Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-10-02
STOCK GROWERS
 MEETING HERE; First Sessions Yesterday of State Association of Un
 usual Interest.
WILL ADJOURN TODAY
Attendance of Delegates as We'll as Citizens of This section Dis. appointing to the
 Officials.

With about thirty delegates and less than hall dozen local citizens pres cnt the Semi-annual meeting of the opened yesterday morning in the as semblY hall of inc Chamber of Com lncrce
 After inc meeting was called to order by President ]. W. McCleish of Gum Springs, Mayor Simon Bloom welcomed the visitors to the city. eX- tending q hearty greeting 10 all pres ent. In his welcome address Mayor Bloom referred to the S200, ,0O0 pack ing plant built in this city. He of fcred suggestions for it's opening, and urged the stock growers 10 ship their cattle 10 Pine Bluff when it is open ed,
 Raps Pine BIuilians.
 John <. small, secretary of the as s0ciatiOn, responded to Mayor Bloom expressing his regret at seeing so few Pine Bluffians attending the meet ings. He said that he realized Jeffer- son county to be a mammoth cotton center, but that he hoped to see a large number of local citizens attend the meetings and interest themselves in live stock growing. The principal address of the morning was delivered by Prof. Martin Nelson, dean and di- rector of the college of agr1culrure and agriculture experiment station who spoke on How the Agriculture College and Experiment Station Can Itl fl,l tn two + C
 The afternoon session began at 1:30 o'clock. The subject of the meet. ing was Breeds of Cattle and Tick Eradication.'' The principal address was delivered by John H. Page, state commissioner of agriculture, who spoke on What the State Should Do to Encourage the Live Stock Indus try An address on tick eradication was delivered by Dr. J. A. Kiernan in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennes- see.
 At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the delegates were taken for an automo- bile ride over the city.
 Hog Cholera Spreading.
 A feature of the night session was an address by Dr. R. M Cow. on "On the Hog Cholera Firing Line" An. thraX in Arkansas stock is history for this year, said Dr. Cow, "because of the cool weather which has put al end to the anthrax germ for the time being" Dr. Cow stated that the germ merely goes to sleep for the winter though the animal infected may throw off the parasite. Under favorable con, ditions the germ will become active again next year, causing an epidemic which was experienced in certain To- calities during the past summer. Dr Cow said that hog cholera was also spreding rapidly. but that the seru,r cure was proving very effective iI tn, work.
 He said that while he was not ad vocating the double cure, it was the best means to eXtricate the germ By using this cure a loss of abou one-third can be figured.
 An important feature of today's meeting will be the hog vaccination demonstration by Dr. Cow. It is a! so planned to have cattle d1ppyne demonstration today, if site can be secured. The convention will adjourn this afternoon shortly d fter o'clock
 Several of the addresses to be de. livered today are of educational value as well as of interest, and Mayor Bloom last night expressed the hope that there would be present a large number of farmers, as well as Pine Bluff residents.