The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-07

Brilliant Display 81 Imported Breeds a
Sort worth Stool Shaw.

Brilliant Display 81 Imported Breeds a.
Fort Worth stock SHOW.
During tie year igt2 Jdsi L759,4lI
head oi livestock were received on The
Fort Worth market Out of this NUM-
Der there We're Ss7 5g5 hogs which
showed decrease of i6S,646 in just one
year, Nearly every other brauch Of
livestock showed AIN increase.
Bit the Fort Worth packing plants
nave killing capacity of over 8.OU0000
head or cattle hogs ana sheep Ia
gear ana W 1912 this marked was sup
plled with less than 2100004 head
The National Feeders ana Breeders
SHOW IL Z part Of Inc Fort Worth mar.
ket. for in It's years OF existence il
has been ana aid 10 the market M
Thar i has been the direct cause On the
Improvement Of breed With the fn-
provement OF breed came d bigger ami
MAJ and /. fiEa OF market prices and to-
day the Fort Worth market is the beat
in an the South
Hogs and cattle have improved in
the Southwest during the last decade
as no uther livestock have. ana thc
1913 show, which viii be heid In the
coliseum IN Fort Worth March s 10 IL.
inclusive is offering greater induce
meHts for the breeder tU slip 10 Fort
Worth The cattle exhibits instead Of
showing a bunch VI horns ana hair,
present % the public only such animals
as are perfect and from he hog pens
only That which represents The ACHE of
perfection.
Tfe razor back hog has no place al
the Fat stock SHOW, further Cham an
annual of curiosity for he has long
been crowded out w tie big symetrie
laid h0gs Down IN the ftnests Of East
Texas, Arkansas ana Louisiana there
YET remains sprinkling Of the razor
back hog, but even IN these sections Of
me Southwest they are becoming ex-
tremely scarce. The breedrs who con-
tribute TO the hog division at the snow
have ueen competitors 1T many of the
big shows Of the North and to their
lot has fallen time after time many u
The best prizes to be offered by such
institutions.
Hog men fresh from laurels won at
the state Fair Will enter their individ-
uais, families and herds at the March
SHOW, for the Fort Worth Fat Stock
SHOW ribbons mean just as much to-
me breeder Of the Southwest as a rib
bon from any other show Ia the world.
The hog trade In the South must he
built up By Southern breeders, for hogs
are Ike other animals they do better
when they are eliinated
The hog farms Of the Central North
have been infected with cholera TOR
several years. and through Texas and
the Southwest this disease has not been
common. For this reason alone the
herds Of the Southern farmer must be
built from the pens OF the Southern
Breeder For hundreds Of years the
thrifty Celt, Teuton and Scot have
been breeders VI lard hogs These
thrifty people have seen the value Of.
the smooth hog and they have bred
him to perfection. England has con-
tributed her share to the Improvement
Of the hog abroad out no more has
England or any other class OF people
contributed to the purifying Of strains
than has the National Feeders and
Breeders show This show has brought
about change Ia general livestock
conditions throughout the Southwest
that twenty years ago was never
dreamed Of but the change in twenty
years time is now beginning to be
reek0ned by the great packing indus
tries and the big Fort Worth Show Will
this year reap the benefit Of its labors.
One time the Texas farmer killed his
meat with the trusty rifle. The hound
dog Was called from undei the house,
the rifle brought down from the buck
horns over the door and through the
woods the head OF the farm would
stroll In the timber the Wild turkey
gobbled and the wild hog (razorback)
squealed and fought until his heart was
content Neither knew fear. except the
crack OF the nesters rifle but this
rifle took to the door OF the farmer his
meat. This day has long ago faded
The hog is slaughtered from the pen
and the spare ribs and backbone are
just as sweet as those Of the razor
back
The National Feeders and Breeders
Show has always encouraged the breed
ing Of improved stock. Its founders,
seventeen years ago saw the need OF
more and better stock in the South
west, and the men who are backing II
today are fighting just as hard to
raise the standard Of hog and cattle
productions as were the founders.
Room For All.
No breeder need stay away from the
show, for the management has made
ample room for all There IS NOT q
class in hog raising or breeding that is
not covered in the classification ana
prize list The management has been
careful to see that every branch Of
hog production ois taken care of, and the
breeders Of the Southwest win this year
have the opportunity 20 make for them
selves and herds a reputation that will
return unto them ten-fold.
The herds OF the Southwest will
probably find competition with herds
from the Central North Breeders Of
Missouri Kansas and Nebraska have
long been trying 10 place their stock
in Texas and this year they will be at
the Pat Stock Show to present their
wares.
There is always an attraction in the
hog division, but the March show Is
aboundIng IN wealth IN this respect.