| Show LIVESTOCK MEN J I ARE IN 1 t i Fifth Annual Being Held in Chicago MANY STATES A REPRESENTED OP OF DAY DAT WAS ADDRESS BY B WILSON VILSON Chicago Dee 3 The fifth filth annual convention of the National Livestock association began begen at the Studebaker theatre today with nearly Bearl SOS 81 delegates present It is expected that b t the con convention convention wOl be in session Friday On Wednesday day and pd Thursday papers I on subjects of interest to grangers and others interested in the Use cattle business will wm be presented by specialists The convention was called caned to order by President John W Springer at 1011 1015 Mr air said he under understood understood stood there were twenty governors of states in the Ute city and he invited them themon on the stage staze Governor Yates of ot 1111 Illi Illinois nois wag Was the only governor present but Mr Springer said that the rest of the distinguished gentlemen gentl men would ap appear appear appear pear during the convention Rev Re C M Id Coburn of Chicago offered a prayer and Governor Yates Yat and Dr Howard Taylor representing r Mayor Harrison welcomed the delegates tea on behalf behall of the state and of ot the tile city H S Cowan of or Texas responded on oa behalf of the cat eat Springer delivered his annual address The report of Secretary Charles P F Martin Martjn which followed the tile presidents address was devoted to the I york work ac accomplished com hed during the pUt peat year by the different committees and the officers of the organization The membership is I increasing and the finances more sat Bit than ever before Secretary Wilsons Address The feature e of the afternoon session was the address of James Wilson sec see secretary secretary of ot agriculture who spoke of Mixed Livestock Husbandry saying in part partA partA A well arranged ed system of rotation contributes greatly to maintaining the uniform fertility of or the soil and also is ig one of the readiest means by which to get rid of insect pests pesta The department of agriculture is searching the world over for plants that may be useful in the several states and territories of the Union to be used as features in systems of or rota tion Where a locality becomes addict addicted ed to the habit of growing one crop year after year ear the average soil soli de unless fertilizers fertilisers are applied whether the crop be cotton or wheat or whatever is la sold from the soil Itris found profitable in some parts I of ot the tIie United States State to grow ruta rota begga b ga turnips and ud feed teed them to domes domestic domestic tic animate In other localities loc the mangel mauge i Is most in it favor The cabbage potatoes and other vegetables are useful along this thia line when their price is low The sugar beet Met has been tried and gives a a very satisfactory ton tonnage tonnage nage nags Feed For Per Animals I 1 do not net think it needs demonstration tion to shoW the wisdom of growing something of pf this kind to feed to do domestic domestic animals m hi winter On the rich soils of the northwest ic in both th humid and irrigated t localities rotation can be 00 conveniently practiced A crop of sugar beets can be grown crown then a crop of corn or oats cats or alfalfa to be fed fedon fedon fedon on the farm f rm then the land can be seeded ee ed down for two or three years with grasses and aDd legumes for pasture in order to restore to the soil soU the hu humus humus mus that was taken away by the growth of the previous crops and also in order to give nature time to pre prepare prepare prepare pare the plant food that was wu taken by the beet crop which Is ls a gross feeder of potash p and other necessary elements The department of ot agriculture U I trying t to to o find markets for the of o ti f the dairy and for many other In i n foreign countries Wherever we go whether er east west or south we meet r r of European Euro n countries count a u n coz c competitors who buy the She grains iDS of ot o od f the e northwest rt t and turn tur them into dairy airy d oa products upon make a fine profit in li addition to maintain maintaining ing i ng the fertility of their th lr soils It is a transfer of plant food tood from our o ur country to theirs it is an ac acknowledgment ACknowledgment that we lack Jack either the skill or the enterprise to use our raw aw r material to the best advantage The hastening poverty of many soils sells where grains are grown rown for Cor sale ad admonishes 4 ue lia that we must mu t stop setting sem plant food in I th tM the shape of ot grains that t are a re raw material for tor other rations nations Discuss the Industry The main part of the afternoon pro gramme was was taken up by discussions d of the of ot o f the Livestock Industry Mr Springer called for the Ute speak sneak sneakers speakers ers e ra by states naming them alphabetically alphabetically cally ally c 3 S Gasney Ga l ey of Arizona arose t to o say 5 that the cattle business of Art Ari Arizona zona was in good shape F C LimIt Lusk of California declared that the acqui acquisition acquisition of Hawaii and the Philippines had benefited his state Uy H II H Robinson of Colorado said his state atsie was increasing her cattle ca tle business s jr the growing number of small ranch ranel ranchers ers era A favorable report was Vas received from f rom Kansas Frank J Bennett of Massachusetts president of the Wool association dis discussed dl di cussed the peeper method of market marketing marketIng ing tog wool The following associations as were admitted as members of the iso asso association elation I North Montana w Woe Wort I asso o association elation sheep Central Montana Wool Growers Grower as association I sheep American Americ Goat Breeders association goats t State cattle sanitary board oord Tennes Tennessee see Minnesota Miane ota Stock Breeders association tion cattle ca t tJ Kansas Stock Growers association 1500 cattle Resolutions endorsing the reference rd e ein in the presidents message to the pro propriety propriety of irrigating the arid land Ian of ot r the country and urging the appropriation a tion of adequate funds to construct COD t huge buge reservoirs were presented by F FW FW Fr W r Maxwell of Illinois to the resolutions committee e They were adopted and aad ordered telegraphed to both houses of congress 88 |
