Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-01-13
STOCK CONVENTION.
TO BE A NOTABLE GATHERING,
There VIII he u Big Crowd Of stock
Growers In Denver-vcry Interesting
Program Prepared.

which Is to meet here January 18th,
was published yesterday. 1t is COM
posed of addresses by the best posted
stock men in the country and is SO
wide In Its scope that on II are repre-
sentatives not only OF nll parts Of this
country, but of Canada. All the diff
fercnt branches OF the stock industry
are given equal space on the program.
The first session. OH the morning OF
Tuesday. January 25th. will be de-
voted to organization and the appoint
ment of committees and addresses OF
welcome by the governor and mayor
On the afternoon of the first day the
regular program will commence and
there will be papers on organizations.
The morning session of the second day
Will be devoted TO general papers on
the stock industry. This session will
without doubt be the most interesting
Of the convention. as the stock indus
try will be treated In It's broadcast
sense and everybody interested In the
stock business will be interested In the
papers that will be read. During that
session ElwoOd Mead, the state en-
gineer of Wyoming, will read paper
on How Best to Prevent Clashing
Between the Sheep and Cattle Men on
the Ranges"
be devoted to papers on stock diseases
and some papers on sheep. The even
Ing session Of that day will be. devoted
to the horse and paper will be read
by Secretary James Wilson Of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture. The last session will be held on
the morning of the third day, which
Will be devoted to "rhe Hog" "Dai-
ries" and Sheep" At noon the con-
vention will adjourn and the delegates
carried to the great feast and barbe-
cue at the stock yards. With the end
OF the feast. which has no limit either
In time or provisions. will come the
end of the convention.
Nobody Is better qualified to pass
Judgment on the program that has
been prepared than J. w. Springer.
He has been prominently connected
with the largest stock conventions that
have ever been held. Referring to the
program, Mr.. Springer said:
From glancIng at the program It will
be seen that the United States Is well
represented by men whose opinions
Will carry great weight on the topics
discussed by them. These five pro-
grams. or five sessions. will embrace
every phase of the raising, feeding and
marketing of cattle, horses, sheen and
hogs; 1t will give the opinions of many
OF the strongest men OF the country
who are now giving their best thought
TO the betterment of all efforts to In
crease the profits and minimizing the
expenses In the handling of live stock.
For instance, G. +. Patrick of Pueblo
will be heard on the benefits to be de-
rived from the Interstate organiza-
tons, who will be followed by ]. r.
Van Boskirk of Nebraska on the bene-
fits from state and county organiza-
lions. These distinguished gentlemen
will make clear to all present that or
organization, thorough and complete,
Is necessary for the better handling of
the live stock in this country.
one OF the younger cattle men Of the
United States. who is both able and
enthusiastic, is I. L. d. Andrews of
Fort Worth, known as the cowboy Or
ator of Texas, who will handle the sub
5ect What Has the Shipper Right to
Expect of the Railroads and Stock
Yards of the Country?"
The subject How Best to Prevent
the Clashing Between Sheep and Cat
tie Men on the Ranges" has been
given to Elwood Mead, state engineer
OF Wyoming. Mr.. Mead is recognized
as quite an authority on this subject.
and has written number of very
readable articles.
Governor w. A. Richards of Wyo-
ming will deliver an address on ..ibe
Cession of Arid Lands to the States.,
Ihe entire western country is inter.
ested in this subject, all stockmen are
interested In the solution of this prob.
lem, and general discussion of the
same will follow this paper.
"The Fattened Steer" will complete
the second mornings program, re-
sponded to by II. NJ. Allen, manager of
the Standard Cattle Company from
Nebraska. The Standard Cattle Com
pany is known all over the country as
one of the greatest live stock concerns
of the Union, and Mr.. Allen, for his
company. has spent hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in ascertaining the
best way to fatten steer, as this is
an nll-important question to cattle
raiser. Mr.. Allen will, no doubt, inter-
est everybody at the convention.
For the afternoon on the 2Gth, DR.,
Charles Gresswell. state veterinarian
of Colorado, has arranged n paper upon
the general topic of Contagious Dis.
eases Affecting the Value of Live Stock
for Both Home and Foreign Consump-
tion." Upon the various phases of this
interesting question will be heard DR..
Charles Gresswell, DIR. A. T. Peters of
the University OF Nebraska, DIR. Victor
A. Norgard, one of the government spe-
cialists at Washington; Colonel w. Il.
Skinner, manager of the Fort Worth,
Texas, yards; DR.. A. w. Clement of
Baltimore, Maryland, and DIR. NJ. Il.
Knowles, state veterinarian of Mon
tana. These papers will be short and to
the point, and such as every stockman
will take interest in listening to. They
will represent the latest ideas of hand
ling these contagious diseases now in
practice in the United States.
Richard Gibson of Hamilton, Ontn-
rio, one of the greatest authorities on
sheep, has consented to be present and
address. the convention on "Sheep in
England and Canada"
''Sheep in the United States" will be
handled by George II. Wallace, secre-
tary of New Mexico, who is known all
over the United States as an authority
on this branch of the live stock indus
try. Mr.. Wallace was secretary of the
live stock convention at st. Louis in
1885, and has been secretary of the
Wool Growers Association of the
United States. His papers have been
published by the government as state
papers. and he is entitled, by reason of
his experience, to speak on this sub