Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-08
Feature of This Weeks Instruc-
tion at Annual Short Course
at Ames
SHEEP AND CATTLE STUDIED
College Has Some Excellent Animals
for Short Course cIssses-carcas
Demonstrations TO Be Held Next
Monday-speciaI Creamery Course
Attracts Attention.
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Special 20 Times Republican.
Anes. Jan s.-rhe live stock judg-
ing at the ninth annual short course
now in progress at Ames is proving
more successful than ever before The
judging of sheep brought out more in
| tense interest and thorough work than
has been manifested at any short
course in the past and the equipment
has been better than in any previous
year.
On Wednesday afternoon both be-
given lantern slide work covering the
cuts of beef, pork and mutton most de-
sired on the leading American and
English markets; and in addition to
this a lecture was given covering the
types of dairy cattle that have proved
to be the best producing kind. The an
imal husbandry department is FORUM
ate in having a fine set of slides of the
best dairy cattle in America, including
numerous slides Of the cows that have
made worlds records in various dairy
tests. Great interest was manifested in
this part of the work
Study Dairy Cattle.
On Thursday morning the beginning
classes continued the study of dairy
cattle, both Holstein and Jersey cows
in full milk being used for this pur-
pose. The advanced classes took up
a study of fat Shorthorn steers and
Shornhorn bulls. The prize winning
steer from the Carpenter & Ross herd
of Mansfield, o., was of the greatest
value in this work. Included in the
group of Shorthorn steers is the noted
steer Roam Jim, reserve champion at
the last international live stock show.
The Shorthc,rn bulls used were from
the Carpenter &, Ross herd and from
the lockwood farm herd of Prof
Charles f. tSurtiss, and proved to be
a very strong and interesting class.
The work OH Thursday was continued
with fat classes of cattle, the begin
ming class taking up in the afternoon
a consideration of the best type of
market steers.
Today fat cattle and breeding cattle
We're continued in the morning, while
in the afternoon all the stock used for
carcass demonstrations were massed
together and the classes had the OPP
portunity of examining the same and
listening to q lecture by John Costing,
of Kansas City. who lectured on the
animals before they were slaughtered.
The work on Saturday will be on
breeding Shorthorn cattle, breeding
Angus cattle and some additional
classes of fat cattle, and some espec-
;,;l .,1,.
the Angus cattle having been drafted
from the well-known show herd of the
Rosengift farms, near Kelley, Iowa.
On Monday, Jan. II, the carcass DEM
onstration will be held, and work on
judging horses will begin with both
advanced and beginning classes on
Tuesday morning, continuing until
Thursday noon. The work on hogs
will occupy the balance of the week.
Special Creamery Course.
The special creamery course here has
attracted about sixty creamery men. A
number sof others will enter next week
The farm dairy course begins next
week also ard will call out consider
able number of farmers.
1t is planned to organize number
of local butter makers associations
turnout the state as soon as possible.
These associations will be local IN
character, including five or six coun-
ties each. Meetings will be held three
or four times year. AT the short
course next year an educational but
ter contest and a scoring contest will
be held. Professor Mortensen, the new
head of the dairy department. here. has
offered a $50 silver cup to be given as
>first prize in the butter contest. Prof.
g. j.. Mckay, secretary of the National
Creamery Butter Makers association,
will give $50 prize as first prize in
the scoring contest. Prof. John Bower.
of Iowa State College, will give a SIS
cup as second prize in the same con-
test.