
with. 1t was also resolved to continue
during the next year the system of tests at
Chicago or some other point relating to
the contagiousness of Texas or splenic
fever. The following resolution relating
to the bruising of cattle in shipment was
unanimously adopted:
Resolued, That we as cattle growers and
shippers, realizing the great suffering of
cattle and the loss to shippers by bruised
and injured meats caused by shocks in
cars while in transit, believe it opportune,
and even advisable, to say to the great
railway transportation companies that we
are inclined to give our patronage to such
companies as equip their freight cars with
such brakes and c~ouplers as will prevent
suffering to stock and loss to owners.
Adjournment was then taken.