Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-01
LEADS ALL
GATHERED IN THE HONORs AT THE
OMAHA EXPOSITION.
First Honors. sweepstakes and Gold
Medals Won in Live stock,
Fruit and Agricultural
rful resources Of Missouri

The wonderful resources OF Missouri
which lie close to Kansas City. and have
aided SO much in the surprising growth and
Importance she has attained. were never
before SO effectively shown as at the Trans
Mississippi exposition. at Omaha. last sum
mer. when the products from the state
met in competition the best products OF
all the other Western states. The foolish
p~enuywise legislators OF Missouri had failed
10 provide any funds for making an exhi-
bition such as the state deserved. but the
public spirit OF the people responded 10
the call for funds, and d sum was raised
that enabled a very tair showing OF ths
states resources and productions. Nnile
the showing was u prizewinner all around.
it would have been possible TO nave MADE
the display LOO per cent better had there
been funds 10 work with. With the knowl-
edge that MisSourIs display was haslAS
and economically prepared, the winnings
Secured are the more valuable
Secretary RIppey. of the state board OF
agriculture. has made public the LIST or
honorS Won at Omaha. He says:
In the agricultural department. we took
thirteen gold medals. four silver medaLs.
~twenty-nine bronze medals and thirty-eiShc
diplomas. being more tt.Iu three tunes the
awards made to any other state. and lar
~outranking them in value of premiums won:
W exhibited Il far greater variety OK
agricultural products than any other state
and a greater number of varieties OF corn
We were awarded a gold medal on each
of the following exhibits: Best general
agricultural exhibit. best Hour exhibit, best
collection of grain and seeds, best twenty
three varies of wheat. best fourteen va.
rieties of wool. best eighty varieties or
corn, best collection of tobacco, best nifty
four varieties OF cow peas, best forty-four
varieties OF polished wood, best nfty BUSH
els of corn Especial gold medal, best and
greatest variety Of products. best eXnioit
The fifty bushels of corn shipped from
Ca 1ar0u attracted universal attention. was
large, true TO type, uniform IN appearance,
and has been seldom, II ever. surpassed Dy
and corn exhibit of which we have a
I'VE exhibited specimens of timothy six
feet in height with heads twelve inches
long, and one specimen cut from a square
rod of ground, which. when Thoroughly
acre; BLUEGRASS six feet in height, and sam
pies of red clover and cowpeaS that were
superior TO any other exhibits OF the kind
The Agricultural college had a very su-
! perior and an attractive exhibit or nearly
every agricultural product grown in the
state. and its collection OF Ieguninous
plants was uneXCel.ed-
Finally. we exhibited samples of al agrl-
cultural products grown between the Gulf
and British America, won more awards
with less expenditure of money than any
other state. evincins the great fertility of
our soil: and its adaptability TO a great Va
riety of products.
3-year-old bulls: first or yeariinS bulls nrst
on bull calf; first on S-year-old COW; first
on young herd; first on get OF pun. ana
we took nine first premiums All the other
states combined took only five first pre-
miums. We took a total of forty-five pre-
miums on Hereford cattle. which was more
than the combined Winnings OF all other
states. The sweepstakes pun OF any age
and the sweepstakes COW of any age there
fordsI We're Missouri animals and the prod
ucts of Missouri breeders.
In the fat stock SHOW the sweepstakes
on 2-year-old steer and the grand sweep
I stakes to steer of any age or breed we're
won by Missouri. indicating that while
Missourians are intelligent and proSreSsixs
breeders, they are also capable ana JUDI
"Outside of Herefords. We exhibited only.
one herd of Shorthorns and one herd of
mer and ten on the latter.
..On Poland China hogs We were award
ed twenty-four premiums, including first
on wearing boar. first on boar under one
year. first on yearliug SOW; hrst on sow
under 6 months. first on aged nerd nrst on
herd any age bred by exhibitor, hrst on
herd under l year old. first on boar and
three sows bred by exhibitor. ana hrst on
I'm Poland China sweepstakes. we were
awarded nine premiums, including first on
boar bred b. exhibitor. FIRST on SOW anu
first on SOW bred by exhibitor
Ion Berkshires, we took twenty-three
awards, including first on boar o months
first on boar and three sows pred oy eM,
sweepstakes awards. including first on boar
" exbib.tei one herd of Chester Whites
and won ten premiums, including sweep
stake award -
Total awards to Missouri on Hereford
cattle. Poland Chinas and berkshire hoss
far surpass that of any other state and
probably exceed the winnings of all other
I'm arranging the herds of cattle for the
grand show at Omaha. the herds were 10
Gated according to their winnings. and a
Missouri herd was first. a Missouri herd
was second. a Missouri herd was third a
Missouri herd was fourth and q Missouri
herd was sixth.
THE number of awards made to the Mis-
souri agricultural exhibit was eighty-four:
to her live stock exhibit. li6: or a total to
the department of agriculture and live
stock of 80 awards. being about three
times the number taken by any other
state"