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Portland Livestock Show Success
TIIK Fourth Annual 1'ncltlc Inter
national Livestock Exposition,
held nt North Tortlnnd Decem
ber 7-12, whh an excellent success,
notwithstanding the fact that all the
breeding classes had been eliminated
on account of the fooling among tlio
breedors in regard to tho foot and
mouth dlBenso. It may havo been
possible, though, that an a result tho
fat classes conio in for a greater uharo
of interest. -"
This year's entries in tho fat classes
wore much greater than in any pre
vious yenr, making it the largest ex
hibition of market animals ever hold
in tho West.
Cnttlo LMilblt Kxcels.
Tho cattlo carlot exhibit was won
derful, tho HcrofordH predominating,
Short Horns following, one load of
AngUB was also shown. This year
besldo the fat carlots wero shown
carlots of feeders.
In quality tho exhibit was much
ahead of all previous exhibitions. Tho
grand chnniplon carlot went to Kil
ward Coles, of Hnlnes, Or., who has
carried off this honor for tho past
throo years. Mr. Coles was presented
with n gold medal by the association
In recognition of tho nchlovcmont.
In the single stcor class the grund
chumplon was awarded to tho Unlvor
sity of Idaho on "Oeorgo," u grado
Angus weighing 10C0 pounds.
" "Hogs.
The hog exhibit was truly a beau
tiful one to any hog fnnclcr. Cnr
load after carload was shown by keen
competitors. II. C. Anderson, I'armn,
Idaho, won first prize In tho light
hogs nnd Elgin .Forwarding Com
pany, Joseph, Or., won first on car
lots of heavy hogs. Tho Judgo was
certainly put to tho test in selecting
these cnrloads from such a largo of
fering or quality. It takes art to
finish hogs such ns these.
Tho sheep Bhow was not as largo
as tho cattlo or hog show, but wan
good ns rogardB quality. Dyron Van
deenr, of Haines, Or., waB winner of
first prlzo and champion honors.
Htmlc-nt Judging Contest.
Porhnps tho closest and ono of tho
best educational features of tho show
r each year is tho students' Judging
contest. Tlicso contests nro uciu un
dor strict rules nnd nro vory keenly
contested by tho boys from tho vari
ous colleges. Results this year woro
as follows:
Points
U'ushlnjuon SMS
Idaho 342
California 2234
!. OruEOIi.-. 2091
Auction Sales.
Tho first auction Bale Wednesday
wan given .ovor to the Balo of ex
hibited stock in tho cattle, hog and
sheep classes, both single anlmnls nnd
carlots. Idnboa grand cliatnpion
steer, "Oeorgo," was first to tho
block nnd was finally sold to tho
Union Meat Company at 24 conts per
. pound. Edward Coles' grand cham
pion carlot or steers woro soiu ni
10.20c to tho Union Meat Company.
Tho llurrlmun Club, 1000 strong,
niado this their special day and spout
the afternoon in inspecting the stock.
Many prominent officials of tho road
woro In attendance
Tho most successful Short Horn
salo ever held at tho yards was con
ducted Thursday. Such prominent
breeders as Minor, Drown, Dunn, Cor
nott nnd Chalmers contributed to the
offerings. Clifton King, owuod by
Frank Ilrown, was sold for $000;
Itoan Beauty, also ono of Frank
Brown's animals, wont nt $700; whllo
Dunn's Itoan Victor wont at $600.
Tho hog sale Thursday, Friday nnd
Saturday was not as well patronized
as wan hoped, but occasional good
prices wero realized.
Tho Holstelu salo Friday nnd Sat
urday was nn unusually lnrgo ono.
Somo II consignors roprcsoutlng tho
most prominent herds lu tho West
placed somo of tholr host animals un
der the hammer. Tho firm of Guo,
Hughes, Llnbargor & Eddies wero
tho auctioneers, tho prices obtained
being good.
Hugh Nlsbct's young bull of splon
dld breeding, SoglB Illvorsldo Pontlac,
brought $1025. This bull gives prom
ise of being ono of tho great bulls of
tho breed. Anothor high salo was
Marks' yenrllng, Mozlo Fobcs, which
brought nn even $1000. This was
ono of tho best attended and most
interesting sales of tho wholo week.
Tho last salo hold was a Horoford,
tho first to be hold in North Portland.
While this herd was not fitted far
show, tho stock sold was good and
brought fair prlcos. M. D. Whulon,
of Woodland, Wash., was tho con
signor. Hnnrjuet Given.
Each year it is tho custom of tho
Portland Union Stock Yards Com
pany to glvo tho oxhlbltorB, lending
stockmen and others prominently In
terested lu livestock a banquet. ThlH
year'B banquet was held at tho Im
perial Hotel with covers for 300. O.
M. Plummcr was toastmaater and
kept up, by his singular wit, tho In
terest of the diners until tho finish.
Thoso who responded woro D. O.
Lively, who camo from San Fran
cisco; W. II. Daughtrcy, president of
tho Portland Union Stock Yards
Company; C. C. Colt, president of tho
Union Meat Company; E. E. Flood,
president of the Northwest Livestock
Association; PrcBldcnt Kerr, of tho
Oregon Agricultural Col lego; A. II.
"Avorlll, president of tho Portland
Chamber of Comtnerco; II. D. Hams
dell, president of tho Portland Com
mercial Club; Jack Splawn, Mayor
of North Ynkljnn, and H. D. Hctzol,
director of tho extension department
of O. A. C.
If nnyono thinks that tho Ilolstoln
breeders are not strong in numbers,
he should hnvo boon nt tho banquet
of tho Oregon Ilolstoln Breeders'
Club, held at tho Imperial. Promi
nent breeders spoke. E. M. Hast
ings, of New York, waB in nttondanco
at tho banquet and sale.
Attendance during tho wcok was
CO, 000 nnd tho mnnngomont has ex
pressed Its gratification nt both tho
largo attondanco and tho oxcollonco
of the show.
Tho dates solcctod for next year's
Bhow follow tho closing of tho live
stock oxhjblt at tho Panama-Pacific
Exposition, December C-ll, inclusive
Eastern Man's System of
Harvesting Corn for Silo
FOR Bovcral ycarH wo havo har
vested a portion of our sllngo corn
and filled ono silo and a part of an
othor when tho oars wero In tho early
glazing stngo; leaving tho rest of tho
crop to noarly mnturo beforo harvest
ing tho most of tho cars and putting
the stalks into tho silos.
I prefer to husk a portion of tho
onrs, but ninny times when other
farm work" claims our Immediate at
tention it hardly payB to go to tho
oxtrn labor and oxponso of husking,
grinding nnd fcoding tho grain sep
arately. As ,a rulo, wo harvest a few
hundord bushels of cars from tho
field to food our fnttonlng hogs.
I havo watched results vory closely
whllo -feeding sllngo prepared both
ways nnd find that changing from ono
kind to tho other makes no notlco
aulo difference In tho milk yields of
tho cows. It is my Judgmont that It
pays to harvest n portion of tho car
corn boforo filling tho silos, that is,
if tho potato nnd applo crops nro not
demanding our Immediate attontlon.
Farmers in many parts of tho coun
try whero Summer dairying is prac
ticed havo been slow to accept tbo
"Oospol of Sllago"; howovor, a trip
through soma of tho dairy communi
ties in Now York and WoBtorn Penn
sylvania shows that many now silos
hnvo been oroctcd during tho past two
years.
Thcso dairy farmers havo kept their
cows during tho Winter without ex
pecting thorn to yield a heavy flow
of milk and consequently havo not
fed according to approved dairy
ideas. A chango Is gradually taking
placo and theso men are turning to
real dairy farming. This naturally
means that they will quickly como to
dopond upon sllngo and that tho silo
will soon bocomo ns common as tho
hay barn upon thcso fnrms.
Such a condition Is logical. It
Booms strango what process of rea
soning would lead a man to uso high
priced liny for "Wlntorlng his dairy
cows when double tho amount of
good food can ho produced on nn
aero of corn. Not only nro somo of
thcso farmers wasting monoy by food
ing high-priced hay, but thoy nro neg
loctlng to cultlvnto their land suffi
ciently to obtain good crops of hay.
The bIIo not only furnishes an abund
ance of good roughago, but tho fcod
ing of good Bllago along with hay,
Increases tho feeding vnluo of tho
bay moro than ono-thlrd. W. Milton
Kolly, Now York.
Thoro aro thoso who nro bo little
acquainted with tho good old truths
that almost any sort of strango doc
trlno looks frlondly nnd familiar to
them.
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The Great Manufacturers' Emer
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the end. If you expect to purchase
n piano or player piano within tho
next ten years, you owe an inves
tigation to yourself now.
Through the columns of this
paper we havo told the rcusous for
this great sale several times, so
suffice it to sny that never again
will such low prices be made ns
arc now umrlccd on thoroughly re
liable pianos, for the same causes
can never agnin exist.
New pianos can now bo had for
less than dealers havo ever before
sold somo grado used inslrumonto.
$200, $250 and $300 new pinnos
can now be secured for $98, and
tho more elaborate styles for $145.
Wo still have also a good selection,
in plain cases, for $118. A great
many used pianola pianos, which
cannot bo told from new, at prices
ranging from $285 for the $500
grades, to $J88 for tho $900 and
$1000 grades.
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per wcok. Pinnos $1 per week.
The important thing is to select
your pinno now, while these low
prices hold good, and before the
manufacturers' representatives
Ellsworth, Barnes & Davey leave
Portlnnd. If you have a used
piano7 organ or phonograph and
records which you would like to
exchange, wo will bo very glad to
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Many new player pianos still
left. Remember, all of these new
instruments aro marked at prices
even, less than snmo quality up
rights without the player mcchnn.
ism insido aro usually sold for.
$500, $550 nnd $C0O new plnycr
pianos aro now marked $2S5 nud
$337 somo of tho smaller sizes,
perfectly plain cases, $245. Tho
$750, $800 nnd $650 values aro
now $377, $437 and $488. Tho
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$588, $GG4, and tho largest 'sizes
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