Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-17
5II,RI COURSE WINS
This Years school For the Busy
Farmer Proves Best Yet
Given
TIE ATTENDANCE WAS LARGE
More Than Seven Hundred Attended
the Classes During the TWO Weeks
Something About the Work Done
and the Interest Shown BY the Stu
dents.
Special to Times-Repuplican.

Ames, Jan 17.-The recent short
! course in stock Judging, held from jan
uary I'd to January 18th inclusive. at
the Iowa State College, Ames Iowa,
| will go down in history as the most
successful ever held at any institution
| in America The animal husbandry
department had made every effort to
have everything in readiness and a
larger supply of choice stock has never
been presented to the short course stu
dents. In addition to the college herds
and llocls. which afforded many very
choice specimens, including several
prize winners at the recent internal
tional and two championship winners,
Mr. T. L. Davis herd at Iowa City,
was drawn upon for a draft of show
cattle from his show herd The horse
work WAS reinforced by a shipment of
the prize winning. heavy four-n-h hand
from the stables OF Armour & Com
pany, at Chicago, while Mr. w. A.
Dobson, of Marion. Iowa. furnished the
heavy harness horses that bring such
llSH prices III llle east pcSadSC VI eHSiA
beauty of form and brilliancy of ac-
ton. In addition to the foregoing, j..
Crouch e. Sons, from Lafayette Ind.
shipped carload of their very best
Percheron, Belgian, and German Coach
stations. to Ames, including In the
load several prize winners at the re-
cent International; four first prize
winners and one championship winner
being included in the lot, as Well as
several winners of second and third
prizes The addition Of so strong
supply of stock to the college owned
live stock made it possible for the In
structors to point out and illustrate. by
living examples, the features desired
in the choicest market and breeding
types of sheep, cattle, horses ana
swine.
Sheep Judging.
The work began on Tuesday. January
End, with sheep judging and the en-
rollment on this day in itself, was rec
ord breaking, more than 500 being en-
rolled in the short course before night.
Wednesday also was given up to
sheep Judging. Fat wethers and
Shropshire, Oxford, Southdown, Lei
cester, Rambouillet and Cheviot sheep
were taken up for consideration and
class room study. On Thursday morn
ing the work in cattle judging began.
Fat steers were brought into the two
class rooms; the market cuts were
marked off on their thick bodies, and
the values OF the different cuts explain
ed. General Manager" the reserve
grand champion at the recent 1nterna-
tional show, was one of the animals
used in this work and an abundance
of fat steers was available for the
classes in market type judging, as
more than fifty steers are now on feed
at the college farm and experiment
station; thirty-four of them being
practically ripe for market. In the
breeding class, Shorthorn, Hereford.
Angus. Galloway, Holstein, Jersey and
Red Polled cattle were studied the
desired types were contrasted with less
desirable types, and the students were
thereby taught by actual illustration,
which animals were most worthy and
which were least desirable for the pro-
duction of cattle Of that particular
breed and type.
Meat Demonstration.
On Friday. afternoon. January 5th,
the freshmen and advanced classes
were united for the consideration Of
the animals which were to be used in
the carcass demonstration on Monday.
Five beeves, three sheep, and two hogs
were used In this work and were in
spected on foot by the students and re-
viewed by Mr.. John Gosling. of Kan
sas City, who has we'll been called
"the father of meat demonstration
work" in America. The differences be-
tween the various beasts were very
clearly pointed out by Mr.. Costing and
the animals used were particularly
adapted to this work. A Blueg gray
heifer, two years old; a range bred,
two year old, grade Hereford steer,
bred on the Matador ranch in Texas;
yearling Blue-gray steer, of baby