, 1905-12-28
BIG PRIZES
FOR STOCK
PREMIUMS OFFERED FOR CATTLE,
SHEEP AND HOGS AT THE
DENVER CONVENTIONS.
Meetings Of The American stock Grow
ers' Association, the National Wool
Growers Association and others at
Denver January 90 to February 3
to Be interesting.

nj NhO RAAAbiAAoh vi llNt plOth at lue
western live stock show to be held at
Denver at the end of next month some
big prizes have been hung up, hat
will prove of interest to the feeders of
the Laramie plain, judging from the
victories won by Mr.. Vance and Mr..
Stickney at the International Fat
Stock show at Chicago recently. Fol-
lowing is a partial list of some of the
most important purses;
AT the stock show, in which any live
stock that is produced in the territory
west OF the 1O2d meridian-which
takes in the eastern boundary line of
Colorado and includes the western part
of Nebraska, part of South and North
Dakota, all the western states to the
Pacific ocean and the panhandle of
Texas-may be exhibited.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
offers a grand sweepstake prize of $500
for the grand championship fat steer
or fat spayed heifer of the show.
The Western Live Stock show offers
$4,000 in cash in various premiums for
cattle, sheep and hogs, both feeders
and fat stock.
Swift & Co, of Chicago, offer a cash
prize of 500 for the best carload Inf
teen head of fat steers or spayed
heifers, from n to three years old.
Union Stock Yards company Of ON
aha, offers a cash prize of 500 for the
best carload Of fifteen head of fat
steers or spayed heifers, from one to
three years old.
The American Stock Growers associ-
alton offers a cash prize of $500 for the
best carload of twenty head of feeding
steers or spayed heifers, from one to
three years old.
The Kansas City Stock Yards com
pany offers 500 for the best carload OF
twenty head of feeding steers or spay-
ed heiters, from one to three years old.
The Continental Land and Cattle
company OF Texas, Colonel William e.
Hughes, president, offers a special
prize of $50 for the best carload of
feeding steer calves less than one year
old, from any section entitled to exhibit,
and the same company offers a cash
prize of $50 for the best carload of feed
ing steers, one year old and under two.
Nelson Morris, Union stock yards,
Chicago, offers a special prize of $25
| fp. tho host narloo1 ng turnnt. hoal of
feeding steers or spayed heifers from
one to three years old, originating in
Texas, New Mexico or Arizona. These
steers may have been matured in the
north. Brands to prove point of origin.
Rosenbaum Bros. & Co. of Chicago
offer a special prize of $50 for the best
load of twenty head of feeding steers
or spayed heifers from one to three
years old, from any territory entitled
to enter.
The Hammond Packing company of
Chicago offers a special prize of $50
for the best three head of fat steers or
fat heifers fed in Colorado.
The National Live Stock association
offers nineteen special prizes in the Of
fetal classification, total $176, on cattle,
sheep and hogs.
The Union Stock Yards and Transit
company of Chicago offers a special
prize of $50 for the best carload leigh
ty head of Colorado pea fed lambs,
and the same company offers $50 as a
Especial prize for the best carload
eighty head of Colorado corn and al
falfa fed lambs.
Rosenbaum Bros. G Co. of Chicago
offer a special prize of $50 for the
championship carload eighty head) of
fat lambs fed in any section.
The Omaha Packing company offers
$50 as a special prize for the best car
load of fat lambs fed in Colorado.
Nelson Morris of Chicago offers a
special prize of $25 for the best lot of
three head of native Colorado sheep
or lambs not over two years old.
A standing offer has been made by
two Denver gentlemen to pay $40 for
the championship lamb and $40 for the
championship fat yearling sheep of the
exhibition.
The Armour Packing company of
Chicago offers a cash prize of s100 for
the best carload of fat hogs. This is
a very fine prize; carload to consist of
twenty-five head.
In at lion to these prizes the mer-
chants of Denver are offering many fine
articles as premiums and many cash
prizes, too numerous to mention in this
little statement.
For special information regarding the
stock show and official classification,
address MI. Harry Petrie, general man
ager, Western Stock show, Union Stock
Yards, Denver, Colo; and for other
matters regarding conventions, etc,
Mr.. A. E. de Ricqles, Chairman Commit
tea of ARA nSements Union Stncl,