The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-05
GOVERNORS AT SHOW
SEVL CHIEF EXECUTIVES 4TIlyE
STOCK EXHIBITION
notwithstanding Crowd on Jpter.
collegiate stock Judging Day-
Fifty Cents Per Pound for
Fat Prize Winner.

4ICAGO, Dec. 4-The fifth day Of the
international live stock exposition at
tracted the greatest crowd ever assem-
bled at the Chicago stock yards, the pa
Vll1ons pens and yards being crowded
really beyond their capacity. High Off
Gals of several Western states and Cana
dian provinces were among the specta-
tors, including Gov. Shaw, of Iowa; Gov.
Savage, of Nebraska; Gov. Van SAINT, of
Minnesota; Gov Durbin, of Indiana. Gov.
DCckery, OF Missouri; Gov. Toole of Mon
tana; Gov. Wells. of Utah; Senior Cas-
overas, of Mexico; Senior Alberto Seran-
ties, of the Argentine Republic, and Hon.
J. Fl. Dryden, Canadian minister of agri-
culture
An interesting incident of the day was
the selling at auction of the fat Hereford
steer Woods Principal, to which the
championship of the show was awarded
yesterday A local packing firm started
the bidding at rs cents a pound Penny
by penny the price advanced, but so cents
was the limit, and a. G. Swenson of New
York, was the purchaser.
The annual intercollegiate stock judging
contest for the Spoor trophy was another
feature of the day. There were fifty
seven contestants, representing eight col
leges Of agriculture, from the following
states: Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michi-
gan, Indiana, Ohio, Ontario Guelph and
North Dakota. Nineteen classes of live
stock were judged. Each class was iudg-
ed by a special judge after the students
had judged them, and the students judg-
ment will be compared with that of the
judges.
The winners in this contest probably
will be announced tomorrow.
Students of agricultural colleges in the
United States and Canada met this even
ing at the hall of the Chicago live stock
exchange and organized the International
Federation of Agricultural colleges. Pur-
due, Mich; Ontario, Iowa, Illinois, Okla
homa, Minnesota and other colleges were
represented. The object of the organiza-
ton is the promotion of agricultural sci
ence and of good fellowship among the
students of agriculture.
The combination sale OF Aberdeen-An-
gus breeding stock in the main pavilion
this afternoon was most successful.
Ninety-seven cattle sold at an average
OF 1914 per head.
Tonight closed Governors day" at the
show. Facing a throng that packed the
big pavilion, the heads of four of the
leading live stock and farming states Of
the Middle West told how the farmer is
the backbone of the nation Each
speaker sounded especially the glories
and resources of the state which claims
him as its chief executive. The four
cover ors whose addresses brought the
Fifth day of the show to close were
Shaw, of Iowa; Van SAINT, of Minnesota;
Bliss. of Michigan, and Savage, of Ne
braska.
When Gov. Van SAINT got the platform
the crowd greeted him as the man who
has opened the fight on the recent COM
binatlon of railroad interests
Hit 'em hard! Give it to the octopusr'
was the cry. But the governor side
stepped any reference to the anti-cor-
poration fight and confined himself to re-
citing the glories of Minnesota