Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-21
IOWA STATE COLLEGE, WINNINGS.
Over Eighty Per Cent of Animals
shown Bred on College Farm.

Over Eighty Per Cent of Animals
shown Bred on College Farm.
At the recent international Live Stock
exposition the animal husbandry depart
ment Of the Iowa State college, on its live
stock exhibits, made the greatest record in
the history of the show. AS in previous
years, the exhibits from the college were
confined almost exclusively TO the fat stock
sections. All of the animals exhibited had
been used almost daily since September /
for Institutional purposes in the stock
judging pavilions- While this work is not
conducive to the best gains on the animals,
1t forms the basis OF Iowa's success in
the training OF its young men, and that is
Away the first and foremost purpose Of
the Iowa State college. IT is impossible TO
do good teaching without good equipment.
That the Iowa equipment is up to the stand
ard wal amply demonstrated at the inter
national. where, in the very keenest kind of
competition. the college live stock exhibits
won the only grand championship trophy
offered-that for the best herd OF fat steers,
open to all breeds. grades and crosses
three grand champion prizes, seven cham
pions, nineteen firsts, ten seconds, eight
thirds. eight fouTths. four fifths and one
sixth- total of sixty prizes-a record which
has never been approached by any other
exhibitor in the fat stock classes since the
conception of the show in 1900.
A most gratifying feature of the college
exhibits it's the fact that over 50 per cent
Of all the animals shown were bred on the
college farm, and with one possible excep-
tion, every animal not bred by the college
was owned by the college over five months
previous TO the opening of the show. That
good equipment has been advantageous TO
the Institutional work was forcibly demon
Etrated in the international stock show and
national dairy show student judging con-
tests, where the students from the animal
h%usbandry department Of the Iowa State
college won all three grand championship
trophies for team work, and both first
prizes for individual work, in competition
with students from all the leading agricul-
tural colleges of the United States and
Canada.
Out OF the twelve International live stock
judging contests held in America since
1895, Iowa students have won grand cham
pionship honors nine times. and on two
other OCCASIONS won one Of the two trophies
offered.
W. H. Peters. q graduate of the 1903 class
in the animal h~usbandry department Of the
AbNa NhAAN6Na mar JUST lNAEAkNQ al cA-
cellent appointment in the Manitoba Agri-
cultural college. The position is that OF
professor OF animal husbandry. and pays q
salary of 1850 10 start on. TO be increased
TO $500 in the near future. This appoint.
ment is especially gratifying TO Iowa Stat,
college authorities, as IL places three OF ia
graduates in three Of the most important
live stock positions in Canada. Iowa hal
also furnished men for twenty-six different
state colleges along animal husbandry lines
within the last six years.
A course In poultry feeding, breeding and
management win be one of the features OF
the winter short course al Ames, which
begins January 4 With eggs al 40 cents 4
dozen the question Of winter egg prOduc.
ton becomes an important one. This vii
be studied in detail al the short course. Il
tins connection sons of the college hem
that have q record Of over 2s esgE Pc
year viii be exhibited. The feeding o
poultry, especially fattening for market
win also be studied. By fattening pOultrl
on a special ration for a short time befor,
sending them 10 market their value car
often be doubled.
The construction Of poultry houses. tn
management Of ineubators and breeders
ane other details that 50 10 make 2oultr.