Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-02-23
them in the show ring.

This extra cared for stock was al
ways an excellent walking advertise
meut for the rest of the nerd or flock,
before aud after the fair. IL is pleas
ing 10 the owner of live stock to Fave
the neighhor who chances 10 ne around
TO praise the stock.
Only few years ago boy at the
state fair told ME he bred and raised
the boar thst won first prize. This
nov had been a former student of the
college ana mad made a study OF the
characteristic, IS that were required of
good hog. Even the older boys like to
tell of prize. winning animals they
have bred and won premiums with at
the county and state fairs. The object
of these fairs is to promote the various
industries along agricultural lines.
! They are educational centers for each
bounty. In olden times the practice of
exchanging breeding stock was in
dulged in to larger extent than it is
/ today. Here is The place where breed
ers ought 10 lolk to for herd and flock
headers or foundation stock.
In making the rounds of the fairs, |
have often wondered whether some of
our associations were not making
mistakes IN running their fairs TO
Iamusemrnts of no educational value
whatever, ana sighting the main OBJ
iect Of the fair by Offering small prem
iums in certain departments.
I The speed department is entirely
proper as it is provided for Ey law.
I The average owner of fast horse does
I not make as much money out of the
fair as does the owner of a good draft
/ borse. Indeed, it is re markable that
such high standard is maintained III
the sreed department of our county
! fairs. We all know there is more TO
be made in breeding for draft purposes
than there is fJr speed purposes and
many man has closed the racing
season with an expense to his credit.
The writer knows of one county fair
where the exhibitors of live stock were
dissatisfied WITH the amount paid for
races In order To pacify, the man
agement put up purse for the swine
exhibitors, the sane conditions TO
govern as governed the racing. The
result was there was the best exhibit
of swine | ever saw at a county fair
This feature might be adopted by
other associations to increase the
interest in good live stock. Breeders
the county fair is your institution.
The law requires that il shall tend to
promote y0ur interests. Each one of
you have an interest in its welfare
and it should be patronized literally.
| have seen fair associations fail be.
cause the breeders did not support
, them. You might not notice the ben
eft for the first year or two, but by
continually dropping in at the state
fair to compete with the world, you
will receive cheaper and better adver-
Using for your flock or herd than
through any other source.
As exhibitor and Judge for the past
20 years at county fairs, | suggest the
following, which | know will be of
value to exhibitors;
:. Don't take an animal to the fair
because 1t is recorded in an association
recognized by the government, unless
it has characteristics required by the
breed. as we have too many pure bred
scrubs now.
2. Don't show an animal at fair
unless 1t is thoroughly trained to stand |
in the show yard. as Judge cannot
place them on the run.
B. Don't show an animal unless it
is carrying enough fat to fill out it's
Ii mes
a. Don have your animals stand |
ing in the show yard with their front
feet on lower ground than their hind |
feet
D. Don't attempt to instruct the |
Judge as TO the beet animal In the !
ring, as he should be entirely compe-
tent to determine this fact, otherwise
he should not be there.
6. Don't wait until the last minute
of the last hour to enter your exhibits
as other exhibitors have the same
rights and as mistakes in entries cause
much confusion and sometimes exhib.
itors are thrown out on account of |
improper entry.
z. Don't make practice of run.
ming down your fellow exhibitors
entries, but remember he has done the
heat ha could ana o.. o. ..Ia l. ...1li-.