Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-19

This week win mark the climax Of a
remarkable season OF live stock exhibi-
aous. The tenth International Live Stock
exposition is being held IN the city Of
chicago, and If there Is an animal in the
nitod states bred in tho roysl purple
uh!ch is not there. Il is only because ths
owner thinks It has no chance OF securing
ne blue ribbon at this exposition. the most
coveted honor in the live stock world. To
say that a horse. a COW. sheep OF n pig
carried OFF first honors at this exposition
IS almost equivalent to saying that II was
ne best Of its kind living at the time Of
he 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 exposl-
don has been a great success. But this
year marks the high tide Of composition,
there being more entries than in any pre-
! .1ous year. The live stock exhibited Is
valued at millions Of dollars. Nearly ali
OF the blue bloods that competed at the
seattle exposition will be there, as we'll as
many that did not go so far west. with
the Seattle exposition, the Kansas City
Royal Live Stock show, and the Chicago
International, all within the last few
months, the breeders OF the country rave
had especial advantage in bringing their
ribbon winners to the attention Of the
nation.
one Of the most interesting events in the
International will be the judging Of car
loads 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 have
entered 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 rib
bon honors usually go to 2-year-oId cattle,
but sometimes yearlings are awarded the
honors. Two families have taken first
honors five out of nine times. After the
carload lots are exhibited they are sold
for the shambles in like manner as the
common herd.
A valuable phase of the I~nternational ex-
position is the work OF training the stu
dents Of agricultural colleges in the art OF
Judging stock. There are many classes
that are judged by student judges, under
the guidance of veterans, and many such
colleges have added u course In stock
Judging as an elective study in their cur
riculum. Their work Is done under prac-
teal conditions at the stock shows.
In addition to the, live stock exhibitions
the annual congress of the American So.
ciety Of Live Stock Nutrition also WIN meet
in Chicago. This organization was founded
! for the purpose Of making . careful and
painstaking study OF the besc>way to get
the maximum Of benefit out of a giveI
quantity Of food given to animals. Tn,
. society has given much labor to the CUES
ton, and is beginning to formulate many
4 interesting lessons from the experiment.
t made under actual feeding conditions, L
Is found, for instance, that some kinds o.
cattle are more economical manufacturer
OF beef than others. Some COWS return NOR
milk and butter for their board than 9th
ers. Some foods yield more beef and mill
D per dollar invested than others. The pur
pose OF the Nutrition society Is to find GU
all about this subject for the benefit o.
the stock raisers and dairymeh.
An attractive publication, from the stock
raiser's standpoint Is a little book glvlni
the pictures OF prize winning animals
starting with the ifamouS old Rysdick'
Hambletonian, greatest ofyall sires of,rac
horses, and coming down to the presen
day One Of the most remarkable pic
lures 1t contains is that OF Billy, III
q largest steer on record, He took the gol,
h medal at the Chicago worlds fair, an,
n had an official weight Of a,755 pounds
Later he was exhibited all over the coun
10 try, and is said to have weighed 4.0
Il pounds before he died,
But even Billy could not hold a candle t
y Jerry, a Holsteln OK. owned by a Massa
X ehusetts stockman. He Is said to measur
seventeen and one-half hands hiEh-talle
IT by a hand than a good-siEsd horse. A
ID Q years old he measured ten feet, thre
inches around the girth, and weighed 49,
70 pounds. 1t is said that in his younger day
he was something OF a traveller, and coul
walk a mile in thirty minutes, hitehed I
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