New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-17
CATTLE EXHIBIT AT STATE
FAIR
Greater Display Than Ever
Before From the Worlds Most
Noted Herds.
Special Premiums for Mime.
nesota Exhibitors.

sofa State Fair has always been OF
marked excellence. In the Shorthorn
breed alone the late William King
and Messrs. II. F. Brown and N. P.
Clark have maintained a standard at
home that it has been hard for COM
petitors from without the state to
equal. In other breeds the entries
have not been quite as large, but the
quality has been such that the fairs of
our state have been classed as among
the very best shows of livestock on
the American continent. It is in the
cattle department that the largest
amount is offered in money premiums.
This year total of SIT 1854 is offered
in addition to some specials in the
way Of silver services and cups. This
is a larger amount than is provided
by any state fair in the country and is
an increase of Al per cent over that
listed for premiums a year ago. The
American Shorthorn Breeders Asso-
citation for various reasons has de-
cided not to continue it's so-called
National Show at the Minnesota Fair.
For a few years past it has made this
fair one of the three Or four special
shows for distributing large amount
of money in special association pre-
miums, providing special catalogue.
appointing it's judges, and conducting
it's show as part of the Fair itself.
This year the Sborthorn Association
still contributes very literally, viz,
$1,000, towards the premium list,
which amount is more than doubled
by the Fair Association, making a
total for Shorthorns alone So, O32. |
This is not quite as much as was
offered last year for the reason above
mentioned, but in every other Of the |
tea breeds for which premiums are
listed there is marked increase over
the former totals. This increase va
ries from 1851 to ,055 per breed. |
Within the past ten years the interest |
taken in dairy cattle has been most
marked, and the advance of the IN
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rapid, even to the far northern and |
western parts Of our state. The |
breeders of pure-bred dairy cattle
have made consistent demands for an
increased classification for their
breeds at the Fair. This year their
requests have been granted and a total
increase of ]Ol per cent has been made |
in the money offered for the dairy |
breeds alone. In the classification by
ages, groups, herds, etc., there are
twenty-seven lots where there were
formerly twenty. There is no state
fair in the country that offers as COM
plete classification as this, and the
opportunity is now placed before the
da:rymen of making a record in the
way OF numbers and excellence of
exhibits. such as has never been
equalled before at our State Fair.
It goes without saying that breeder
just beginning has much to learn in
the art of fitting and showing live
stock, as we'll as obtaining knowledge
concerning the accepted standards of |
the breed he handles. Furthermore,
the beginner is handicapped by fewer
numbers at home from which to make |
selection and generally by smaller |
purse. Whatever has been the result |
in other states, the managers have
this year decided, as far as the cattle
rfr ic RI off,
every encouragement possible to the
home breeders, and for this reason
now provide complete classification
throughout the tea breeds listed for
cattle owned by Minnesota exhibitors.
This special Minnesota money
amounts to 81, 800. To still further
safeguard this Minnesota money for
the smaller breeders and exhibitors,
the rule is made that Minnesota cattle
which win first or second prizes in the
classes open to the world cannot COM
pete again for the money offered to
Minnesota exhibitors only. The
matter is now up to the breeders of
our state as to whether Or not they
will make the best use of this oppor-
tunity.
It is the opinion OF the present SUI
perintendent of cattle that the judging
of all stock should be completed as
soon as possible after the opening OF
the Fair, in order that the exhibitor
may have more time to advertise his
premiums won and make sales from
his herd. II it were not for the fact !