The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-06-24
CATTLE SHOW TO
Be ANNUAL event
IS PRESENT PLAN
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING SHORT
HORN BREEDERS HELD AT
COURT HOUSE.
MANY GOOD SPEAKERS HEARD
Al Declare Maury County Has, Won
. deful Future Ahead as Cattle Pro-
~ duclnu Section--secretary Harding
q n Speaker.

" (From Tuesdays Daily Herald)
Nj Leading breeders and boosters OF
sShorthorn cattle, from over the
Southland and from other states In
the union assembled in the circuit
court room last night for the get to,
aether meeting" held in connection
with the all Southern Shorthorn show
md sales here Monday and Tuesday.
The meeting was called to order
&C $3.50 O'clock by W. l.. Scott, him
self one OF the leading Southern breed
ers, and firm believer in the future
Of the breed!n4F' 'o3 20 t'tit
N Mr.. Scott Ia his introductory, re-
marks descrthed q "trip taken by breed
ers down the Mt. Pleasant pike Mr..
Scott said: we, saw wide acres Of
r1pening grain, beautiful grass land,
plenty of water, lots of shade, but we
noticed the absence of cattle, with the
exception of one or two herds, we
saw no cattle" He declared that the
section through which the visitors
passed was ideal for the raising of cat
tie, and that there was no earthly rea-
son why Maury, county should not
come into It's own.
Frank Harding, secretary and gen.
eral executive of the National Short
horn Breeders Association, was the
next. speaker Mr. Harding paid a
splendid tribute to the activity OF L.
p, Bsllah, general agent Of the N. c.
&St. l.. railroad ihsbringing the great
southern shorthorn show to Columbia.
He told what the N. G. & ST, 4. has
been doing to popplarize gpaa cpttlel
along its lines. MrAHafdike dsclared
the breedsps of shorthorF, cctpE had
NO reason fsI ~ pessimiad4sf lying
that business had been good, despite
declining anriceB. -
speakapk pf .Maury county. Mr..
Harding said he knew of no section
where Shorthorn cattle could be rails
cd moro 'profftatiy on account of the
splendid natural resources of this
section. including not only Maury
county, but counties immediately ad-
joining He declared that cattle rails
ing is d fundamental Industry u and
that not until farmers awaken to a
realization Of this fact, wifi there be
real progress. 'ol
Mr. Harding told of the many splen-
did shorthorn herds that have already
been established in the Southern
states during the past year, and pre-
dicted a still further increase within
{. the next few months. He said There
Is no doubt about 1t, the Shorthorn
Is the farmers COW. Farmers have
experimental with other breeds, but
soner or later they turn back to the
shorthorn. To use a more or less
we'll known expression. the burden of
Mr.. Harding's remarks was Short
horns, eventually, why not now"
He declared that the Shorthorn breed
er should depend upon the county
agent In placing their surplus animals.
In discussing the animals assemb
led here for the show, Mr.. Harding
declared nheN had found much better
cattle here than he had expected to
find, and that they would be credit
to anybodys farm, or herd rNh
WIN johnson, editor of the Short,
horn World of Chicago and himself
the owner of a splendid herd of Short
horns discussed conditions in THE
Shorthorn World" both at home and
abroad. Mr.. Johnson spent many
months In England and Scotland
studying the cattle industry, and the
methods employed in those countries
in the disposal of surplus stock. He
declared that nearly every farmer in
the two countries has his herd of
pure bred cattle, takes a great pride
In them. The most popular manner
bf disposing of surplus animals in
both England and Scotland is the
auction sale,A
Mr.. Johnson Is firm believer in
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