Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-09-10
FARMERS GET IDEAS
AT STOCK JUDGING AT The
SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR.
Valuable Prizes offered in Judging Con-
tests and Exhibits viii Be Numerous
Dry Farming Congress Held at the
Same Time, October to 8, Will Also
Be Great Educational Benefit.

Be a Great Educational Benefit.
"The stock judging contest offered
by the Spokane Interstate fair, says
Prof w. l.. Carlyle of Moscow, Idaho,
superintendent of the students judg-
ing contest for the uext fair, October
3 to 8, does not necessarily concern
merely college students. 1t has been
declared open to any young man or
agricultural student under 25 years of
age. The rules provide that 500 shall
be offered as a cash prize, $50 for. the
first, $25 for second, $40 for third, SIS
for fourth and $40 for fifth. The con-
test will be held Tuesday morning,
October 4. The contest consists in
placing the classes of merit in one
ring containing five draft horses, one
ring containing five beef cattle, one
ring of five dairy cattle, one lot of five
sheep and one lot of five hogs. The
contestants are to place the three best
animals in each ring in the order of
merit, and write down their reasons for
so placing. Twenty minutes win be
allowed with each ring of animals. A
maximum of 60 points will be allowed
for correct placing and 40 points for
written reasons. The judges of the
horse and cattle division of the fair
will act as judges. "a
Stock Judging Good Training.
fMost agricultural teachers have
found, says Prof. E. j. Iddings, prin-
cipal of the school of agriculture and
instructor in animal husbandry at Idaho
university, "that stock judging is one
of the most practical subjects offered
by college. The boys who make good
in the judging ring are in demand as
teachers and livestock managers and in
other lines of agricultural work. Every
young man who. plans to engage in
agricultural work of any kind, and par
ticularly in the breeding of animals,
everything possible concerning the
judging and placing of animals in the
show fling"
Opportunity for Stock Raisers.
"The fact that the Dry Farming ex-
position is to be held on the Spokane
Interstate fair grounds, October 3 to 8
this year, says John l.. Smith, presi
dent of the fair association and super
intendent of the livestock department,
"presents an unusual opportunity for
Inland Empire breeders of fancy stock
to make big showing this year.. Mr.,
Smith says that the Dry Farming .ex7
position will bring thoroughbred stock
fanciers from all parts of the United
States and Canada to the, fair
These visitors, he points out, will be
keenly interested in the stock exhibits,
and will form lasting impressions of the
stock raising possibilities Of this sec
tion from what they see at the fair.
incidentally, says. Mr.. Smith, there
should be an opportunity for some
SPLENDID resulting bargains for stock
breeders who have stock for sale.
''This fact, " said Mr.. Smith, - should
result in bringing out stock for exhi-
bition at the fair by men. who have
never before made a showing of that
kind. That it will have such an effect
is indicated by a letter i have just re-
ceived from A. G. Mills of Ferry, Wash,
saying that he will enter q herd of
ten fine Holstein cattle. This is the
first exhibit he will have made at the
fair All stock breeders who have their
own interests or those of the Inland
Empire at heart should unite to make
a formidable showing in that depart
ment this year, so as to properly i'm
press the thousands of visitors who will
attend the fair on account of the Dry
Farming exposition and will carry to
all parts of the United States and Can
ada the story of what is being accom-
: plished in stock raising in the country
tributary to Spokane. If the right kind
of a showing is made it will be worth
= thousands of dollars to the exhibitors.
Exhibitors Cold Storage Privilege.
Through the courtesy of Ryan & New
: ton of Spokane, exhibitors at the Spo
kane Interstate fair this year will again
J have an opportunity of putting theii
choicest vegetable and fruit exhibit:
in cold stora@ weeks in advance of the
fair. This will. enable farmers through
out the Inland Empire to Gull out theil
choicest products of gardens and o.
chards weeks in advance of the big fan
and preserve them in splendid shape
for the critical inspection of boil
judges and the tens of thousands Of
! people who will look Them over during
fair week.
Deere Company's Fair Building.
Approaching the advertising posi-
; bilities of the Spokane Interstate fair
: the great John Deere Plow Co. of Mo
line, ILL.,, with branch houses through
out the agricultural districts of tn
J United States, has decided immediatel.
to begin the erection of large build
5 ing for the exposition of its manufac
tured products on the fair grounds
O Tho fair rnonauannauf has a1eo rcqaiva,