Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-06-04


! favor Of each. as the better animal,
Prof Withycombe, however, declared
the younger animal entitled to first
place, although he was a trifle too
long, the professor thought his heavy
thighs perfect head, uniform build,
and his possibility of growing in
breadth, entitled him to first place.
Onward 21st," is heavy, blocky,
hardy; beefy animal apparently ca
pable Of great Endurance, but not
quite as smooth as his mate.
The next contest was of the two 2
year-old heifers, Pride of Wasco II"
and 'Rosine Alamo" The boys male
their examination of these animals,
and favored Rosine as against, Was
&C, 23 to 3. The professor congrat-
ulated them on their Judgment, and
discussed the two animals slightly for
the benefit of all present. He consid-
cred both high types of the breed, and
said such stock should always be
judged from the butchers standpoint.
! The next contest was of the four
cows, which rather placed the young
agriculturists on their mettle. They
were Flash" aged years; "Marce-
line" aged years; Queen IDEAL
aged 8 years, and "Demings III" aged 6
years The boys did some hard figur-
ing on those four animals, and after
their score cards had been collected
by an assistant, Prof Withycombe
gave his judgment of the animals He
awarded the first place to Flash"
second to "Marceline," third to
Queen Ideal" and fourth to Dem
ings Ill" The animal placed last
had been put to the head by many of
the students. He explained that this
was not surprising, and cited his rea-
sons. ''Demings" had the best fore
quarter of any of the animals, but
was lacking in the loin and thigh.
Queen Ideal" was placed third, be-
cause of slightly depressed back
This, however, was attributed to the
fact that she has a sucking calf, and
all agreed that she would fill out, and
this drawback would disappear with
age and development. This was an in
teresting contest, and after it was
over the class was lined up around the
beauties, and several photographers
took snap shots of all the animals.
The last contest was between Brit
ish Beauty" and Flash A majori-
ty of the boys had weakness for
the former, but the professor again
stood by Flash" First he said, she
had better style, a kindlier head, a
better back, heavier flank and thigh,
and thick loin, besides standing
better on her hind legs. British
Beauty's" weakness was in a lighter
thigh and back. She was not so solid,
had a thinner loin, and her brisket
was too light. She was also a little
too prominent in the shoulders. All
these points, of course, were against
her only in comparison with "Flash,"
as she is a magnificent animal, and
well deserves her name, British
Beauty"
After this contest, Prof. Witty
combe called the class to observe an
object lesson in stock breeding.
There was on the ground one of the
most "onery" looking scrub cows, with
every drawback imaginable, black and
tan in color, dehorned and otherwise
defaced. Beside her stood an H.
months-oll / calf from their finest regis
tered Hereford bull, which was beau
tiful animal, not as large, but weigh
ing more than the mother and made
a fine contrast for the boys to remem-
ber The professor gave them little
talk on this object lesson, and the
chief point that he impressed on his
hearers was that, no matter how poor
the COW, they could not AFFORD to
breed with anything except a thor
oughbred animal, whether for milk,
beef or general purposes.
All present thoroughly enjoyed this
little outing, and will long remember
the practical points brought out upon |
this occasion. They all agreed that |
Messrs Gilbert & Patterson have the
making of an ideal stock farm, and
that they have the foundation of a
great herd, which will some day be
as one of the greatest
herds of thoroughbred stock on the
Pacific coast. Their farm is the old
Green place at Lincoln. On the
bottom land, which runs down to the
liver, they have fine tame grass pas.
.ure, and large hop yards, while the
ipland west OF the road is utilized for
hay and grain. Their stock is now
Is fat as butter and receives no feed. l.