Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-17

I1svAMI climax of a remarkable sea
IH RNl son of livestock exhibitions.
iii W The tenth international
- U Livestock exposition Is being
lAzzlzzA held i'm the city of Chicago,
and If there is an animal In the United
States bred in tie royal purple when
is not there, 1t is only because the
owner thinks 1t has no chance OF Sc
curing the blue ribbon at this exposi-
tion, the most coveted honor in the
livestock world. To say that horse,
COW, sheep or pig carried off first
honors at this exposition Is almost
equivalent to saying that 1t was the
best of it's kind living at the. time oil
the award.
From the time the first exposition
was held down to the present the
awards of the International have been
the highest honors OF the show world,
and the exposition has been great
success. But this year marks the hlgh
tide of competition, there being more
entries than in any previous year. The
livestock exhibit ed is valued at millions
of dollars Nearly all of the blue
bloods that competed at the Seattle
exposition will be there, as well as
many that did not go so far west. With
the Seattle exposition, the Kansas city
Royal Livestock show and the Ch'-
cago International, all within the last
few months, the breeders of the coun-
try have had special advantages In
bringing their ribbon winners to the
attention of the nation.
One of the most interesting events
in the International will be the Judg-
ing of carloads of cattle. A splendid
prize is to be given to the exhibitor
of the finest carload of cattle ready
for the market, and all of the great
cattle feeders of the country nave en-
tered their best. There are so many
points to be considered in the scoring
that this is always one of the most
interesting contests of the exposition.
The blue ribbon honors usually go to
two-year-old cattle. but sometimes
yeariings are awarded the honors. Two
families have taken first honors hve
out of nine times. After the carload
lots are exhibited they are sold Tor
the shambles in like manner as the
common herd.
A valuable phase of the International
exposition is the work of training the
students of agrSultural colleges In the
art OF judging stock. There are
many classes that are judged py STU
dent Judges, under the guidance or
veterans, and many such colleges nave
added a course in stock judging as an
elective study in their curriculum.
Their work is done under practical
conditions at the stock shows.
Tn addition to the livestock eX-
hibltlons the annual congress OF the
American Society of Livestock Nutrl-
tion also will meet in Chicago. This
organization was founded for the pur-
pose of making a careful and palms.
taking study of the best way TO get
the maximum OF benefit out of a given
quantity OF food given to animals Ih9
society has given much labor 10 the
question and is beginning to formulate
many interesting lessons from the ex-
periments made under actual feeding
conditions. 1t is found, for instance,
that some kinds of cattle are more
economical manufacturers of beef than
others. Some cows return more milk
and butter for their board than others.
Some foods yield more beef and milk
per dollar invested than others. The
purpose of the Nutrition society Is to
find out all about this subject for the
benefit of the stock raisers and dairy
men.
An attractive publication, from the
stockraisers standpoint Is a little
book giving tne pictures ol Piine VIM
ming animals, starting with the famous
old RysdIck's Hambletonlan, greatest
of all sires of race horses, and coming
down to the present day. One of the
most remarkable pictures 1t contains Is
that of Billy" the largest steer on
record. He took the gold medal at the
Chicago worlds fair and had an Of
fetal weight of 1856 pounds. Later ne
was exhibited all over the country,
and is said to have weighed 1000 pounds
before he fied.
But even Billy could not hold can
die to Jerry, a Hoistein OK owned by
a Massachusetts stockman. He Is said
to measure II 1-2 hands high-taller by
a hand than a good sized horse. AT
Q years old he measured ten feet
three inches around the girth, and
weighed 1855 pounds. 1t is said that
In his younger days he was something