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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.
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