The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-09-13
RICH BREEDER WILL
HAVE SHOW
". S. Corsa, OF Whitehall, H., Will Havs
Horses and Swine at the Tri-State
Fair September 2S-29.
MAMMOTH TENT FOR
QUARTERS.
It Is Said to Be the First Time Tha. .
Show of This Magnitude and Char.
acter Has Been Undertaken
in the South.

There will be one feature of the Tn
State Fair at Memphis this year which
will prove of special and absorbing in.
terest to fair visitors. One OF the lead.
ing stock breeders OF Illinois, a man who
had the nerve to pay $4,000 for = stall
lion to head his stud of Percherons and
the ability to sell a hog for $500, is
coming to the fair with sn exhibit
unique in tn, annals of falr history 10
the South.
The exhibitor is w. S. Corsa, Of White
hall, III. He will have q train of five
:ars filed with the best stock from his
i,2o0-acre breeding farm, and consisting
If twenty Percheron stations, . four
horse team of 1,sOO-pound mares TO
wagon, which will be a revelation to fair
visitors, q lot of pure bred mares and two
carloads OF Berkshire hogs.
The large and interesting exhibit win
be housed in a tent so by $50 feet, and
especially designed for the purpose, and
cared for by neatly uniformed attend
ants.
Arrangements win Be made for rep
re~sentatives Of the press to hsve quay
ters in the tent if they wish.
A space will be allotted and the tenn
porary office will be equipped with tele-
phones, chairs, tables and everything
needed.
Bigger Stock Il Needed
Mr. yCorsa recognizes the nssd for
larger and better farm horses in the
South, and he believes that the best way
to convince the people Of this section
Of the value Of the large horse and 90
relieve them Of their prejudices win b
10 make q practical demonstration
He is making the trip at his " ex-
pense and without any bonds from the
fair people or any one else. It 10 just
= way of his to do things different from
other men
The four-horse team Of 1,SOOpound
mares will be brought for exhibition pur-
poses principally, but they win Be used
for all Of the hauling and heavy work
incidental to establishing the tent and
carrying the feed and doing the heavy
work. The continual exhibition of high
priced brood mares in the work Of which
they are capable is expected to prove an
attractive feature Of the fair.
The exhibition Of Berkshire swine viii
be another strong feature He will have
two full carloads of swine OF the highest
type Of the registered animal, and they
will represent tho development which he
has brought about during years Of spe
ciali2ation and scientific breeding
He Lives ON His Farm.
The acumen Of Mr.. Corsa in paying
$4,000 for the Pereheron for the head
of his stud has elready been demon
strated by the fact that he recently sold
ffty4ve head Of brood mares at an
average of more than $70O each Most
of these were colts Of this horse.
Mr.. Corsa u fully aware that there il
little demand for the Percheron horse in
the South at the present time and his
visit is principally a much needed mis-
sionmy expenditure, and it will cost him
4 large AMOUNT Of money to put it on.
He recently purchased a Berkshire boar
for $1,000, and then spent $500 advertis
ing him and had . number of expert
judges 10 pass on his points. The result
was that the swine sold for $500. Il
10 not thought that q man who deals in
such animals and IN sich large sum
would undertake an exhibition that
would fall short of the expectation Of
the most exacting.
Mr.. Oorsa differs from most American
breeders in that he has accumulated
fortune from the stock business and hal
not made his money in other branches
and then taken up live stock as . hobby
He lives on his farm with his animal
and gives them his personal attention
He will be at the tent at the Tri-Stat,
fair grounds from tho day the fair OPEN
0 n September - until September 20
when it closeA -