Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
GREAT LIVE STOCK SALE.

GREAT LIVE STOCK SALE.
The greatest combination sale of live
stock ever witnessed in the state of
Wisconsin win be held on Sept. 4 incon-
nection with the Marathon county fair.
The list of contributors to this great
sale includes the names of men whose
live stock have won not only state, but
national reputation.
Shorthorn cattle will be contributed
by the following Wisconsin breeders:
F. w. Harding of Waukesha, A. A.
Arnold of Galesville, Benson & Ander-
ton of Sherry, Fred Rietbrock of Athens,
and Duncan Bros. of Wausau.
Red Poll cattle will be contributed by
j. W. Martin of Richland City, A. Dut-
ton & Sons of Trempealeau, c. l..
| Underwood & Son of Avoca, Jacob
Simmer of Wausau. and G. S. Curtis,
also of Wausau. Altogether, fifty head
of cattle will be sold besides few
choice Berkshire hogs and Shropshire
sheep.
With such list of contributors no
one need question the merit of the
offering. The name of f. W. Harding
has long stood for all that is highest
and best in Shorthorn circles, while
among Red Poll breeders j W. Martin
ranks second to none in the land. All
the other breeders whose names appear
in connection this sale are men of un-
questioned fidelity to the live stock
interests of their state, and they will
come to Wausau prepared to show that
Wisconsin is able to produce live stock
equal to the best.
Shorthorns have alwaysfbeen popular
with Wisconsin farmers and always
will be; while the value of the Red Poll
as general purpose cow is just begin
ming to be appreciated by the masses
| Anyone who is intending to start a
pure bred herd or improve grade herd
in either of these two breeds can not
afford to be absent from Wausau on
Sept. 4. With three different classes of
live stock and four different breeds
represented in the sale, there ought to
be something for every breeder or
farmer who is interested in the inn
provements of his herds.
| Sale catalogues may be had by apply
ing to Secretary L. f. Wright, Wausau
| Wis.
The Marathon County Agricultural
society is sending out invitations ior a
farewell banquet at Wausau in honor
of Prof w. L. Carlyle.
The banquet will be held at Hotel
Bells on the evening of Sept. g. Invi-
tations are being sent to all the live
stock men of this state and other per-
sonal friends of Prof. Carlyle.
| The members of the Marathon County
society are to be commended for their
enterprise in thus affording the live
stock men of this and adjoining states
the opportunity to meet in body to
pay their tribute of respect TO the man
whose untiring labors have done so
much toward advancing the live stock
/ interests of Wisconsin and the north
west.
The committee in charge will have to
reckon with a crowd, for the live stock
fraternity of Wisconsin is large and
they all have engagements for Sept. 3
at Wausau.- Farmers Sen
tinel.
The above comes unsolicited from the
/ Sentinel, and gives in measure the
importance of this sale and banquet.
Few people of Wausau and Marathon
county fully realize the magnitude and
the beneficial results that will accrue
from this event, and the increased num-
bers of visitors it will add to our county
fair. 1t will be the best advertisement
for the Agricultural society and for
Marathon county at large ever adopted
AS stated above, those interested in live
stock in this and adjoining states, who
will be drawn here that day. will be
| large in numbers, and accommodations
must be provided for them A COM
mittee on information has been ap-
pointed of the following gentlmen, who
will have a desk in the Bells LoTse all
through the fair: M. G. Ewing, John
Okoneskl and f P Regner. The man
agement desires to state that if anyone
having spare rooms for sleeping quar-
ters will inform the committee of such
fact, it will be considered a courtesy,
and the parties will receive renumera-
tion for same. The live stock breeders
of Wisconsin are all good, intelligent
men, and it therefor behooves our citi-
zens to make their stay with us as
pleasant as possible.
The banquet, it is expected, will dis
count anything of the kind ever held in
the city, as to attendance and enjoy
ability, and the management is bend
ing every effort to make of it a thor.
ough success. Prof. Carlyle has per-
haps done more for the stock breeders
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