Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-01
IOWA STEER WINS PR|ZE
''silver Crown" Takes First
Place In the Live Stock
Show at Chicago
EXHIBITED BY STATE COLLEGE
Announcement Received With Great
Enthusiasm While Ladies PeIt the
Fine Animal With Costly Flowers
Ten Thousand People at the Show
Many Large Exhibits.

magnificent silver-white steer exhib-
tied by the Iowa Agricultural College,
was the hero of the live stock show In
Dexter Pavilion last night. Society
people who flied the boxes pelted the
stately animal with roses, while the
students in the GALLERIES cheered him
to the echo.
The prize offered the Shorthorn class
by the American Breeders Association
was given Silver Crown by the judges,
aud the award was evidently most
popular. Mrs. John I. Spoor was the
first to throw down floral decoration,
and those in the neigaboring boxes
followed suit. until the white coat of
the big steer was almost covered with
red roses. The inky black coats of the
| Aberdeen Angus cattle that accompa-
MED Silver Crowns triumphal march
made the whole scene look like an an
cient pastoral festival.
| College boys led the cheering when
| the fancy bred horses and cattle were
paraded In Dexter Pavilion at the In
| ternational Live Stock Exposition last
/ y.
| yell of the University of Iowa. Then
the University of Minnesota and the
University of Ohio. followed by the
University of Colorado. 1t was college
night as we'll as horse fair night, and
| the animals were comnelled to divide
the honors of the evening with the
strong -lunged students.
| There We're 10000 persons crowded
| into the aisles and amphitheater of the
PAVILION when the German coach
/ horses. first event on the program.
We're driven into the ring. The judging
of the Shetland pony tandoms resulted
in favor of Charles E. Bum. of Peoria.
| H. who won first and second place,
was third. Exhibitions Of shire horses.
Shorthorn and Aberdeen-Angus cattle.
and of hackney horses. preceded the
| Judging contest of ponies other than
Shetland Mr.. Bum won first prize
again. and G.. Howard Dawson. OF Mill
brook, N. Y. second and third.
Tho spectators applauded the ap-
| rearance of the six-horse teams from
| the packing houses OF Armour & Co.
Libby. McNeili & Libby. Swift & Co,
Nelson Morris & Co. and Schwarz-
schild & Sulzberger. and from the
Pabst Brewery Company.
| One Of exhibits that attracted
much attention was calf that was
bern Sunday night. The distinction
Of heing born at the exposition gained
for the baby of the show the name OF
International" Its mother, Baby
Ruth owned by A. Dutton & Son of
Trempealleau. Wis, jealously guarded
the youngster from the near approach
OF all visitors.
w. E. Skinner general manager OF
the exposition. last evening estimated
that the total value of ali horses shown
a. the horse fair was not less than $1.-
100000. He said that it was the great
sst collection OF horses ever shown a;
one time.
The awards made during the after
noon were as follows.
A farmer should decide which he
wishes to produce from the poultry
yard, poultry or eggs, says Charles p.
Main, in discussion in the Iowa
Homestead. In making this decision
the market he expects to supply 10 the
most important thing to consider. II
his market calls for poultry he should
help to supply 1t by growing the kind
of poultry making the most meat OF the
best quality. II the demand is better
for eggs he should keep the breed OF
poultry, producing the most eggs dur
Ing the year. IL a general market is to
be supplied, the farmer might keep
two breeds Of poultry, by giving them
the proper care and In no case allowing
the breeds to cross.