The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-12-11
THE INTERNATIONAL
STOCK SHOW
Mr.. Sears McHenry Tells Of the Great
Show and Of the Great Benefit to
be Derived from Attending.
SPEAKS FOR OUR OWN SHOW
Another Angus Year at the Chicago
Show-Aneus Beef Sells at
$14.00 per Hundred.

Mr.. Sears McHenry returned home
Saturday morning from Chicago,
where he attended the international
Stock show last week. He says the
show gets larger and better each year
and that it is beautiful and practi-
cal demonstration of the results of
the science of breeding and feeding
animals and the art of finishing them.
There were about 1000 animals in
the show this year. The entries in
the various classes were large and
one became simply bewildered in try
ing to place them according to merit,
and even the judges frequently were
unable to agree upon the places and
had to call in the referee. This oc-
CURED not only for first, second and
third places, but also away down the
line past tenth place. Competition
was fierce and individual merit ex-
cellent The ideal of the international
is educational upward. No time is
given for the base things of this world
which creep in under the disguise of
entertainment. All that you see, all
that you hear is that which tends to
make better and more efficient men
and women. There is no vacation or
present that could be given farmer
boy or girl which would be more
profitable, practical, enlarging, en-
tightening than a week spent at the
International and Chicago. Reading
about these things is good, but see
ing them is the great developer and
every man owes to his boy or girl all
that he can give them.
Talking along this line" said Mr..
McHenry, reminds me of our own
county short course to be held at Den
ison January 9Th to 18th. l hope all
those interested in agriculture and
animal husbandry and domestic sci.
ence will take advantage of the op-
portunity to attend these lectures and
demonstrations l know they will be
very helpful and profitable and that
the information gained then by those
who do not know and the stimulous
which will be given to those who do
know will mean more corn and grain,
more grass and stock and better quail
ity of all for this county. It will also
make for better housekeeping, better
fed men, better humored men, better
cared for women and happier house
holds. Did you ever notice when ev-
erybody in the printing office seemed
to be doing just the best they knew
how to do how nicely things moved
along? That's just the results the
short course will bring about on the
farm. You will get information how
to do things and the desire to do them
and the impetus to do them. Then
there will be no drudgery on the farm
and the boys and girls will stay there
and be content with the best avoca-
ton yet given to man.
Eyes, in the cattle department 1t
was another Angus year, but that
happens so often it is almost expect
ed and is getting common. A pure
bred Angus steer was the grand cham
pion of the show. He was raised by
Mr.. McGregor, of Canada, about mr.
ty miles from our farm up there, and
remember this steer never tasted
corn. Thus our corn feeders have mad
the trophy wrested from them. The
championship car load lots were also
Angus steers in all ages, yearlings,
two year olds and three year olds.
"Although the grand champion steer
did not sell for as much per pound
as at some previous years, still the
average price of $11.s0 per hundred IS
a new record. Possibly this IS ac-
counted for because of the genera
high price of beef.
"Hall's load of grand champion
steers topped the auction at $14.oo per
hundred: 21 loads of yearling Angus
steers averaged $1,000 per hundred;
loads of Herefords averaged $ll'49'
7 loads of shorthorns averaged $ll'os;
I load of Galloways averaged $ll.lo;
loads of 2 year old Angus steers
averaged $12.31; 6 loads OF Herefords
averaged s11.63; loads of shorthorns
averaged s11.e9; load of 3 year OLD
Angus steers averaged $11.7o; load
of Herefords averaged $11.5O, and
load of Shorthorns averaged $ll.oo.
"During the past thirteen years at
this international exposition the An
gus steers have won grand champioh-