The Winslow mail., 1925-02-06
GROWERS
MEET In PHOENIX
FEBRUARY 1911

The annual convention of the Ari-
zona Cattle Growers association will
be held in Phoenix, Arizona, on Feb
ruary 10th and 11th The board of
directors will hold a meeting in the
association office at 500 o'clock on
the evening of February 9th Matters
of very great Importance will be dis
cussed by men of prominence, and
action will be taken by the association
on all matters effecting the cattle in
dustry in this state.
Mr.. Fred H. Bixby, president of the
American National Live Stock associa-
ton, who is serving as a member Of
the presidents agricultural commits
sion in Washington, will attend the
convention and tell about the results
of his work on this commission. Cat
tlemen are expecting to receive lot
of help from the action Of the agri
cultural commission and every one
will be interested in learning first
hand from Mr.. Bixby about this work
by the commission.
Mr.. John T. Murphy of the U. S..
land office at Santa Fe, New Mexico
has been invited to speak to the con-
vention about the proposed removal
of fences on public domain. This is
matter of vital Importance to the
cattlemen of Arizona, and it will be
to the advantage of all those interest
ed in fences on public domain to at
tend the convention and confer with
Mr.. Murphy.
Forest reserve matters will be dis
cussed by District Forester Frank G.
W. Pooler, of Albuquerque, New Mex
leo. Cattlemen of Arizona are very
greatly interested in the proposed re-
ductiOns for range protection matters
and also in the new grazing fees
which have been determined upon, as
a result of the appraisal which has
been made by forest officials during
the last three years. Appropriate ac-
tion will be taken on these questions
by the convention.
The proper financing of the cattle
industry will also be thoroughly dis
cussed at the convention. Mr.. A. G.
Williams of Washington, D. c., the
head of the Federal intermediate
Credit banks, and a man of great eX-
perience in cattle finance, has been
invited to attend the convention and
cattle loan company to work with the
Intermediate Credit bank in handling
cattle paper with a long term matur-
ity.
Mr. R. j. Kinzer, secretary of the
American Hereford association, is al
so expected to be present at the con-
vention, and to discuss the monetary
value of better breeding in range cat-
tle Mr.. Kinzer is man of vast ex-
perience along the lines of thorough
bred cattle, and it is expected that his
address will be of great value to Ari-
zona cattlemen.
Mr. w. w. Turney, ex-president OF
the Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers' association, and a cattleman
of wide experience, will address the
convention on possible solutions of
some of the cattlemen's problems.
Mr. Turney is speaker of national
prominence and it is expected that his
suggestions will be very helpful to
the cattlemen of Arizona.
All cattlemen in the state of Arizona
are urged to attend the convention
and take part in the discussions which
it is hoped will lead to solution
of some of the problems facing the
industry.
The program will be of great edu-
cational advantage to all OF those in
terested in the industry, and the Of
ficials of the association feel that it
will be worth while for every cattle
man to take the time to attend the
annual convention.