The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-12-08
IT WAS TIE BEST YET
farmers iastitute aad Teachers
Meetlae was we'll Attended and
Good Interest Manifested.

Meetlae was we'll Attended and
Coed Interest Manifested.
The Decatur County Farmers In
stitute held in this county last Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, In con
nection with the Teachers and Pa
irons meeting and the rural schoo
declamatory contest was decided
success. The attendance this yeal
was much larger than at any pre-
vious year, and there was an increas'
ed interest. The exhibits of corn
oats and wheat were much larger
than a year ago, and there were
some fine samples shown.
The institute opened on Wednes-
day afternoon with music, followed
by an invocation by Rev. E. M
Hoff, and an address of welcome
was made by Mayor Jas. F. Harvey,
which was responded to by Presi-
dent L. D. CARRIER. Prof A. H.
Snyder of the State College at
Ames, then gave very interesting
and instructive lecture on soils.
On Thursday morning there was
an address on Animal Husbandry'
by Prof. H. F.. Luck, of Ames, who
took the place of Prof. A. A. Burger,
who was unable to attend. Prof.
Luck is we'll posted on his subject
and he judged the big live stock ex-
hibit on Thursday afternoon, and
his awards seemed to given gener-
al satisfaction to everyone, for he
Judged all the stock strictly on it's
onsS S1\ Il 1ryh0
were. The stock judging was one
of the features of the institute and
a big crowd was present to see It,.
1t was generally admitted that it was
the best exhibit of live stock ever
held in Decatur county, there being
26 colts, 18 calves, Z yearling
heifers, 2 yearling bulls, and two
mule teams entered for the various
prizes.
Eleven draft colts were entered
in competition, and everyone was
splendid specimen which will de-
velop into good draft horse If
properly cared for to maturity. Prof.
Luck gave each entry careful in
spection before making his award.
The Decatur County Live Stock
Breeders Association and the horse
owners of Decatur county had hung
up some valuable prizes for the best
colts and calves, and the following
were the awards: f., -... X
X; p. Baker, of Woodland town
ship, carried on the honors for the
best colt shown, although excite
ment was at fever pitch as to wheth-
er he would win or Sam Sears, of
Center township. Mr.. Bakers colt
was horse colt, sired by Souldran
Vulcan, and in addition to winning
the $500 prize offered for the best
horse colt, also wins the grand
sweepstakes prize of silver cup
offered by Truman Bros, of Bush
nell, ILL.,, for the best colt sired by
any of the many fine stations they
have sold in this county. The cup
will be suitably engraved and when
it arrives will be on display for a
few days at The Reporter office.
The following is list of the live
stock prizes awarded:
Best horse colt, draft breed, K. P.
Baker, Woodland, first, colt sired by
Shire stallion Souldran Vulcan:
James Howell, Leon, second, colt
sired by Percheron stallion Vindex;
Frank Hickman, Eden, third, colt
sired by Shire stallion Eastwood
Field Marshal. There were II en-
tries.
Best mare colt, draft breed, S.
w. Sears, Center, first, colt sired by
Shire stallion Eastwood Field Mar
shal; c. S. Rumley, Center, second,
colt sired by Shire stallion Ire Bon;
James Hazlet, Eden, third, colt sired
by Shire stallion Eastwood Field
Marshal
Best bull calf. There were en-
tries, Short Horns and 1 Polled
Hereford. Manchester Bros, Eden,
first with Short Horn calf; c. S.
Rumley, Center, second, with Short
Horn calf; w. H. Campbell, Grand
River, third, with Polled Hereford
calf.
Best heifer calf. S entries, 4
Short Horns and l Polled Hereford.
A. w. Deck, Decatur, first, with
Short Horn calf; Manchester Bros,
Eden, second, with Short Horn calf;
w. H. Campbell, Grand River, third,
with Polled Hereford calf.
While there was no prizes offered
For dual purpose heifers, there were
four shown, 2 Red Polls and 2 Short
Horns, and the owners asked that
they be Judged, the result being that
w. H. Hazlet, of Eden, was award
ed first and second with Red Polls,
and Manchester Bros, Eden, third
with Short Horn.
The following special prizes offer
ed by horse owners for the best
colts sired by their stations were
awarded:
G. w. Wadsworth, Ire Bon.
Horse colt-First, L. R. Butts;
second, w. C. Brown. Mare-First,
C. S. Rumley; second, R. M. Boord.-
w. HI. Axes, Vindex.
Horse Colt-First, James Howell;
second, A. e. Cotterill. Mare colt
First, Gurley George; second, Lewis
CARRIER.
q w. III. Axes, HOckwold Bordeaux.
N In the Coach horse special there
were but two entries, horse colt by
&c. w. Hoffman and mare colt by
8Toh,, Norhor and Mr. Akoc worry