The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-08-20
Live Stock at State Fair.

The state Fair at indianapolis the
week OF Sept 9th. will be marked by
I gathering or some OF the most emin.
ent livestock authorities OF the Uaited
States. There are always many Of
hese men AZ the Indiana fair who
ONE as exhibitors. buyers and specta-
ors. and this year some OF the more
noted will be the judges who have
been engaged TO tie the ribbons on the
prize winners. There viii be twenty
II these judges az the fair and the
Awards they will make will amount to
almost $4,000 The State Fair man
aeement has selected its judges with
unusual care and has looked over the
country we'll to obtain the best avail
able talent
Prof. c. F Curtis dean OF the Iowa
school Of Agriculture at Ames. per.
haps he highest authority on draft
horses in America. will tie the awards
on these animals w. W Baker. Of
indianapolis. for many years we'll
known 20 the breeders OF the Middle
West. Will make the awards on coach
horses. James II Bright. of St Louis,
also widely known among breeders
and exhibitors. is TO be the Judge OF
harness horses. turnouts and ponies.
and he will be in the arena of the coli
scum each morning. afternoon and
evening One of the most noted horse
men Of the world will make awards at
the fair He is Gen. John B. Castle
man. OF Louisville. who will distribute
the ribbons to saddle horses He is
president Of the American Saddle
Horse Breeders Association. and in
Z h. ha
has been adopted by the breeders OF
these animals in this country which
has not been suggested by this emin-
ent Kentuckian The mule division Of
the fair has grown in quality and mag
nitude in recent years and Is promis-
ing for the coming fair. The judge
of mules will be John +. Vestal, OF
Plainfield. Ind
The cattle division OF the fair meas
ure with that Of horses in the num-
Der and quality Of the animals and the
amount Of prize money to be awarded
and the judges on cattle are also
highly qualified for their work. r.
r. Robson, OF London. Ontario. will
be the judge on shorthorns and polled
Durhams: Thomas Clark. OF Beecher
Ill. on Herefords and red polled John
John Imboden. Decatur. H.. on Aber-
deen-Angus and Galloways: II. S. Ber-
ry. Lexington X, on dairy cattle
A judge who has been on duty at
many Indiana State fairs is Uriah Pri-
vett. of Greensburg. this state. and he
will again make the awards on all the
fine wool sheep. L. c. Brouse, Of
Kendallville. Ind. will make the
awards 20 the Rambouillet. and r. J.
Stone, of Stonington. H.. a well known
breeder. will tie the ribbons on the
Shopshires oxfords. Hampshires and
the long wool sheep
The coming fair will have. perhaps
GOO head Of fine hogs on exhibition.
everyone seeker after a prize rib
bon. The judges i'm the swine divi-
sion are: LLOYD Mugg. Kokomo. Ind.
and Poland Chinas: ]. y.
Jones Franklin. Ind. Chester Whites
and DurOc Jerseys; J f. Work. Scots
burg. Ind. Hampshlres; Thomas Win.
hedge. Hope. Ind. mule foot
One OF the largest poultry shows
held in the United States is that given
at the Indiana fair. always containing
about 1000 fowls and always over.
flowing the big poultry buil6sng One
of the great tasks OF the fair is 10
make the awards in this division. The
Judges on poultry will be: O. l.. Nc
Cord. Danville. H.. w w. Zike. Nor.
iistown Ind. James B. Brewster.
Horydon. Ind. and George Muck.
Edinburg, Ind. all of them poultry
raisers Of long experience and at dif.
ferent times exhibitors at the Indiana
fair.