The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-04
BIG SHOW Of STOCK
GRADES, AS WELL AS PURE BRED,
WILL BE SEEN AT THE
FAIR.
ALL CLASSES ARE ENTERED.
SHORTHORNS, THAT GRAND OLD
BREED, WILL HAVE ITS USUAL
PROMINENCE.
TWENTY-NINE LARGE HERDSTAAi
Missouri, Kansas and Iowa Stock
Will Come in Competition With
That of Minnesota.
ALL CLASSES ARE ENTERED.
TWENTY-NINE LARGE HERDsTAAt

That of Minnesota.
If bumper crop of entries in every
department OF the great Minnesota
fair of 1897, is any evidence that the
car of prosperity is rumbling along the
highways Of the Northwest, that much
talked about car must be very much in
evidence. All the entry books at the
secretary's, office are swelled out like
the cheeks of a gopher in corn-field,
with the good things that have been
pouring in, and still they continue to
come. Next Monday the gates open
and the very big show will be I'M
yelled to an admiring and grateful
people. ....
Last year the entries We're 47O. Up
to date, the entries for 1897 are 610,
and several breeders to hear from. All
/ the old war horses of the show-ring
have reserved stalls, and large num-
Der of new ones have been attracted
by the big premiums and the reputa-
ton Minnesota fairs have always had
for lfberality, impartial dealing with
exhibitors and prompt payment of
premiums
Besides the great show of pure-bred
| stock, the entries in grades have been
very largely increased. This depart
| ment is more particularly that Of the
farmers, few of whom breed pure-bred
stock, and it is only recently that they
| could be induced to bring out their
grades in ShoW-rings when pure bred
animals SO far overshadowed them.
But the special efforts made to get out
this class of stock, which shows the
real practical value of pure blood,
have borne good fruit and there will
be very pretty contest this year, in
the grade classes and those who wish
to see object lessons worthy of study
should not miss the grades when they
are led out for inspection.
Of course, that grand old breed, the
shorthorns, will have its usual promi-
| nence. The breed has done more than
any other to improve the cattle of
America and all breeders have a good
word to say for the blood that has
given the world long line of grand
good ones. When shorthorns are men,
toned, since the Columbian exposition,
Henry f. Browns name is at once
suggested as that of the owner of the
herd which won in that great contest
and at all leading shows since. This
year, Mr.. Brown will show a full line
of shorthorns of his own breeding
The young things of the herd are the
real test Of the breeders mastery of
kis art. Any man with money can buy
good cattle if he knows them when he
sees them. If he don't know them, he
/ can hire somebody who does to buy
them: But when each generation of
his herd is better than their sires and
dams, he has earned his title and may
be counted a breeder in fact as we'll as
in name. Those who have seen Mr..
Browns 1897 show herd say that he
has never shown a better one, and
they are all bred at Browndale.
Harding & Son, of Wakesha, Wis,
who have been better known to Min
neSota people as exhibitors of fine
sheep, propose to SHE their casters in
to the cattle ring too, and are on hand
with a grand herd of shorthorns, and
claim title to a fair show of ribbons,
while Hon. N. P. Clark, of st. Cloud,
who is one of the veterans of the ring,
makes up in the quality of his eX-
hibits for the lack of the usual num-
berS. It. r. Westrope, of Harlan, To-,
interest will center about his herd.
The public is always ready to toss up
hats for the one that can beat the old
champions, and the winners may be in
the Harland herd.
But Hereford tenderloin steaks rank
up with the shOrthorn's and under this
class Sotham's great herd is entered
for the fourth successive years. The
Sotham herd has won it's share of
nd
always in warm contests, but this year
the indications are that the competi-
ton will be red hot. J. A. FunkhauSer
of Plattsburg, Mo, who was not here
last year. and two grand new herds
those of Steward & Hutcheon, Green
wood, Mo, and c. S. Cross, EmpOria,
Kan, have all come with the intention
of going back loaded with ribbons and
if so good an authority as the Breed
ers' Gazette is to be credited, it will
take good ones to beat the samples
which the new herds will send to the
fore.
The Black bodies are favorites
wherever a hardy breed of rustlers are
sought for and their friends in the
Northwest are legion. w. A. McHenry,
of Dennison, To-, comes for the third
time with the best lot of cattle he mas
ever shown. Gardner & Judy, who
nave D6on OIL on Eastern CIRCUITS, nave
now renewed their allegiance and will
contest with McHenry, Reynolds &
Son, of Prophetstown, ILL.,, the prizes
to be won in the Polled Angus class
This makes a total of eleven beef
herds. seven being the previous high
water mark
The Red Polls and Brown Swiss cat
tie are perhaps nearer to the ideal
general purpose breeds, good for milk
and good for beef. In the Red Polls
both J. L. Sanderson. of Centerville,
Wis., a new exhibitor and J. w. Mar
tin, of Richland City, Wis, have fine
herds. and which ever wins, our good
sister state Wisconsin carries off the
ducats. In Brown Swiss, Squires, the
veteran Minnesota breeder, has usual
ly had his own way, but this year E.
w. Barton. of Hillsdale, ILL.,, who was
here two years ago, and C. E. Cook &
Son, new exhibitors, will try ISSUES
with him. This will make good deal
of a stir. as the entry of the three
herds opens up herd prizes and the full
line Of premiums in that class and
there is something worth fighting for
in sight.
In Jerseys, Minnesota has entered
three herds, and Iowa one, that of H.
G. Mcmillan, Rock Rapids. This will
be Mr.. McMillan's first appearance,
and his competitors are very anxious
to know what his herd contains. In