Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-23
National Lice
Stock Show
By Frederic j. Haskin

This week will mark the climax OF a
ren,arkable season of live stock eXhlpl-
lions. The tenth international hve stoch
exposition is being held in the city Oh en-
caRo. and il there is an animal IN tne
limited States bred in the royal purple
which is not there, it is only because inc
owner thinks 1t has no chance OF secuilns
the blue ribbon at this exposition, the
most coveted honor in the i've stocA
world. To say that horse, cow sheeP'
or a pig carried off first honors at Inns
exposition is almost equivalent 10 saylhe
tbt If was the best of its kind living at
the time of the award.
From the time the first exposition was
held down to the present the AWARDS OF
the international have been the hlghest
honors of the show world and the expo
sition has been a great success. But TINS
wear marks the high tide of competition
there being more entries than In any pre-
vious year. The live stock exhlolteo Is
valued at millions of dollars. Nearly al
of the blue bloods that competed at the
Seattle exposition will be there, as Wen
as many that did not go so Tar west.
With the Seattle exposition, the Kansas
City royal live stock show, ana the chi
cago international, all within the last rev
months, the breeders of the country nave
had especial advantages in bringing their
ribbon winners to the attention of the ma
ton.
One of the most interesting events in
the international will be the judging 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 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 exposi-
ton The blue ribbon honors usually go
to 2-year-oId cattle, but sometimes year
lings are awarded the honors. Two fam
lilies 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 international
exposition 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 a 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
Livestock Nutrition also will meet in
Chicago. This organization was found
ed for the purpose of making a careful
and painstaking study of the best way
to get the maximum of benefit out of a
given quantity of food given to animals.
The society has given much labor to the
question, and is beginning to formulate
many interesting lessons from the ex-
periments made under actual feeding con-
ditons. 1t is found, for instance, that
some kinds of cattle are more economi-
cal manufacturers of beef than others.
Some cows return more milk and but
ter for their board than others. Some
foods yield more beef and milk per dol
lar 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 dairymen.
An attractive publication, from the
stockraisers' standpoint is a little book
giving the pictures of prize-winning ami
mails, starting with the famous old
Rysdyk's Hambletonian, greatest of all
Sires Of race horses. and coming down