than any State has. Therefore, it is of the most
vital importance that the authority to regulate inter-State
commerce should promptly act to protect our great cattle
interest from total annihilation.

Resolved, That the Legislature of Iowa, as a police
regulation, should put the power in some hands, carefully and
wisely guarded from abuse and wasteful extravagance, to
arrest by isolation and destruction, if necessary, any
contagious disease which may suddenly be developed in any
neighborhood. This, however, not to include any of doubtful
contagious character, such as hog cholera; and that we
respectfully ask the Governor to call the especial attention
of the Legislature to this subject, though there is no
pleuro-pneumonia in our State now, nor has there ever been
any, but we need laws to arrest it if any should be
introduced.

Resolved, That nations, as well as individuals, who ask
justice should do justice, therefore, we insist that our
Government should as carefully and vigilantly seek to prevent
the exportation of contagious cattle diseases as to prevent
their importation. This policy would create a feeling of
national comity, and an effort to eradicate the scourge of
nations (the cattle diseases).

WOLVES, DOGS, SHEEP.

The committee on resolutions submitted the following, which was adopted:

Whereas, It has become impossible to keep sheep in safety in
many parts of this State, owing to the loss occasioned by the
ravage of wolves and dogs: therefore, be it

Resolved, That this association petition the State Legislature
to increase the bounty on wolves and the tax on dogs.

Resolved, That the President of this association be requested
to appoint a committee to draft a bill embodying the sense of
this meeting in reference to a wolf and dog law.

BUSINESS.

The next meeting of the Association will be held at Ottumwa, commencing
the first Tuesday in December next.

Col. Scott is to prepare and publish the proceedings of this meeting.
The edition will be 5,000 copies.

The following are the officers for 1884: President, C.F. Clarkson;
Vice-presidents, H.C. Wheeler, B.F. Elbert, R. Stockdale, H. Wallace,
W.H. Jordan, E.W. Lucas, and P. Nichols; Secretary and Treasurer, Fitch
B. Stacy.

THE HORSE AND HIS TREATMENT.

NUMBER ONE.

History chronicles no improvement in the horse made