The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-09-01

hibit two herds, and Rush and Pierce,
of Suisun, Cal, have entered a herd
purchased in the east; E. ID. Mitchell,
of Clinton, Mo-, owner of the famous
Tebo herd, with Choice Good at the
head, also has applied for stall room.
E. w. Bowen, of Delphi, Ind, has en-
tered seven head which include Fair
Queen. the champion of all fairs.
Of the owners of dairy breeds, w.
d. Laid. of Portland, owner of the
Hazel Fern herd, will be an important
contestant. Mr.. Ladd's Loretta D. took
first prize in the dairy class at st.
Louis. Other Oregon exhibitors of
Jerseys who are entered are d. H.
Looney, of Jefferson; Harry West, of
Scappoose; Atkinson Bros, of New
berg. and E. G. Martin, of Elgin. Cen
eral William R. Shafter, of San Fran
cisco, has also entered his Jerseys.
Charles E. Pierce, of Stockton, Cal,
who owns one of the finest herds OF
Holsteins in the world, will show 4O
head which he has imported direct
from Holland. R. M. Houtaling, OF San
Francisco, also has entered two herds
of Holsteins, and P. A. Frakes, OF
Scappoose, is fitting up two herds. ).
L. Smith, of the Hazelwood Company,
Spokane, Wash, will exhibit two herds
from the 70 head of cattle which he
imported from the east for show pur-
poses. Mrs. William d. Honeyman
will exhibit her Kelvin Grove herd OF
Ayrshires, one of the finest in Amer
lea. Canadian stockmen have also
taken lively interest in the stock
show of the Lewis and Clark EXPOSE
ton, and both beef and dairy breeds
from various Canadian points will be
represented.
The American Goat Association,
which for several years has held its
exhibitions in Kansas City, will hold
the first goat show ever conducted Ill
the west, and prospects are that it will
be superior in every way to former ex-
hibitions at the American Royal show
in Kansas City. Eastern sheepraisers
are expected to enter for prizes, and
several prominent western owners al
ready have listed their stock. Among
the latter are the Baldwin Sheep &
Land Company, of Hay Creek, Or; r.
A. Jackson Dayton, Wash; John E.
Stump, and J. H. Hawley, Monmouth,
Or; Richard Scott, Milwaukee, Or;
Charles E. Laid, North Yamhill, Or,
and Thomas w. Brunk, of Salem, Or.
Why Raise Improved Cattle?
1t is not beyond the range of rea-
sonable possibility that, in few
years, good cattle Of the beef breeds
may become the most valuable of all
domestic animals, says Twentieth
Century Farmer" And if this be true,
then it devolves upon the farmer OF
the great Mississippi valley to at once.
in the protection of his own future
welfare so plan his business as to be
able to profit by the era of good prices
that must come. There are several
valid reasons for the belief expressed.
First, and the basic principle on
which every successful business is
built, is the fact that quality or high
merit must always command price
in advance of mediocrity. The use OF
breeding animals of improved lines OF
blood is therefore an insurance against
the lowest or improbable prices.
In the history of the business of
producing cattle, there is no instance
in which a series of years of low and
unsatisfactory prices has failed to be
followed by period during which
prices reached an extreme as high as
they had previously been low. For
more than a year now there has ex-
listed a range of cattle prices that are
surely at the lowest possible point
and the turn for the better cannot
be long delayed. With pure-bred cat
tie of the beef breeds going at the
figures ruling today, there is every
reason why every farmer who has the
ability and inclination to take decent
care of them should become the owner
of a few good breeding cows of that
breed which the more nearly ap-