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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION 5 Portland Livestock Show Success THE Fourth Annual Pacific Inter national Livestock Exposition, held at North Portland Decem ber 7-12, ras an excellent success, notwithstanding the fact that all the breeding classes had been eliminated on account of the feeling among the breeders in regard to the foot and mouth disease. It may have been possible, though, that as a result the fat classes come in for a greater share of interest. This year's entries in the fat classes 'were much greater than In any pre vious year, making It the largest ex hibition of market animals ever held in the West. Cattle Exhibit Excels. The cattle carlot exhibit aas won derful, the Herefords predominating. Short Horns following, one load of Angus was also shown. This year beside the fat carlots were shown carlots of feeders. In quality the exhibit was much ahead of all previous exhibitions. The grand champion carlot went to Ed ward Coles, of Haines, Or., who has carried off this honor for the past three years. Mr. Coles was presented with a gold medal by the association in recognition of the achievement. In the single steer class the grand champion was awarded to the Univer sity of Idaho on "George," a grade Angus weighing 1650 pounds. Hogg. The hog exhibit was truly a beau tiful one to any hog fancier. Car load after carload was shown by keen competitors. H. C. Anderson, Parma, Idaho, won first prize in the light hogs and Elgin Forwarding Com pany, Joseph, Or., won first on car lots of heavy hogs. The Judge was certainly put to the test in selecting these carloads from such a large of fering of quality. It takes art to finish hogs such as these. The sheep show was not as large as the cattle or hog show, but was good as regards quality, Byron Van decar, of Haines, Or., was winner of first prize and champion honors. Student Judging Contest. Perhaps the closest and one of the best educational features of the show each year is the students' Judging contest. These contests are held un der strict rules and are very keenly contested by the boys from the vari ous colleges. Results this year were as follows: Points Washington 2.il2 Idaho Hit California 2234 Oregon 2091 Auction Sales. The first auction sale Wednesday , was given over to the sale of ex hibited stock in the cattle, hog and sheep classes, both single animals and carlots. Idaho's grand champion steer, "George," was first to the block and was finally sold to the Union Meat Company at 24 cents per pound. Edward Coles' grand cham pion carlot of steers were sold at 10.20c to the Union Meat Company. The Harriman Club, 1000 strong, made this their special day and spent the afternoon in inspecting the stock. Many prominent officials of the road were in attendance. The most successful Short Horn sale ever held at the yards was con ducted Thursday. Such prominent breeders as Minor, Brown, Dunn, Cor nea and Chalmers contributed to the offerings. Clifton King, owned by Frank - Brown, was sold for $900; Roan Beauty, also one of Frank Brown's animals, went at $700; while Dunn's Roan Victor went at $600. The hog sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday was not as well patronized as was hoped, but occasional good prices were realized. The HolBtein sale Friday and Sat urday was an unusually large one. Some 14 consignors representing the most prominent herds in the West placed some of their best animals un der the hammer. The firm of Gue, Hughes, Llnbarger & Eddies were the auctioneers, the prices obtained bolng good. Hugh Nlsurt's young bull of splen did breeding, Segis Riversldo Pontiac, brought $1025. This bull gives prom ise of being one of the great bulls of the breed. Another high sale was Marks' yearling, Mozle Fobes, which brought an even $1000. This was one of the best attended and most interesting sales of the whole week. The last salo held was a Horeford, the first to "be held in North Portland. While this herd was not fitted for show, the Btock sold was good and brought fair prices. M. D. Whalen, of Woodland, Wash., was the con signor. Banquet Given. Each year it Is the custom of the Portland Union Stock Yards Com pany to give the exhibitors, leading stockmen and others prominently In terested in livestock a banquet. This year's banquet was held at the Im perial Hotel with covers for 300. O. M. Plummer was toast ni aster and kept up, by his singular wit, the in terest of the diners until the finish. Those who responded were D. O. Lively, who came from San Fran cisco; W. H. Daughtrey, president of the Portland Union Stock Yards Company; C. C. Colt, president of the Union Meat Company; E. E. Flood, president of the Northwest Livestock Association; President Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural College; A. H. Averlll, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce; H. D. Rams dell, president of the Portland Com mercial Club; Jack Splawn, Mayor of North Yakima, and R. D. Hetzel, director of the extension department of O. A. C. If anyone thinks that the Holstein breeders are not strong In numbers, he should have been at the banquet of the Oregon Holstein Breeders' Club, held at the Imperial. Promi nent breeders spoke. E. M. Hast ings, of New York, was in attendance at the banquet and sale. Attendance during the week was 50,000 and the management lias ex pressed its gratification at both the large attendance and the excellence of the Bhow. The dates selected for next year's show follow the closing of the live stock exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, December 6-11, Inclusive. Eastern Man's System of Harvesting Corn for Silo FR vseveral years we have har vested a portion of our silage corn and filled one silo and a part of an other when the ears were In the early glazing stage; leaving the rest of the crop to nearly mature before harvest ing the most of the ears and putting the stalks into the silos. 1 prefer to husk a portion of the ears, but many times when other farm work claims our immediate at tention it hardly pays to go to the extra labor and expense of husking, grinding and feeding the grain sep arately. - As a rule, we harvest a few hunderd bushels of ears from the field to feed our fattening hogs, I have watched results very closely while feeding silage prepared both, ways and find that changing from one kind to the other makes no notice able difference in the milk yields of the cows. It Is my Judgment that it pays to harvest a portion of the ear corn before filling the silos, that Is, If the potato and apple crops are not demanding our immediate attention. Farmers In many parts of the coun try where Summer dairying Is prac ticed have been slow to accept the "Gospel of Silage"; Jiowever, a trip through some of the dairy communi ties in New York and Western Penn sylvania shows that many new silos have been erected during the past two years. These dairy farmers have kept their cows during the Winter without ex pecting them to yield a heavy flow of milk and consequently have not fed according to approved dairy ideas. A change is gradually taking place and these men are turning to real- dairy farming. This naturally means that they will quickly come to depend upon silage and that the silo will soon become as common as the hay barn upon these farms. Such a condition is logical. ' It seems strange what process of rea soning would lead a man to use high priced hay for Wintering his dairy cows when double the amount of good feed can be produced on an acre of corn. Not only are some of these farmers wasting money by feed ing high-priced hay, but they are neg lecting to cultivate their land suffi ciently to obtain good crops of hay. The silo not only furnishes an abund ance of good roughage, but the feed ing of good silage along with hay, increases the feeding value of the hay more than one-third. W. Milton Kelly, New York. There are those who are bo little acquainted with the good old truths that almost any sort of strange doc trine looks friendly and familiar to them. jr IMPORTANT, that yij'ou mention this "paper in answering advertisements. Can Anything Be Nicer Than a Piano or Player-Piano for Your Home Something That Every Member of the Family Enjoys for All Time to Come. The Great Manufacturers' Emer gency and Surplus Sale is nearing the end. 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