The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1909-01-21

ley, peas, and oil meal in the pro por-
ton OF 5:3:2:1:1:1. The roughage
was clover, alfalfa hay, cabbage and
roots. The prize ration in feeding test
Tor mutton, however, proved to be
oats, cracked corn and wheat bran in
the proportion of 5:4:1. The feeding
period was ninety-eight days and the
average gain per head was 96.6 pounds
and the average grain ration per day
1914 pounds. The roughage was pas
ture clover, hay cabbage and roots. In
other lots cracked peas and cracked
barley were substituted for cracked
corn with less satisfactory results.
The sheep received their full mea-
sure OF praise, but, after all, the WISH
tors could not forget that the great
wealth of the middle west is in it's i'm
mense herds of cattle. Animals valued
at over million dollars held their
neads proudly as the crowds pushed
by and returned the admiring glance
or the spectators with looks of we'll
bred indifference. Even the layman
nnds himself attracted by the cattle
industry. Cattle take from the land
and yet they do not impoverish it;
surely they are worthy of the praise
which the stock show brings them.
Inc Galloways were there, and the
Angus, Aberdeens and Shorthorns, the
Herefords, the Red Polled and the
Polled Durhams. Hot discussions rag
ed as to the merits of the different
breeds, and on account of the strength
OF the Shorthorns' friends there seem
ed 10 DE combination of all the rest
against the one.
I Inc smaller feeder profited by the
cattle exhibition perhaps more than
the big man. The man with big herd
can pick from the heads of his herd
The smaller dealer has not that OPP
portun1ty, but he can come to Chicago
and see which OF the herds is best, or
ne can read 1t in the papers. From
That one which leads he may then Sc
lect head for his herd, and so raise
the quality Of his whole stock Thus
does the exhibition help the small
breeder and so prove its rights to be-
The number of pigs exhibited was
smaller this year, but the quality and
worth OF the animals was better than
ever. The various agricultural COL
leges were particularly well repre-
sented in this branch of the exhibit
ton, and the character of the animals
which stood under their standards
proved the practical value of the work
they are doing. A group of grunters
entered by the University of Iowa at
tracted wide attention. "Berkshires, 6
months old and under" they were la
beled, and there were very many
among the layman visitors who could
not reconcile the signs with the size
OF the pigs. Few realize-what the
farmer we'll knows, that such good
sized animals can be raised in so short
time.
And finally there were horses there,
OF all kinds and of all sizes, from the
ton and-a-half" noble Percheron to
the dimutive Shetland pony. There
| were over one thousand of the giant
fellows on exhibition and as class
they far surpassed in value the fleet
footed racers. Two thousand dollars
would have been a low average for
each OF the huge Percherons, Clydes-
dales, Shires and Belgians, while there
We're individuals among the number
whose owners would not have traded
them for the finest $4,000 automobile
on the grounds. The show demon
strated one thing clearly-that Amer
lea is today producing cross-bred draf
horses superior to those raised in any
other country in the world, and tina
this superiority has been achieved be
cause Of the growing demand of the
farmers of the United States for pure
FLOODED stock. The day has passed
when farmers consider that horse i.
a horse and that blood and breed make
no difference In farm or work horse
They discovered it to be the best prac
teal economy to breed their cross
bred mares to the best stations OBJ
tafnable, and this knowledge has a
once increased the demand for import
ed draft horses and resulted in thu
raising OF the finest geldings in thu
world in America.
All in all the patriotic American
found little under the wide-spreadinf
roofs to cause him aught but gratifica
ton. An exhibition of this sort hello
twenty, or even ten years ago, would
not have shown America to the same
superb advantage as this one Blu
the last ten years have taught the
farmer and have marked wonderful
progress in the application of scienti
fic methods of the breeding and rails
ing of stock. Especially is each sue
ceeding exhibition looked upon as {
triumph for the agricultural colleges
In the beginning the directors made
the grading of the animals one of the
features Of the exhibition and agreed
to open certain classes of the work tt
the farmers sons. 1t was here thai
the revelation came. Some of the boys
had come to the exhibition fresh from
the agricultural colleges; others ha(
never known any higher" education
except that which is gained at the
barn and in the field. There was keer
interest in the contest, particularly or
the part Of those who resented lit
tie the intrusion of the agricultural
college and doubted very much Its
practical efficiency These waited
with eager joy for the outcome, tt
prove the home-trained boy superior
to the college-made product. To theil
intense surprise the event proved the
reverse of all their expectations. Ii
every department of the work the col