Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-16
FORT WORTH STOCK SHOW
A. e. M. College viii Send Fine Stock
Exhibit and Also Class In
Stock Judging.

At the National Feeders and Breed
ers' Show at Fort Worth, March 1923,
the animal husbandry department of
A. & NJ. College will have about the
best exhibit it has ever had. 1t will be
accompanied by students and profess
sors who will take a lively interest in
the big exposition, and John c. Burns,
professor of animal husbandry, will
act as official Judge of sheep on, >ex-
hibition.
The students who will represent the
college in the intercollegiate students
livestock judging contest held in con-
nection with the show are selected
from the junior class in animal hus-
bandry. This year there are thirty
three juniors. The judging team will
selected by individual competitive
work. The competition has now mar
rowed down to seven students, and
from these seven five are yet to be
chosen. These are Robert Ezekiel
Caldwell of Bryan, William Edwin
Crockett of Prosper, Joe l.. Culbertson
of Waxahachie, Edgar Paul Menke of
Hampstead, Robert Sanford Miller of
San Saba, James Arthur Scofield of
Hillsboro and Weimer Sid Tolbert of
Miami.
The coaching of these students in
their workout for this judging team
has been done by Prof. G. S. Temple
ton, instructor in animal husbandry.
The contest in which they will take
part will be held Monday, March Is,
and it is expected that Oklahoma and
Arkansas will have teams entered.
Glasses of horses, cattle, sheep and
swine will be judged by the students.
There is handsome silver trophy cup
offered by Swift & Co. for the team
making the highest average score in
judging all classes, and in addition
there will be 500 in cash prizes for
individuals, according to the average
score in judging all classes, the first
prize being $50, the second $25, the
third SIS and the fourth $40.
Prof. Burns will take the following
exhibit of livestock belonging to the
college to Fort Worth:
Cattle.
One short horn bull He heads the
college short horn herd and will show
as a senior yearling, weighing 1894
pounds. He is registered as Diamond
Goods (No. 325935).
One pure bred yearling short horn
steer.
One grade yearling short horn steer
Two pure bred Aberdeen Angus steer
calves.
The pure bred short horn steer and
Aberdeen Angus calves were bred and
fed by the college.
Hogs.
Two registered PolandtChina bar
rows; two registered Duroc-Jersey
barrows two registered Berkshire
barrows; two registered Tamworth
barrows. These barrows have all been
bred and fed by the college. They are
between ten and eleven months old
and range in weight from $50 to 425
pounds each.
One pen of five Neutrality-suspicious. |
China crossbred barrOws and sows
mixed will be shown in the class for
best pen of five hogs weighing over
IT'S pounds and under 225 pounds
EACH" These hogs also have been
bred and fed by the college.
Prof. Burns believes that the supe-
riority of this exhibit over that Of the
college in past years is due to the at
tention the livestock has had All
these show individuals have been I'M
der the care of William Sim, herds
man for the college, who is said by
Prof. Burns to be one of the best
feeders in the South.
Prof. Burns will also take to the
show three registered Percheron
mares which are owned by the college.