The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-11-21
PANHANDLE
STOCK SHOW
W, P. Anderson Tells Of Sue
CesSiuI Display at Kansas
City Show
The state OF Toxas,

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"Tho show cattle from the out
door Hereford herd of cattle belong
ing TO John Hutson, of Randall coun-
". Texas" relates william Penn An
derson, special lieslock agent Of the
Pccos valley lines and the Southern
Kansas Of Texas, arrived home all
O. X. from their trip to the Amerl'
can Royal Livestock show at Kan
sas city where they were the rccip-
tents OF much attention. Out OF the
five bulls shown ranging from calves
to S-ycar olds. four of the number
succeeded In landing premiums. get
ting fourth place in rings numbering
from thirty to forty head, comprising
bulls that had travelled the circuits OF
fairs of the middle and western
states
"In the case OF strike Twenty, this
double-dlpped Hereford bull had done
service in hsrem OF fifty cows.
This animal, though bred in the pur-
pie, Is strictly an out door product
and was taken up only thirty days
before the Kansas City show. Al
though considered by the Hereford
Judges who had seen him fine
specimen of the Hereford breed as
can he found in any herd, his owner
Jack Hutson did not consider him
in show condition and was prompted
ia take him 10 the show with the
sole view of demonstrating to the
breeding world that cattle bred in
the Panhandle of Texas were kept
up TO the highest standard of excel
lence by proper selection OF tho best
bred animals. THAT this theory was
practically illustrated by this exhl-
bition the first OF pure bred breed
ing cattle sent from the Panhandle
to an outside show. This sots az
naught the ort-repeated fallacy that
fine cattle and horses deteriorate In
size and bone structure when reared
on the short grass of the plains,
THE only one of this consign-
ment which failed to take .premi-
UNI was a calf which was, on August
~, only twelve months old. The
division In classes set on tho first
dav of september and this shut him
out of the junior calf class as five
days too old for such exhibition
Thus he was placed in the junior
yearling class where he had to com
pete with animals that ranged live
months older and were of just that
much more mature finish. Notwith-
standing that he was out-classed by
equally we'll bred animals with long
or finish | have no doubt but what
II average gain in weight per day
had been considered he would have
been the winner over everything In
the show. AS 1t was he was the at
traction OF the show. lie weighed In
at tho the age OF thirteen months
and twenty days at 1910 pounds, the
ideal of baby beef perfection.
Raised in the Panhandle.
"on the front of these stalls In one
Of the most conspicuous Locations
was the legend painted in big blacI
letters, "Raised in the Panhandle
and on the side of the manger next t
the main aisle was bale of alfalfa
hay of a character and quality tina
is found better nowhere than tina
raised in the Panhandle. Tom Dow
lin the herdsman in charge Of thesu
cattle while showing. says that grea
interest was manifested in the i'm
promptu alfalfa exhibit. Altogethe
regard this exhibit at that show a
once useful and public spirited.
There came back to the lou
Door Hereford Herd" with this ex
hibit, eleven head OF Milton heiter
nd cows from the noted sale of G
II. Hoxie. OF Thorton, I'll. At tn
head OF whose herd is Perfection
the $4,000 son of the Great Dale
These helfers werc the half sister
OF Perfection Fairfax the great win
liner at the circuit Of state fairs thi