The Colorado statesman., 1909-01-09
FARMERS WEEK
DENVER EVENTS
NATIONAL STOCK SHOW WILL At
TRACT CROWDS OF FARMERS
AND STOCkMEN.
FROM WHOLE COUNTRY
NOTABLE CONVENTIONS OF
MANY IMPORTANT AGRIcUL-
TURAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Denver.-The week of January 18th
23rd, the date of the National Stock
Show, will be crowded with farmers
events and preparations are being
made to entertain about 10000 outside
people during the week, many of
whom will come from out of the state
Entries for the big show are coming
in rapidly and the management an
nounces that it will be the greatest
show ever held west of Chicago both
as to quantity and quality of stock on
exhibition. There will be over 400
pure bred cattle, about $50 horses,
nearly 300 sheep and hogs to say moth
ing of the carload lots of cattle. sheep
and hogs 1t is expected that there
will be over 5000 feeder cattle on eX-
hibition and sale.
Among the other events planned for
the week is the annual convention of
the Colorado Cattle & Horse Growers
Association, the Colorado State
Grange, the Colorado state Horticul
tural Society and the Colorado Grain
and Seed Growers Association. The
railroads have made a one-fare rate
from points in the state and this will
help to bring in big crowd. The
preparations for the big show are
about completed and with the magnifi-
cent new pavilion that has just been
completed at cost of 100000 the
show will be put on in style never
before seen in the west outside of
Chicago.
While the National Stock Show is
designed primarily to provide educa-
ton for the live stock interests and
to build up that industry, it is likely
to prove a new amusement fad that
VIII attract all classes of people. The
management of the show, however
will feel that their efforts have been
in vain if the farmers and stockmen
of the west are not there in force.
The big show is in no sense an enter
prise for profit The Denver Union
Stock Yards Company is guaranteeing
the expenses and will take whatever
gate receipts there may be. but there
is no idea that the show will be self
supporting for several years at least.
The big Chicago International cost
the stock yards people over $4,000 be-
fore it began to pay for itself. The
profit the stock yards people are look
ing for is the up-buiiding of the live
stock and packing interests of the
west.
A few weeks ago Hon. James ]. Hill,
the big railroad magnate and one of
the greatest builders of the age, in an
interview made the statement that in
his opinion the United States would
have n population of 200 100000 in
1850. This means that the problem of
supplying food to our own people is to
be the problem of the future. The big
live stock interests also see this and
they are turning their eyes to the West
as the section that must be the hope
of the future.
The rapid increase of land values in
the East has made the cost of growing
cattle so much higher that gradually
the volume of production is decreas-
ing The West with its millions of
acres of lands that can never be util.
ized for anything but grass, offers the
only chance to not only keep up the
meat supply but to increase it and the
object of the National Stock Show at
Denver is to encourage the industry,
put the stockmen and farmers in the
way of producing the best upon proita
bio lines.
One of the strong features of the
coming show will be the business end.
The great national record associations
of the important beef breeds of cattle
are arranging for public sales of pure
| bred stock in which will be offered a
| limited number of selected individuals
| from the best herds in the country.
| These animals are sold for what they
| will bring, the object being TO get
some of the best blood placed through
| the West where it will do the most
| good. There will also be sales of the
| finest breeding horses. the best breed
| ing sheep to be found and the best
breeding hogs The western range
stockmen are coming to the show with
train loads of cattle, sheep and hogs
of their best production, which will be
exhibited and sold and they will be in
position to buy good breeding stock
to take home with them.
Every farmer in the West is inter-
osted in this event because of the fact
that successful agriculture must be
based upon stock growing In order
| to show the farmers what can be used
! to feed stock department of feed and
| forage products has been established
and there will be shown the various
grasses, grain and forage that can be
| successfully grown in various locali-
ties of the west with which to success
| fully grow and feed live stock This
feature is under the management of
| Prof. w. H. Olin and Prof. f. Knorr
of the Agricultural College and a big
exhibit is promised.
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