, 1906-12-17
WYOMING IS
ALL RIGHT
STATE JARED sPLENDIDLY AT
INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK
EXHIBIT AT CHICAGO.
Several Premiums Awarded to Laramie
Plains and North Park Cattle and
Some Good Sales Recorded After
the Close of the Show-Leadina
Breeders Paper on Matter.

The Breeders Gazette for December
II, published at Chicago and received
here Sunday, contains a splendid ac-
count of the International Live Stock
exposition in Chicago, with illustra-
tions of many of the prize winners.
The Gazette has devoted several pages
to a description of the exposition and
some of its leading features, and The
Republican has undertaken to repro
duce some of the matter having local
interest.
In the cattle slaughter test some of
the old-timers were fooled, the prize
animal netting heavier than they had
even dreamed of. 1t was C. j.. OFFS
champion carcass, 'Exilio," the figures
being as follows: Breed, Angus; live
weight, 1850 pounds; dressed weight,
1924 pounds; yield, per cent, 69.5;
weight Of hide, 102 pounds; fat
weight, AZ pounds. The Gazette says:
Wyoming to the Fore.
Wyoming was strong on both year
lings and calves. f. w. R%imlngton,
champion winner of last year, was
thlru IN the champion list this year.
Hls calves were thick, but not so long
IN the body as Boog-Scctt's. Stickney
IL Erwin had a goou load OF Shorthorn
calves, but the exhibit displayed some
~unevenness, the presence OF a few
runts marring its attractiyeness. The
same firm showed some Hereford
Shorthorn calves, but an Objectionable
brand was against them from the feed
er's STANDPOINT. Range breeders may
as well make up their minds now as
later on, that if their product is to seek
feed-lot outlet at weaving time, it must
neither be branded nor wear horns.
Yearlings to suit the feeder must be
dehorned and be disfigured as little as
possible by the branding iron. De-
horning is essential to popularity with
the feeder, as horned cattle no longer
have access to either shipping or eX-
port outlets. In the feed lot they re-
quire extra space and the horns are a
nuisance. Feeders dehorned are worth
a premium of at least 20 cents per
hundred pounds.
Almost in Sweepstakes Class.
William Reynolds, a regular exhib-
itor, showed some calves that crowd
ed Rimington's closely. Henry T. Gray
is another Wyoming breeder who
makes a good showing every year. His
Hereford calves and yearlings this sea
son were highly ~commendable.
The yearlings shown by Stickney
& Erwin were too conspicuously brand
ed, but they had breed quality. Vance
& Kelly presented a load of superb,
uniform yearlings that would have
been possible sweepstakes winners
but for calf competition. They were
well bred, with mellow hides and finely
formed heads, splendid representatives
of the ~range-hred Hereford. The same
firm showed a load of twos, but they
did not Iook a month larger than the
yearlings.
The North Park Cattle.
Colorado had several loads disqual-
flied on the ground of age, but made a
strong display of yearlings and twos.
Andrew Peterson, Howell Bros, An
drew Norell. T. ]. Payne and Sanborn
& Dwinell were ~contenders. Some of
the Colorado stuff could have been
sorted out and made a better showing.
Howell Bros Shorthorn yearlings were
pretty and looked decidedly better than
the twos. This firm is evidently using
good bulls. The cattle are well col
ored, have nice backs and show good
breeding qualities. If all range pro-
duct were as good the scrub steer
would not be as conspicuous in mar
ket circles.
Fine Prices at the Sale.
THE sale was a decided success
John G.. Imboden bought the champion
load of calves at s27.25 per head and
will finish them for next years Inter
national. The Remington bunch Of
salves brought s27 and the L. S. stuff
exhibited by Dan Black $3.50. The
Stickney Wyoming Shorthorn calves
brought $21 and a large slice of the calf
exhibit went into feeders hands at SIT