The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-24
TEXAS LIVE STOCK MEN
Crowded All Their Work Into Two Days
and Adjourned Until Next Year.
A HERD BOOK COMMITTEE APPOINTED
Officers and Executive Committee
men Chosen--Discussion of In
oculation for Fever.

San Antonio. Texas. January 2s.-The
Texas Live Stock association crowded three
days work into two and adjourned at noon
today. In point OF attendance, in the i'm
portance OF the papers read and the action
taken, 1t was the best meeting in the his
tory OF the association
The leading feature today was the dis
cussion brought out over paper by G. z.
King of Taylor advocating the establish
ment of herd book for the registration
of Texas cattle, The sentiment of the
convention was about evenly divided on
posed OF by the appointment of commit
tee Of Ave practical stockmen who are to
thoroughly investigate the subject and re-
port at the next annual meeting. The
convention adjourned without deciding by
vote which Is the best breed for the Texas
siockman TO handle for all purposes.
The officers elected for the ensuing year
are: Cyrus B. Lucas of Berclair. presi-
dent; Charles SchreiLer OF Kerrville, first
vice president; ]. F. Green of Encinal,
second vice PRESIDENT Worries p. Brown of
San Antonio. secretary and treasurer.
Members of the executive committee are:
w. j. Lott, r. X Erwin, Tom Coleman.
g. Il. King, Marion SAMSON, j. f. Green.
A. S. Reed, Ike West and John T. Lyle
The time and place of holding the next
annual meeting was left TO the executive
committee.
The proceedings today opened with the
reading of paper by DR.. ]. Francis,
veterinarian OF the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college upon Texas or splenetic
fever. The doctor described his expert
ments in the past two years OF inoculatng
for the fever. In the first year he had
lost per cent; in the latter only ! per
cent.
DR.. L. D. Legear, veterinary surgeon of
Austin. gave bis experience with Texas
fever and showed remarkably good results
by incubation.
John Tod and J. Il. Green gave the re-
suit of their experiments. which were very
satisfactory.
Or. Claggett asked whether it was bet
ter to have incubation done before or after
entering the State?
In reply DR.. Francis said that it was
immaterial
But" continued DR.. Clagget, will the
after effects be better In either case?"
That depends on circumstance, an
lswered DR.. Francis I'm October the
chances are better North; in January,
February and March the chances are bet
ter right here"
vote of thanks was then given to Or.
Francis of the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal college and Or. Connoway of Missouri
for good service rendered the Texas stock
men In this matter.
the Worlds fair in st. Louis and also en-
dorsed Frank P. Holland of Dallas as chief
of the publicity department. 1t also en-
dorsed the Nicaragua canal and urged its
representatives in congress to vote for that
measure. The committee to examine Of
flcers reports endorsed the president
message and approved the secretarys re-
port They urged the appointment OF a
legislative committee to secure increased
appropriation FOR the live stock sanitary
board and enlarging of the State expert
mental stations and NJ. SAMSON, ]. Tod J.
7. Lytle, A. S. Reed, Ike 7. Pryor were
appointed as a committee.
The chair appointed Ike T. Pryor Sol
West, v p. Brown and ]. T. Lyle rs
committee to revise the bylaws.
Mr.. c. f. King proposed the institution
Of Texas herd book. This was opposed
by A. Y Walton, Jr., j. f. Green NJ San
som and ]. o. Terrell. DR.. Claggett sug-
gested that the matter be referred to
committee After some further discussion
It was agreed that the matter should be
passed until next meeting.
On motion the retiring officers were re-
elected by reclamation and the selection
of the next meeting place was left to the
executive committee.
vote of thanks to the city of San An
tonic, the press and railroads was then
adopted and the convention was adjourned
to wait the call Of the president