The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-16

have been steady. The Indebtedness
of the cattlemen has been growing
smaller, and during the past year
much has been done to wipe it away.
1t is my nope that these conditions
will continue
Last year I referred to the on
coming of the man with the plow We
cattlemen once believed that it was
to our interests to keep him away,
but now we see that he will do much
to build up the country, and is the
man we want. With the coming of the
man with the plow, the Panhandle
will raise more feed than it ever did
in the days of old. The cultivated
feed will not only allow us to raise
more cattle, and to be more sure in
our feed supply. but will allow us to
feed to a higher standard. During the
past year Prof Marshall mas tested
the value of the feed of the Panhandle
and contiguous country. He proved
by actual test that ground Kaffir corn
and cotton seed meal were exceeding
lily valuable as a stock feed, cows
gaining at the rate of 312 pounds per
day on tais diet. These feed stuffs
are Panhandle products and this test
proved that the development of the
farming industry means the develop
ment of the cattle industry
This association should look with
reverence upon the old cattlemen
who piOOpared tho oo,1Dtr,x, and r,ado
the present development possible.
Most of the old timers are gone, but
such men as Goodnight, Slaughter
| and Littlefeld, who are still living,
will always be remembered by the
| true lovers of the cattle industry
The railroads that first pierced this
country, too, deserve a warm place
in our hearts, for their work was alb
solutely necessary in bringing about
present conditions.
1--WE cattlemen must stand together
for our protection, not only from cat
tie thieves, but more especially from
that horde of parasites who stand be-
tween the producer and the consum-
er and take the biggest share of the
profits. Then, there is another side
the social side-that must not be
neglected. These annual meetings are
for our good. enabling neighbors to
get together in a way that no other
meeting could excel.
81 would like to refer to the war
tl44
1t is being carried to an extreme
and as the railroads are a necessity |
for the success of the stock and farm |
business it is to our interests to see |
them grow and expand in every di- |
rection. We should not kill the goose
that lays the golden egg"
Then speaking for the success of
the convention and the association in
general, the president closed with
an urgent appeal for all stockmen to
join the association.
E. H. Brainard, secretary of the as
sociation, gave his annual report,
reading a list of "a names of cattle
men who nave expressed a desire to
join the association since the last
meeting. He reported that the asso-
where on all railroads in the Panhan-
die and that they had returned as
many as rs head of cattle to the right
owners in the past year, and had re-
turned to the owners from the mar
kets 81 mead, valued at $910.33. He
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had $628.8O on hand. After his re-
port, the "a new members were voted
in and five minute speeches were
called for
ry of the Cattle Raisers' Association
of Texas, responded, speaking as a
of that great body of
cattlemen. He congratulated the peo-
pie of Roswell on having such
beautiful city and made all residents
he was COW man all the time, from
a COW puncner up, and said that this
was strictly a cow mems meeting, but
that there was noticeable one part of
''the herd" that was conspicuous for
its absence, the "cut-backs." And he
was right, for the crowd in attend
ance is made up of the finest people
in the Southwest. The speaker wish
ed this association God-speed in it's
work.
City Attorney K. K Scott was call
ed upon for a speech and after sec
Dnding Judge Richardson's words of
welcome, stated that Mayor Stockard
could not be present at this session,
but would appear before the meeting
adjourned for a few words to the
visitors.
After music by the Philharmonic
band, adjournment was taken until
nine O'Clock Wednesday morning. the
for this afternoon being
postponed.
Judge Jerry Cazier, of Dexter. was
seen at the convention this morning.
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