, 1906-09-28

Ely hyu Vi AlDduy county SSCuIeu lHS
silver medal on six lamb feeces.
wyoming Ahead of All others.
Wyoming cattlemen who attended
the Chicago show were proud of their
state. In the carload feeder classes
frcm the north-central district, which
included cattle from Wyoming, Mon.
tana and the Dakotas, Wyoming wip-
ed the board all but clean, losing only
enc prize, which ven to Montana. In
the carload fat cattle classes, embrac-
ing cattle bred in the nOrth-central
district, but fed when, where and how
the feeder pleased, Wyoming won third
prize on a carload fattened on grass
and hay only.
Heavier Than Texas Stuff.
w. S.. Vance yearling Herefords
weighed $50 to 200 pounds heavier
than Texas stuff of the same age, in,
dicating the superior maturing capa-
bility of northern over southern
ranges.
IIObablS liz Al5ACob CL4Nhb
of all was the winning of e. J.. Bell Of
third prize in the granted three-year-
old class. Mr.. Bells cattle were fat
tened with nothing but grass and hay,
never having received a mouthful of
grain, and yet won third place.
At Chicago Worlds Fair.
A. Tho Thinoga CoInp,hfan avnpci-
ton in 1898 Wyoming took high hon
ors. Among the awards from Albany
county at that time were medals and
diplomas given the experiment station
al Laramie on collection of grasses and
forage plants; on flax, both for seed
and fiber; while barley and other small
grains came in for high praise. At the
st. Louis Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton in 1904 the collective exhibit OF
grains, grasses and forage plants from
the experiment station at Laramie Sc
cured grand prize. Mr.. John McFar-
lane of the northern part of Albany
county took a grand prize on speci-
mems Of brome-grass, which was one
of the few prizes of this nature given
to single exhibits.
Bell Gets Gold Medal.
Mr.. e. j. Bell took a gold medal on
barley raised on the Millbrook ranch
en- the Little Laramie. The jury of
awards determined that the heaviest
r nf.nn1 urnfnc ~ th- fafr rnrn tLnaA
shown by the experiment station and
raised on the Laramie plains. The
heaviest sample of wheat weighed &C
pounds per bushel. In comparison, the
known heaviest wheat from any other
part of the world was a sample from
Argentine Republic, which tested SAY
pounds. Our oats weighed As pounds
per bushel. Samples of oats from Ida
he and from New Zealand weighed
46R pounds. Some of our station brew
ing barley weighed Sc pounds per bush
eI, the standard generally adopted be,
ing As pounds.
Heaviest in the World.
One sample Of purple hulless barley
raised on the station farm at Laramie
tested 81 pounds per bushel which was
probably the heaviest grain shown
ION any part of the world that year.
at Chicago in 1898 some Wyoming
wheat weighed &C pounds per bushel,
but it was beaten that year by n sam
r1n frpn, AuCfra1fo wh{nl urnf-Ial co
pounds.
Winnings at Portland.
At Portland in 1905 the Wyoming ag-
rlcultural exhibit won so gold medals
out of a total of la awards to the
state. Our experiment station took
the gold medal on its collective exhib-
it of grains. Albany county, gold med
al on collective exhibit of oats, fax,
rye, barley, wheat and meadow grass.
MIR. e. j. Bell of the Millbrook ranch
took gold medal on white oats and
hulless Int brewing barley. The eX-
pertinent station at Laramie, a gold
medal ON collection of wheat; John Nc
Il dlldAS, u SOlu IuSudl Ou uIOuIS-SIdSo,
the Wyoming experiment station, a
medal IN exhibit of barley and also a
gold medal on collective exhibit of oats.
Mr.. Edwin Moore of the Sibylee took
d bronze medal on alfalfa, grass and
spring rye.
Eloquent Praise.
These awards from great exposi
tons, where our products come in com
petition with those from all parts OF
the world, speak more for the quality
OF Albany county products than any
ether evidence which could be pro-
duced. At the state fair at Douglas
last fall Albany county received first
premiums on best half bushel of late
potatoes; on collective exhibit of po-
tatoes; on best exhibit of fax; on best
exhibit of field peas; on best bushel
of white oats, and Oh best display of
crab apples.
Engine 232, one Of the new type of
engines, has been sent here for work
between this city and Rawlins. This
is the first of this type to be assigned
to the Misunderstanding district. Three
more are on the way for service