The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-01
LARGE sum FOR PREMIUMS
University Of Wisconsin To Have One
of the Most Complete Exhibits of
Cattle at the Fair-Big Prizes for
Breeders of Stock.

Within a. lew dollars or $lU,UUU.UU Is
the aggregate total of purses offered
for the exhibition of beef and dairy
cattle at the state fair. This vast sum
in prize money is. about evenly divided
between the two breeds of farm cattle,
and Superintendent Charles L. Hill of
Rosendale, expects to show in the mon
ster cattle exposition building the kings
and queens of western diaries, as we'll
as that breed of cattle born and raised
for stock yards slaughteTing purposes.
Wisconsin S dairy cattle is known in
Japan almost as well as at home for
it's milk producing qualities, and it is
sin breeds profitable beef cattle. For
this reason, the Wisconsin cattle show
expositions of live stock on the Amer
lean continent, and breeders from with
out the state send their cattle here for
the purpose of being placed alongside
Of and right with Wisconsin products.
A question that confronts every fair
management, is how far should com
petition be open, and how much of the
prize money should be set aside strictly
for products developed within the state.
This question has been solved by the
Wisconsin State Fair Board by having
two divisions in its premium list, that
which is open to the world and results
in drawing to its show ring the most
noted herds in the different breeds, not
only of the central states and the north
west, but from the east, where some of
the bluest blooded dairy cattle are to
be found. In the department open to the
world, the quality of exhibits has been
so high that the Wisconsin breeder who
has just begun to enter the show ring
with his herd, has been so badly handl-
capped that it has been difficult to have
him continue showing the result of his
breeding. To encourage this class the
Wisconsin Board has organized the
farmers class, in which the cattle ex-
hibited must be owned in the state
of Wisconsin. Sufficient money prizes
have been hung up to make it interest
ing and profitable for the home produc-
er of beef cattle to bring his herds to
the fair. This policy has resulted in
many Wisconsin farmers reaching the
point where they possess as fine a
grade and quality of beef cattle for ex-
hibition purposes as that bred in the
city by the professional breeders.
The open to the world policy and the
policy of protecting the native Wis
consin breeder has resulted in the CO.
operation Of the breeding associations
both national and state, and Secretary
True has recorded among the special
prize. offerings from the breeders as
ISOLATION as follows:
American Shorthorn Breeders Associa-
ton, 100000
Wisconsin Shorthorn Breeders Asso-
citation, $125.00
John W. Groves, Secretary American
Shorthorn Breeders Association, $4,000
American Hereford Cattle Breeders
Association, $4,000.
The American Aberdeen-Angus Breed
ers Association, $4,000.
The American Polled Durham Breed
ers Association, $4,000.
The Holstein- Friesian Association of
America, $4,000
The Waukesha County Guernsey
Breeders Association, $4,000
The American Jersey Cattle Club,
$4,000.
j. Gilbert Hickeox, silver cup.
The cattle department will work
jointly with the management. of the
horse department in making the stock
show IN the stock judging pavilion
every night an event that the Wisconsin
farmer cannot afford to miss Bedeck-
ed with their blue ribbons, the prize
winners in the dairy, beef and dual
purpose cattle departments, will parade
with the horses every night, and each
| breed will be singled out for special
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