VOL XIX.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, DEO. 20,1884.
NO. 51
IMPORMT IOWA .COJTESTIOI.
A Move in the Right Direction.
The Iowa State Imported Stock Breeders' Association—Eleventh
Annual Session.
Special Report for the Indiana Palmer.
The convention, consisting of about 100
members, held sessions two days at Ot-
tumwa. A vast amount of Important business was crowded Into the five sessions.
Hon. C. F. Clarkson, presided. The address of welcome was delivered by Hon. D.
C. Beaman. The cordiality of this speech
could only be exceeded by its wit. Among
a hundred other good things Mr. Beaman
said: "In perusing your proceedings of
last year in order to gain some Insight into
your business, I notice that one of your
member's whets his sword for a war of extermination against dogs. As I am the
friend of the dog—the good dog I mean-
pardon me if I enter a plea in his defense.
Blot out the dog, and you destroy, the only
infallible indicator of the rising of the
moon. Break np this asylum and you
turn out upon a defenseless people myriads
of homeless, ravenous fleas, and break up
the district school system, the summer
camp meeting and the pionio. You make
more miserable the lot ot that class of citizens who have never aspired to the luxury of a cow, being perfectly satisfied, if,
with the aid of three large dogs and litter of pups they can keep the gaunt wolf
of starvation from the door. The susceptible maiden, deprived of the privilege of
kissing the cold nose of her terrier, might
be compelled to resort to the dude, mueh
to the disadvantage of the girl.
Response by Col. John Scott. He said
that careful breeding-had in some States
increased the aggregate amount of stock
to the extent of 40 per cent. A moderate
average is 33 per cent for all the States. In
the cattle interest alone the value of Improvements alone amounts to $400,000,000.
In sheep, swine and horses the improvement amounts to ?800,000,000. There are
in Iowa 2,800,000 cattle. Forty years improvement in cattle has, in Iowa alone,
amounted to $15,000,000. You are the m6n
who are doing all this; there is not a more
important organization in the State.
Father Clarkson, the president, recommended in his address that every effort be
made to induce Congress and the State
legislatures to adopt measures of stamping
outand suppressing contagious diseases of
live stock and especially pleuro-pneumonia, from which, although it has but a
limited foothold in our country, our Btock
breeders are suffering an immense damage
every year, not only on account of Jhe actual loss, but because of the embargo
whioh Oreat Britain has placed on American meats. The means should be had of
effectually quarantining every locality
where any contagious disease exists.
We, as members of this association,
should pledge ourselves to support no candidate who is not in favor of supporting
such a law. The transportation question
is one of vital interest to the Iowa producer, and it ls our right and interest to
secure reasonable ratss and withstand im
positions of corporations which charge as
much for carrying a dressed beef as for the
animal before it is slaughtered which
weighs nearly twice as much. It is not
our interest, nor do we believe it is to the
interest of the country, to establish a government cattle trail, which would be an
infringement on the rights of some of the
States, and a means as well of spreading
the Texas fever. -
Papers were read and discussed as follows: Can the Shorthorn be relied upon
as a dairy cow? Dr. J. C. Hlnsey, Ottum-
wa. The Doctor said that Shorthorns had
been improved more with a view to the
slaughter than as dairy animals. Their
milking qualities, however, were equal to
any other breed, and this has been demonstrated in many cases where special attention had been given to this matter.
Robert Marshall, of Chariton, discussed
Creamery and the Dairy. He told how
butter was commonly made for the market, and the disgusting particulars of
which process showed the necessity and
value of the modern creamery, which, he
said, had "come to stay," although it was
capable of a good deal of improvement.
Ii. S. Coffin read an able paper on How
to make stock raising pay on a 100 acre
farm. Mr. Coffin said: "There ought to be
no Buch personage asthecommon farmer."
Farming has grown to be a profession, and
Improved stock raising ls indispensable to
every one who would make the business
pay. Raising stock is a flue art, and it is
no wonder that the idle, loafing, shiftless,
grain raising farmer is unable to realize
good profits from hts labors.
Hon. J. B. Grinnell gave an address on
Cattle Diseases in which he emphasized the
necessity of rigid quarantine laws with
power to enforce them. It would pay the
American people to shoot every infected
or diseased animal, If thereby we could secure the one result of raising the British
embargo.
J. H. Sanders gave a detailed account of
his work in England as commissioner to
investigate the disease of pleuro-pnemonia
and its effect on our foreign market. He
said that if the English market could be
opened to the American stock growers
it would increase the value of every marketable animal to the amount of $10.
The following resolutions were passed:
Your committee in pursuance of the
suggestion of President Clarkson and the
undeniable and well known fact that
pleuro-pneumonia, a disease more contagious and fatal to the bovine race than
all others, exists in many localities in the
United States, especially in the eastern
part thereof, and more recently ln an ad-
Joining State.   Therefore, be it
Resolved, That above all other questions
this interest requires our most careful investigation, agitation and protection, and
that we regard it Imperatively necessary
that our State government shall provide
ample means and methods for the detection and stamping out of this disease on
its first appearance in any part of our favored State, and further, that it ls the imperative duty of our National legislature,
regardless of any technical ideas as to State
lines, to provide such ample and practicable police regulations as will guarantee
the complete suppression of this disease
in every and all locations in this government.
Rtsolvsd, That Congress should empower
the President of the United States to d»-
elare localities ia States and Territories in
quarantine, so as to effectually suppress
contagious diseases and prevent their extension and show a clear-ill of health to
the world, not only for our safety, but to
increase the foreign demand for our animal products.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves individually and collectively, not to vote ln
convention or at the polls for any party as
a law maker, who Is not In sympathy with
our interest in this respect and who will
not exert himslef to protect the same.
liesolvcd, That the public lands of the
United States should be held as a trust for
tbe pioneer and actual settler, and under
no pretense to be surrendered to speculators or mammoth land companies, home
or foreign.
Resolved, That the transportation question will not down, and representing the
great producing classes of Iowa, assert it
our right and our duty to the interests we
represent and tho interests of that large
class who are the consumers of our products, to demend for the transportation of
our products to the consumer reasonable
ratos.
Resolved, That whenever the inventive
genius of man has devised methods by
which the products of the West can be
sent to the great Eastern markets for less
than half the cost of the old methods, that
the producer and consumer have the first
claim to the advantages of those inventions, and we would instance as an illus-
teation, the new methods of sending preserved dressed meats, a method which
meets the approbation of all Intelligent
men.
Resolved. That we must constantly and
determinedly hold to this truth, that all
transportation companies that assume the
position of a common carrier are the servants of the people, and whenever they step
out of their place and assume to be masters we demand that both State and National legislation shall step In and regulate
them to their legitimate sphere.
Resolved,' That in view of the perils to
Northern cattle by Toxas fever, and the
losses sustained by a contact with Texas
stock driven or shipped northward, (saying nothing of cognate questions) that we
look upon the proposed national trail as
impracticable,and if adopted would be unjust to the cattle districts where it Is proposed to establish it.
Resolved, That we believe In one and
only one national cattle organization, that
it should be strictly in the interest of our
great bovine industry to insure more
efficient National legislation than that
granted in the Bureau of Animal Industry, a long step in the right direction, for
which the committee in charge of the bill
and our legislators sustaining it have our
hearty thanks, looking to more efficient
laws involving the interests of twelve
hundred millions of property.
■, On Thursday evening a sumptuous banquet was tendered the association by the
citizens of Ottumwa. This took place at
the Baker Hotel where the feast and merriment continued until 12 o'clock. The
toasts were responded to in a happy manner by the best speakers present.
Mr. D. M. Moninger, of Marshall county, was chosen as president for the ensuing year, and Wayerly selected as the
place of meeting, when the association ln
conjunction with that of the Improved
Shorthorn Breeders will meet in December, 1885.
The full report of the proceedings will
fill a volume of 800 pages, of whioh 6,000
copies will be issued from the office of the
State printer at an early day.
The report of the secretary, Fitoh B.
Staoy, showed that tbe organization was
fast growing in importance, and although
organized but 10 years ago has done wonders in the way of educating the farmers
of I«wa. -.■••".;'■ .
160 Acres Enough.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
•I have been reading with some interest
the articles in your paper entitled, "One
Hundred and Sixty Acres not Enough,"
by John M. Stahl. My interest, however,
has not been aroused because his ideas of
the subject agree with mine, nor because
I think he is unfolding an ideal adjustment of the size of farms, and the methods
of conducting them. On the contrary, it
seems to me that the plan which he advocates, if it were generally adopted,
would tend toward a general system of
landlords and tenants and laborers; a
system of nobles and serfs. The latter
would be made the mere instruments for
carrying into execution the will of the
former. This would be true in social and
political matters, as well as in matters
pertaining to the farm. It would divide
the people ofthe country into distinctly,
marked classes,whose interests would continually be in conflict. Tlie lower classes
would be dependent to a great extent
upon the higher for their means of support.
In fact, it seems to me that to advocate
such a principle is to attempt to foster a
disregard for that glorious cardinal prln- ;
clple of the Declaration of Independence.
"All men are created equal." Fellow
farmers I Would you silently consent to
see such a condition of afl'airs brought
about? I am not very badly frightened
about the Influence of Bro. Stahl. (Now I-
say this respectfully). But itis our duty
to resist Jast such influences as this. Indeed I cau no longer resist the temptation
to protest. I believe lt would be best if-
each farmer owned just so much land aa
he could thoroughly till without tbe aid of
employes, except dnring a busy season,
such as harvesting the crops, threshing,
etc. And I think he should have time to
bestow due attention upon his family, and
cultivate himself socially and intellectually. Thus each man is himself an inde-.
pendent, sovereignruleroverthatin which
no one except the members of his family
are interested. All those engaged in
farming being placed on au equality, their
sympathies would be extended towards
one another; and their interests being
like, they would work in unison for the
advancement of their interests and themselves. Now, I do not wish to enter into a
discussion of this subject further. I do
not make a business ol writing lor papers,
am but a youth, and therefore may hope
to see a great deal of development in this
country. By the grace of God, I expect to
use my influenoe, however limited it may
be, for development in the right direction.'
Walton, Cass Co., Ind. C. F. E.
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California at the "World's Fair.
Another carload of exhibits for the New
Orleans Exposition, left this city yesterday. The greatest part of this shipment
consisted of perishable fruits, which will
go to their destination by the express
trains without delay. The way bill reads
as follows: Sixty boxes of exhibits,
eleven oases, three kegs, four barrels,
thirteen bundles, thirteen bales of corn
stalks, 20 to 25 feet long, one gum. tree
stump, three boxes of oranges, lemon and
lime trees, one case of plants, 6x15 feet,
and one bundle of trees, which together
amounted to 29,000 pounds.—Los Angeles
Herald. .