Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-11-23

w. L. Dennis, Secretary of our State
Agricultural Association was present du
ring the National Cattl Show. and gives
a very interesting account of the Exhibi-
ton in the Palladium. He says of some
of the stock;
The practised eye was. in many cases.
not little surprised to find the coarse
horn dull eye, harsh features. and hard
handler before him. 10 be some scion Of
Nobility. and that his price had been
counted by thousands. Had there been a
division on the ground between native
and imported Short-Horn, the native
bred would most assuredly have been
winners. There is clear open style, a
fullness of development. breadth and
volume about American bred Durhams.
that is sadly wanting in many of the i'm.
ported cattle, and we make the rema rk
here, that there is more propriety in
our own best animals for breeding. than
in sending. at great expense, to Europe
for new blood.
There were seventeen Short Horn Cows
on exhibition. three years old and over,
and we venture nothing in the assertion.
that this show was never beaten in Eng
land or A america. OF these over one third
were from Wayne county, Indiana. The
Committee felt they were in very tight
place in this Class. and agreed that each
man should go through and mark his ia
vorites foI lst 2l and 81 premiums. and
then compare notes; and il is very re-
markabe fact that the six COWS of the
seventeen. had been marked by all the
members of the Committee. From these
six the lucky animals were to be select
ed. The respective weights of these six
were as follows: 1895, 1892. 1860, 1905,
1865. 1913. which indicates that none Of
them were deficient in subs:ance-os
these six, were two from Wayne county,
Ind.
The sweepstake premium of $500 was
to be awarded TO the best herd OF one bull
and five COWS or heifers, and for this
there were FIVE contestants. The choice
lay between MeredilA's Wayne county
herd, and Brutus ]. Clay's Kentucky
stock, which had taken eleven prizes at
various Kentucky Fairs. The writer
says:
This herd was allowed by every Ken
tuckian whom we heard speak of it. to be
confessedly the finest hat Kentucky could
produce, and if it was beaten there was
no danger of.any other uocessful rival. it
might have seemed to some little short
Of presumption i'm the county of Wayne.
a small geogra phical division of the State
of Indiana, to have entered the lists with
such powerful and loudly heralded COM
petition. But the order was given, and
the stock brought into the ring and Col.
Sol. Meredith, OF indiana. found his herd
standing beside the winners of a hun
dred fields" Here was the finest sight
of cattle the eye of man ever beheld;
drawn up i'm line stood thirty head of
the finest Cattle in America. The Com
mittee made up Of the most competent
judges and Intelligent breeders and i'm
porters In the Union, were Lewis f. Al
len and Col. Jno. M. Sherwood of N. Y,
Colonel Williams, of Keltucky, John
tladlev Of Ohio, DR.. A. Stevenson Of In-
diana. P. Lathrop of Massachusetts. Mr..
Perkins of Wisconsin. and MIR. Avery of
illinois; consumed about three hours in
their examination. and then retired TO tx
upon decision. A very considerable
difference in opinion was obvious at
the start and throughout long tedious
and protracted sitting. and finally agreed
TO disagree. and advised the Executive
Committee thereof. and asked 10 be dis
charged which was done. The last bal
lot that was had in Committee, was for
Meredith d. Clay. 3, Watts |. SO that
Old Wayne out counted Kentucky one
vote, she never having more than three,
during the whole balloting,