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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Former Des Moines Woman Is Dead in
Chicago.

FORMER Des Moines Woman Is Dead in
Chicago.
Chicago, H., May miss Evelyne
Perley, formerly a designer of wom-
ems garme nts at the Marshall Field &
Co.'s apartment store, committed sui
eide Saturday at the home of her broth
err, Frank e. Perley The body of the
woman was found with a bullet wound
in her heart and a revolver clutched in
her hand
At the inquest several causes were
given by relatives of the woman that
might have led her to end her life.
One was that she was engaged to a
wealthy merchant in Dubuque and that
he had died two weeks ago. The rel
atives of Miss Perley refused to di-
vulge the name of the man, saying that
1t would be embarrassing to his fam
lily. They admitted that he was an
elderly man and that he was wealthy.
1t was found at the inquest that Miss
Perley was married in 1887 to Leslie
Cleland, a business man of Des Moines,
when she was 16 years old, and that
she was divorced from him three
years after their marriage. Her union
with Cleland was Objectionable to her
brother Harry, and was the cause OF
long quarrel between them.
Frank Perley said at the inquest
that his sister often spoke of her di.
vorced husband, and that she received
letters from him.
Miss Perley's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Perley, live in Des Moines and
were summoned to Chicago immedi.
ately following their daughters death
A sister, Mrs. Ed. Brand, the wife OF
a prominent lumber merchant at Grin.
nell, will also come to Chicago.
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ALUMNI AT AGENCY.
Annual Meeting to be Held at the Fair
Home, May 6.

Home, May 6.
Agency, May /. Especially = The
annual meeting of the Agency Alumni
will be held at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. D. Fair, Saturday evening,
May 6. The officers are:
President Watson, Enyart.
Vice president = Miss Maud Shad-
ford.
Recording secretary Miss Gladys
Clements.
Corresponding secretary Chester
Reynolds.
Treasurer = Dr. J. F. Newell.
Executive committee = Watson En-
yart, Blanche FoullSe, Hulda Cremer
The following program will be rem.
dered:
Song - America -
Address of welcome - President.
Response Miss Hazel Clayton.
Grafton Miss Edna Mcdowell.
Piano solo - Miss Dottie Miller.
Poem = Melville Clement.
History - George Newell.
Music Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Slater.
Refreshments,
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WE WANT 70 BUY

A or room house in north part
of city. Will pay $3.50 down, balance
on monthly payments. Want it at
once.
We have a splendid 80 acres to
trade on larger farm. Do you want
it?
A small property in a small town to
trade on 10 to 40 acre farms in Wa
pello county.
1121A acres near Ottumwa. Will
take stock of goods on this. House
n earpacking house to sell on INSTALL
ments.
Six room house in South Ottumwa.
Owner wants to leave the city.
20 acres, will trade for city property.
LoWEN3ERG & CO.
Court Street.
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LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

. IN0IICSs =.
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the 28th day
of April, A. D., 1905, the undersigned
was appointed by the clerk Of the dis
t1ict court Of Wapello county, Iowa.
administrato of the estate Of Eliza
beth Davis, deceased, late Of said
county. All persons indebted to said
estate will make payment to the UNI
dersigned, and those having claims
against the same will present them,
legally authenticated to said court for
allowance.
Dater, April rs, 1905.
Vim. Abegg, Administrator.
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AN IOWA MAN is MURDERED.

ST. Joseph, Mo-, May 1. The
mangled body of a man, apparently rs
years of age, supposed from letters
found in the pockets of the clothing
to be Harry Collins, late of Kansas
City, whose home is in Patterson, Ia
was found on the Chicago, Great Wes-
tern railway track Saturday,two miles
north of here It is believed the man
was robbed and murdered, +
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DAHLoNEeA.

Dahlonega, April 80. - Mrs. William
Denny and Mrs. Lue Rislet are on the
sick list.
Misses Orrie and Stella Carter were
visitors at the home of Mr.. Fuqua on
Sunday
John Fuqua spent Sunday at home.
Mat Robson and Chester Wilson,
went to Davenport Wednesday,
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MARKETS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
CHICAGO Live Stock Market,

Chicago Live Stock Market.
Chicago, May 1.-Cattle. receipts,
$4,000; steady; good to prime, $3.50
$50; poor to medium, $4.25@5.40;
stockers, s2.75@ 5.25; COWS, $2.75@4.75.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; strong to &C
higher; mixed butchers. s5.10@5.52k !:
good choice heavy, S5.15@5.35: rough
heavy, $4.70@5.00; light, $5.OO@5.271s +;
bulk sales, $5.1O@5.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 21,OOO; steady,
$S.50@5.O0; lambs, $4.OO@7.4O.
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WILL PRESENT ANOTHER PLAY
Seniors at Iowa College Will Give ~
School for Scandal"

Seniors at Iowa College VIII Give IA
School for Scandal"
Grinnell, May because of the
difficulty in making the necessary ar
with the American propri-
etor of Bernard Shaw's you Never
Can Tell" the play which the senior
class had decided to present at the
commencement time, a new attraction
has been selected, over which there
can be no trouble as to the copyright.
A cast has been chosen and work has
already begun on the play, "A School
for Scandal" by Richard B. Sheridan.
1t will be presented under the direc-
ton of Professor John P. Ryan, Of the
English department, whose plays for
the past two years have been uniform
ly successful
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Receipts Today.


II cars.
Estimated Receipts Tomorrow.
Wheat, 100 cars; corn. 81 cars; oats,
40 cars.
Primary Receipts.
Wheat, today, $4,000 bushels and
last year, 245,00o bushels; corn today,
22s.000 bushels, and last year, 100000
bushels.
Shipments.
Wheat today 414.000 bushels and
last year, $4,000 bushels; corn today.
774,000 bushels and last year, $4,000
bushels.
Cleararces.
Wheat, $4,000 bushels; corn, $4,000
bushels; oats, none.
Hog Market
Receipts today, $4,000; left over, A.
500; estimated tomorrow, $4,000.
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chicaoo Produ.a Markc.

Chicago, May 1.-Wheat, No. red,
1902; No. 8 red, s4@9o; No. 2 hard,
$4,000; No. 8 hard, S4@s9; May, S9B
July opened, S2@S2B @s2A; highest
S3k; lowest, s1B @s2; closing, $685..
Corn-No. 2 white, 4S@4SB
No. 8, 46a4 @47; No. 8 white, 47@471s /:
No. 2 yellow, 40; No. yellow, 4S@4Sk
May, Az; July opened. ass @45B;
closing, 1875.
oats-No. 2, 291k@so; No. 8, 2sA a
29h; No. white, 32@32h; No. 8
white 29A@31; May, 1855; July OPP
ened, 2Sas @2S1a; highest. 2s% @2SB;
lowest, 1885; closing, 2S%.
Pork-May, s11.75; July, s12.o7.
Lard-May. S702@705; July, s7.22
Ribs-May, s6.s2@6.s5; July s7.15
Rye-May, 70.
Timothy-May. $500.
Clover-May, $500. y N
Barley-Cash, 40@49.
Flax-Cash, $1.25@1.40.
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ToDAY's MARKET.

This market is furnished by the Cas-
sidy Commission company. members
Chicago Board of Trade local office.
rooms % and 80 Hoffman, block. e. c.
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ing to the report few things which
Mr.. Nicely did not attempt to go into,
and which will show an even, larger
amount of business at this point than
is indicated in the report.
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CHICAGO MARKETS.

Saturdays Live Stock Market in Brief.
Weeks total-cattle, 54100; hogs,
127,3o0; sheep, $4,000; bulk of cattle
sales off 25c for week; prices SO to 75c
under high point this season: trade de-
mands supplies of much smaller vol
largely a quarter; some medium to
good COWS off 80 to 4oc; Gamers show
least loss-bulls dull sale; good feed
ers make firm prices-common dull;
small hog run yesterday sold rather
slowly; Saturdays prices steady-30
to coo off for week; heavy grades
showed the most decline; weeks av-
sheep show big Csc break for the
week; outlook unfavorable for any lib
eral runs; lamb values 80 to 4oc under
range last Saturday; fancy wooded
lambs around $7.25-shorn, $3.50.
Heceipts.
This weeks receipts compared with
the previous week decreased $500 cat
tie, 1880 hogs and $500 sheep. Com
pared with the corresponding week
one year ago there was a decrease of
1900 cattle, and $4,000 hogs, and an
increase of 1900 sheep.
Number received and bulk of beef
cattle sold here last week, quotations
for carload lots, with comparisons:
Number Bulk of
received sales
Monday, April "a 10000 s5.25@6.25
Tuesday, April rs ;. 4,205 5.2o@6.10
ednsd'y, April rs 1880 5.20Q6.20|
Thursday, April 81 >. S,02S 5.00@6.00
Friday, April 2S :. =. 1885 4.90@575
Range this week 4.2o@6.s5 s5.oo@s.15
Previous week ..4.20@6.90 5.15@630
1904 >. >. >. ....3.40@5.70 4.40@5.25
1903 .. :. >. ....4.00@5.75 4.60@5.3O
1902 500. .......4.75@7.40 6.00@7.00
1901 $50. -. ...3.S0@5.90 4.7O@5.40
1900 :. .4.00@5.60 4.60@5.25
Beef Cattle.
Revised quotations for carload lots
Of beef cattle follow:
Inferior and rough beef steers4.150435
Common to fair corn-fed
steers 4.35@4.S0|
Good to choice corn-fed
steers -. -. $50 a $50
Good to fancy finished
beeves ....... -. -. ..5.so@6sO
Common to good yearling
steers ;. ;. :. ......... .4.40@5.2o
well-fnished corn-fed year
lings 49,. -. ........ ..S.15@5.s5
Corn-fed western steers ....475@6.25
Northern fed Texas steers ..4.60@5.6
Distillery-fed steers ;. :. ..5.35@5.90
Representative Sales.
Following are some of the represen-
tative sales made in Chicago yesterday
showing lowest, medium and highest
prices paid:
No Az. Price
Hops (hutcho Inn 900 on
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New York Butter and Eqq Market.

New York, May Butter, cream
cry, 23@27; diaries, 2O@25; renovated
17@25; factory, 1928; imitation
creamery, 23@25.
Eggs-storage selections, 17A OBS;
f1rsts, 17h.
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FEW HORSES LEFT.
Outside Orders for Week Were Of
Ample Proportion to Clear Receipts,

Outside Orders for Week Were Of
Ample Proportion to Clear Receipts.
Chicago. May 1.--While general re-
ceipts will show some decline from
last week, the outside trade has been
characterized by steady volume of or
ders that have been Of ample proper
ton to clear the weeks receipts. Not
since the opening of the spring demand
have the stables shown so complete
clearances. there being practically no
horses to carry over. All good CLASH
and sold at the high level of the sea-
son. Eastern chunks weighing 1850
to 1850 pounds were particularly ac-
tive on eastern account at $125M150
and upward for good to choice offer
ings. The demand for coachers and
drivers was broader, and while the
offerings were Of larger volume, dealers
had no difficulty in clearing the re-
ceipts at s150@360 and up to S420 for
We're made to professional eastern OPP
orators with bulk of arrivals Iowa and
Illinois bred offerings. Plain drivers
were more active and unevenly higher
at $80@130, many eastern orders be-
ing executed for livery service. Big
drafters found steady outlet at I'M
changed prices; bulk Of sales at $3.50
6200, with the best grades command
ing s175M225 and upward. One con-
signment of Iowa bred stabilized draft
animals were closed out at an aver
age of 1866, the bulk of the offering
weighing around 100 to 1900 pounds
Local trade was partially paralyzed by
the transfers strike. and it is antici-
pated that local orders will be of light
volume until the strike is settled. For
eign orders were Of steady proportions
for harness horses, bussers and ex-
pressers at unchanged prices. Bulk
Of weeks sales closed at following
quotations:
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Carloads of horses shipped
Horse Gossip.

The following shippers arrived with
consignments of horses: Jacob Koch
Ter. Chicago; ]. Ullman; Nugent Bros,
st. Louis, Mo-; E. Holton; J. Harris
Iowa City, Iowa; M. H. Tichenor, Chi
cago.
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Chicago Poultry Market.
New York Produce Market.

Chicago, May Poultry. steady
10; turkeys, 14@15.
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REGULAR DIVIDEND DECLARED
Pennsylvania Stockholders to Receive
8 Per Cent.

Philadelphia, Pa, May /. = TIL
boar dof directors of the Pennsylvani;
railroad company today declared I
regular semi-annual dividend of pc
cent.
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New York. May Wheat, July
$685..
Corn-July, SIX.
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FOR SALE = sO-ACRE FARM IN
famous blue grass region of southern
Iowa. Address Austin Jay, Moravia
Iowa.
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FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR EXCHANGE = HARRISON
county, Iowa, farm, of 1870 acres,
about 100 in cultivation, balance
pasture; pays big rent; price, $75;
mortgage, $500. Want merchan-
disc for equity. Lock Box N. Mon
DAMN, Iowa.
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Chicago Butter anc Eaa Market
Chicago, May 1.-Butter. quiet
,reameries, 20@24 diaries, 2O@22.
Eggs-Easy. 14k.
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FOR sALF-MISSIsS PLANTA-
ton; 1000 acres; 5000 tillable; two
miles of /. C. Ry.; residence, cabins.
cistens and running water; good
post oak land; worked on shares;
stock, implemc nts, feed land, etc.
$4,000; terms. Address v. G. Rus
sell, 81 S. Main ST., Memphis, Tenn.
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FOR SALE.

SEND 15c FOR PEARL sHIRTwAIsT
set. hat pin, scarf pin, or two dozen
assorted pearl buttons, four sizes.
Economy Button Company, Musca-
tine, Iowa.
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New York Poultry Market.
New York, May Poultry. chick
ems, 10@12; fowls, 1O@14; turkeys, IA
OBS.
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Peoria Produce Market.
Peoria, May Corn No. 3, Al.
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Palronize the Courier Want Columns
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WANTED.

W A N T E DIT GAM OF WORK
horses; also have for sale two young
Jersey cows. Ottumwa Jersey Dairy,
or address on r. F. D. No. 3, city.
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WANTED-LAWN MOWERS AND
horse clippers to grind; also razors
shears and knives and anything that
need sharpening. G. G. Thomas. Y.
M. G. A. building.
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\IouSilJ =. LIS III 0.lU
Revised quotations for all grades Of
sheep follow:
Export wethers, good to
Mutton, wethers, good to
prime ....... 49,. 475@5.oo
Mutton wethers, fair to
choice ........ ..... -. 425C 4.so
Export ewes, shorn, good to
prime ....... ......... 45O@4.75
Yearlings, fair to fancy
light 49,. ;. ;. ........ 5.1o@5.
Yearlings, fair to choice
heaVy ....... 475@5.10
Feeding ewes, poor to best,
in fleece ....... -. -. 3.25@400
Mutton, ewes, plain to choice 3.75@465
Gull ewes, poor to fair =. ..2.25@3.00
Bucks and stays :. -. 2.50@365
Wooled stock, 5o@6oc premium for
sheep; s1.0O for handy yearlings.
Shorn Western Wethers.
Sheep, yearlings) ;. 40 81 800
Sheep (yearlings) 200 81 44o
Sheep :. :. . All 1873 400
Revised quotations for all grades of
lambs follow:
Natives, medium to prime,
shorn ........ -. -. .$5.50@ $50
Natives, culls to fair class,
westerns, good to best, in
fleece ....... -. .6.S5@7,ao
Westerns, poor to fair, in
Heece ....... -. ..... 5.O0@6.75
Western feeding lambs, poor
TO pest 5.2507.O0
Spring lambs, poor to fancy 6.4o@1o.oo
Shorn Western Lambs
LAMBS .l0O "A $50
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EsTRAYEr.


FOR sA- a1s STORY BRICK
hotel, fifty miles from Memphis, two
railroads, 1900 inhabitants, city
water, electric lights, $500. Terms.
v. c. Russell, Memphis, Tenn.
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wANTED-A POSITION ON FARM
by boy aged II, who desires to learn
farming. o. H., care Courier.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Nhs. III. Nrri0hf

Mrs, Pinkham claims that there Is o
kind of dyspepsia that Is caused by o
arrangement of me female organism,
and which, while it causes n disturb,
ance similar to ordinary Indigestion,
cannot be relieved without medicine
which not only acts ms u stomach tonic
but has peculiar uterine-tonic effects
also.
As proof of this theory we call al.
tention to tho case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright, Brooklyn, N. Y. who was
completely cured by Lydia Il. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound after every,
thing else had failed. She writesi
"Por two years suffered with dyspepsia
which SO degenerated my entire system that
was unable TO attend 10 my daily duties |
felt weak and nervous, and nothing that ! ate
tasted good and H. caused disturb ance In nv
stomach. | tried different dyspepsia cures,
but nothing seemed 10 help me. ] was ad,
vised TO give Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. and wns happily surprised
20 fin ! that II acted like finc tonic, and Ia o
few Gays began. to enjoy and properly diges,
my food, Ny recovery was rapid, and 10
five weeks was u well woman. have rec.
commended IL TO many suffering women"
No other medicine In the world has
received such widespread and unquali.
fled endCrsement,o or hassuch record OF
cures Of female troubles, as has Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27

The general outlook for flaXsGed APP
peals to the ordinary farmer at this
season of the year and farmers who
consider the advisability Of fax rails
ing will be interested in the condi-
tons which have governed the flax
market during the past year and
which will be a criterion for the con-
ditions of the coming crop. Leading
statisticians figure that at this time
there is an equivalent to 10 million
bushels of seed in seed and oil in
Minneapolis and Duluth; that country
elevators and farmers hold at least
million bushels and that outside OF
the fax belt, there are million
bushels more In storage tanks. This
makes an available supply of flax in
the seed and oil of at least 20 million
bushels. The normal consumption of
seed for all purposes in the United
States is approximately 10 million
bushels. 1t is, therefore, apparent
that an actual surplus of about / mil
lion bushels is now in sight, after
allowing for all demands for seed
during the coming year. 1t is now Ger.
tain that Europe will be able to draw
from the countries usually supplying
Europe, at least 45 million bushels,
and that no possibility for exporting
any of our seed presents itself Dam.
age reports from India and Argentine
have been shown to be highly cxag.
gerated. The United States, conse-
quently, will be obliged to take care
of all the seed now in sight with that
OF another crop. This will have a de-
pressing effect on the prices in this
country and means that the values OF
seed will be largely regulated by this
enormous surplus, to be further aug.
mented by the coming crop. In view
of the foregoing it is hardly likely
that American farmers are going to
take any chances in sowing unusual
quantities of flax this year. Farmers
in the sections which produced the
major portion of last years crop are
hesitating and the enormous available
supply, together with almost certain
lower prices, certainly are good rea-
sons. for serious consideration. A good
crop OF fax added to existing stocks
will naturally mean unprecented low
values, and farmers are not going to
take any risk as long as inducements
are held out to them in the way of
high priced wheat and other cereals.
-[American Homestead.l
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
New Blood.

1t has for many years been my Gus.
tom to introduce new blood into my
flock annually. l find, however, that
this Is not an easy thing to do. |
have been building up strain of egg
layers and whenever bring in a
new male am forced to introduce an
unknown quantity into my flock. !
find that most of my competitors in
poultry raising pay little attention to
The development of strains of layers,
but one or two of them do. From
these / try TO purchase my males and
sometimes sell them q male in return.
l am not quite settled as to the ad.
vantage Of new blood in the flock, but
| must admit that public opinion is
strongly in favor of that. At least, it
will not do much harm if it does not
lessen the laying qualities that am
trying to breed into the fowls
Julia Smith, Cook Co., Illinois, in Far
mers' Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Infertile Eaus.

lnfertile eggs may be used for the
feeding of young chicks, If they are
removed from the nests after the
hens have been incubating but one
or two days. The poultry owner can
easily detect the infertile eggs by
Gambling them, and this is thing that
should be always done. BY it the
eggs that would be rendered worthless
in few weeks can yet be used as
mentioned above, while 1t is then pos
slble to put other eggs under the hen.
This increases the possibilities of a
good hatch. What is true OF the sit
ting ben is also as true if an incubator
Is used.
Inferti!e eggs are a great source OF
loss in the Matching operations Of the
farm. Sometimes a whole sitting Of
eggs Is found to be infertile. The
sooner this is found out the better.
An egg that is fertile will appear
cloudy after being exposed to incuba-
ton heat for two days, while the in.
fertile eggs will still be clear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-27
Effects of English Stock Shows.

A factor that has done great deal
for the English people in this respect
is their excellent system of breeding
and their fat stock shows. These
people get great deal more good oui
or these shows, as a class, than d.
our own people, 1t is a sight nevel
to be forgotten, to witness the throngs
OF people at one of these shows, who,
with catalogue in hand, make criti-
cal examination Of each animal, in
regular order, throughout the entire
show. The shows are exceptionally
well managed, from the standpoint of
aifording the greatest possible amount
of educational advantage. The ami
mails are stabbed not only according
to breeds, but according to classes.
All bulls of a certain age of one breed
are to be found in consecutive order
in the same row of stalls. The judg.
ing is always completed early tbs
opening day, and the awards hung VI
in a conspicuous place at the head 81
each animal, so that there is not the
slightest difficulty IN finding all Of t .,
prize-winnipg animalt This sensible
system o. stablihg, combined with an
equally good system of cataloguing,
renders the inspection OF the animals
very simple and highly instructive
task. This systematic inspection OF
the animals commences Immediately
after the completion of the judging
work, and continues with ever-increas-
ing interest until the close OF the
show. 1t is here that the young men
learn the lessons and receive the in
spiration which leads them on to be-
come the breeders of their day ana
age. Those OF more mature age, ane
oftentimes having had long years ~
successful breeding work, aHq as
eager for chance to make cl1ricl
examination of the prize winners as
are the younger men, for these men OF
experience have long since learned
that string of gcCG young things are
not the result of chance or accident,
but are the never-failing indication
that good sire vii! be found on the
farm from whence the youngsters
came. 1t is in this manner that many
successful sire has been located
w. j. Kennedy in Farmers Review.