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Show Improvement ok Stock Society. At the meeting of tie Parent Society, So-ciety, on Monday eight, in the Ciry Hall, communications were received from Hebron and Gunnison, respecting respect-ing branch organization;, whi.-h were read and referred. Mr. T. Jenkins was elected chairman of horned stock cornmitu . rk- B. Stringham resigned. Mr. Woodruff, chairman, stated that the imported bull. "Duke of Northumberland,' North-umberland,' was paid for. the foo2. j having been turned over to Mr. Ry-dalch. Ry-dalch. He also urged the importance of co-operative herding. A communication from Mr. ). Grenig, on the usefulness of the Cashmere Cash-mere goat, was referred to the committee com-mittee on sheep and goats, and Mr. Grenig was added to that committee. Interesting remarks were made by Messrs. C. Crismon and C. Layton, and Judge P. Maughan, of Cache Co., n herding and taking care of sheep. These gentlemen having had long acquaintance ac-quaintance with the subject .spoke understanding? on it, and showed now "scab" could be avoided. and large, healthy sheep be secured. Messrs. Jennings and Rydalch treated treat-ed on cattle in general and imported .tock in particular. The latter gentleman gentle-man offered $100 a head for calves from the stock he has lately imported, when two weeks old. Mr. Jennings said he would not take $100 each for his two weeks' old calves. Judge Haight, President of the Davis Da-vis Co. Society, also made some remarks re-marks relative to improved stock of different, kinds; and the best means of handling stock. Steps were taken to organize co-operative cow herds in this city, under the direction of Bishop Hunter and the stock committee. The meeting was a very interesting one throughout, and was adjourned for two weeks, to meet on February Otb, in the same place, at 6 p.m. |