The Ocala evening star., 1915-01-26
STOCK ASSOCIATION
MEETING AT SANFORD
An Organization in Which Marion
County Men are Interested

By authority of the president and
executive committee, / hereby issue
call for the annual meeting of the
Florida State Live Stock Association
to convene at Sanford, February 3rd,
4th and 5th, to be held under the aus
pices of the Seminole County Fair.
We have delayed few weeks in call
ing the meeting to permit some of our
members to be through with the
orange crop, and also to hold the meet
ing at a time that will be close to the
regular session of the legislature of
Florida.
The people of the section around
Sanford and the great Kissimmee
river valley are anxious to assist with
the recent movement for more and bet
ter live stock, and are very anxious to
get organized and to help our associa-
ton work, to the mutual advantage
of all parties concerned. The time
allowed US for advertising the meet
ing is quite short, but we believe that
if you and others are interested in the
matter will take hold Vigorously, we
can have just as good meeting as if
it had been advertised much longer.
We have already invited officials
from the u. S. department of agri-
culture at Washington, to come and
assist with the convention, including
Prof. Geo. M. Rommel, chief of the
animal husbandry division; Prof. B. H.
Rawl, chief of the dairy division and
DR.. E. M. Nighbert, veterinary in
spector in charge of cattle tick eradi-
cation work in Georgia and Florida;
also our good friend DR.. Peter F.
Bahnson, state veterinarian of
Georgia, and our own officials of the
state board of health, in cluding DR..
Chas. F. Dawson, veterinarian. We
expect to have lectures and illustra-
tons on all topics that properly belong
. live stock work, including proper
methods of breeding and feeding beef
cattle, dairy cattle an hogs, and COM
rlete description of modern equip
ment such as dipping vats, silos and
ehe necessary machinery for conduc-
ting beef and dairy production. We
will make further announcement of
the names of the speakers as fast as
definite arrangements can be made.
We will have the help of all the
officers of the College of Agriculture,
the Agricultural Experiment Station,
and the Agricultural Extension Divi-
sion of the University of Florida, at
Gainesville, that may be necessary to
/ give all the information desired. You
may feel sure that there will be mes
sage for every one who is interested
in beef, dairy or swine production
We shall also try to use as many OF
the local speakers from the Sanford
and Kissimmee sections as possible
and give ample opportunity for al
members to give their experiences. We
are announcing "a meeting of three
days in order to give plenty of time
for full discussion of these topics anC
still be able to devote part of each
day to inspecting the exhibits at the
Seminole County Fair. The authori
ties of this fair assure US that they
will have a good display of live stocl
on this occasion, well worth coming
many miles to see.
i One of the most important things
for this meeting is to decide upol
some measures that should be pre-
sented to the attention of the mex
legislature. With proper help from
the state, the live stock industry cal
soon be made to fill the importan
place it deserves in our industries
Every member should come prepare
to stand by whatever the majorit,
NAV decide is best. We should hav
no halfway measures, nor any dis
gruntled kickers when the meeting
over. We need to get some live me
! into this issue and push matters for
l ward like we mean business in orde
I to secure results. The associatio
l will be a powerful force if you and a
! the other members will make it so.
Please let us hear from you with tn
l good news that you intend to be q
q Sanford one or more of these day
Il also please tell your neighbors abou
3 this matter and see if you can brin