article in Bloomington Pantagraph, December 18, 1947
60 Dual Shorthorn Breeders Dine Here
Report Demand for Good Cows Exceeds Supply
Sixty members of the Central Illinois Milking Shorthorn Breeders Association held their annual meeting and banquet Wednesday at the Illinois Hotel, plans for cattle sales there bringing many reports of a shortage of the dual purpose cattle compared to the big demand.
Ernest L. Meredith of Farmer City, president, reported the association sale at the Normal University Farm on Dec. 9 resulted in a total of $14,255 received for 40 head sold, and sales expense amounted to only 5.14 percent of the total.
He praised the association for its efforts to provide quality cattle for the sales, and to maintain their sales free of by-bidding, which he said is common in many such sales - breeders bidding high values on their own cattle for advertising purposes.
Mr. Meredith reported 50 Milking Shorthorn herds in Central Illinois are now enrolled in regular testing for production in dairy herd improvement associations. Many of them are in the Central Illinois DHIA, tested by Darrell Slater of Chenoa, who has resigned as tester and will be succeeded in January by Cletus Volk of Minonk.
One action by the association was to accept associate membership from Milking Shorthorn breeders outside the 17 counties in their Central Illinois district.
A total of 72 members was reported in the Central Illinois association, an increase of 15 for the past year.
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