New-York tribune., 1902-03-19
THE FRENCH CATTLE SHOW
PRIZES WON BY THE WHITE CIIAROLAIS
FAT PIGS AND CHOICE POUL-
TRY TO BE SEEN
Paris. March 4.

Paris March 4.
The annual cattle show. which is being held at
the Grand Palais. is much smaller this year than
usual, owing the that it takes place in mid
Lent. when there is a check in the demand for
butchers melt. The breeders are anxious that
hereafter the show should be held just before
Christmas. is the case with the Smithield Club
exhibit in England. AS regards quality the French
show of fat stock is better than ever this year
The prominent feature is the triumph all along
the line of the white Charolais cattle-large, pct-
uresque animals with long horns and the beautiful
silken coats that Rosa Bonheur loved to paint
The Shorthorns. from the banks of the Tees, that
for several years nearly all the prizes at the
French cattle competitions. are now out OF favor
The French breeders hnd that the Charolais cattle
from the centre Of France cost less to raise main
tain and fatten and give better results.
The champion prize for the best steer was
awarded 10 NJ. Pierre Dodat for his white Char
lais, which at the of three years and siN
months scales trihe twenty and a half hun
dredweighJ. The champion heifer belongs also 20
NJ Dodat and is a beautiful white animal
Of symmetrical shape just three years old, and
weighing fifteen and half huudre'iWejSht. An
interesting feature Of the cattle show is the de
partment for lots Of four steers. which must be
long to the same owner and which in most cast5
have been worked the plough before being fat
tened for the butcher. Here again IS found the
triumph of the white Charolais. The champion
prize this department is awarded to NJ. Aphonsc
COas of The oldest exhibitors in France, who
sends four superb hve-year-old CharoIais oxen
which average ton in weight each. The success
OF the French Charolais for beef making has
aroused the attention of English breede4. and "A
commission has been appointed report upon
the results obtained in the Allier region. near
Nichy Central France. where the best herds of
Charolais cattle are 10 be found.
The Charolais are said by experts to have the
same qualities the white faced Hereford cattle
of England, which have been so highly praised by
the Kansas State Board Of Agriculture and by 7
l.. Miller. the well known breeder Of Beecher, Ill.
who introduced the Herefords large scale III
the United states IN 1870 with great success, II
is interesting that the French breeders.
especially Pierre Dodat and AlphOnse Colas, state
that JheTe can no longer ne any question as %
the superiority of the CharOais over the British
ShOrthorn for beef making purposes. and they eX-
press confidence that the CnaCOlaS least hold
their own in comparison with the Hereford bTeei
OF cattle. which TIE emulous rivals Of the
Shorthorus. The opinion Of French experts is that
In the beef producing regions of the United States
would establish the superiority OF tn" French
breed both SrazerS. IN the stalls and I'm their
ability to withstand stress OF weather and eN-
posure
The Charmoisc, which are nearer 10 tHe SoutndoWn
than any purely French breed. make fine show
Of Southdowns. whose hoCks from time TO time
recruited IN England.
The French pigs make a glorious show. They are
judciously fattened. but not "overtatteued. as Is
frequently the case in England. The champion
single pig is cross between the we'll known Craou
pen of three pigs went VI. Victor Rouaud. The
animals ten months old and their average
There is some admirable table poultry. The
champion prize awarded 20 pair of fowls 90
La FleChe variety, and other prizes were given 70
show Is a finer one than has been for some
years past. The greatest advance is in the beef
great advantage in the Grand PaIaiS, where
there is plenty of Hight and space g. l. T.