The farmer and mechanic., 1913-11-04
BEST EVER SEEN IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Live Stock Exhibits at The
State Fair
Show Given Fresh Impetus By
New Bui|dings-CattIe *
hlbit Larger and Better
Than Ever Before.

That North Carolina is beginninp
to appreciate the value of better bred
live stock is thoroughly evidenced by
the exhibit OF horses, cattle. sheen
and swine which was made on tn,
State Fair Grounds. While there ca,
always be Improvement in any ex-
hibit, this one taken as a whole sur
passes that Of any other fair ever held
in the State.
The new live stock buildings have
gwen fresh Impetus to the show The
removal OF these buildings from back
| of the midway to new unobstruCted
part of the ground has been long
| step forward in the advancement Of
cleaner and better live stock shows.
| One Of the special features of these
new buildings is the unobstructed view
which may be gotten from any part
Of the buildings. The method of con
struction and ample lighting has made
| this possible.
cipally Of local exhibitors. Several
| Percheron stations were entered and
a number Of light bred horses. The
| show was made up principally or
geldings, mares, and mules in their
respective classes. The Percheron
Society Of America offered their reg
ular special prizes for pure breed
PercherOn stations and mares. North
Carolina is one of the few Southern
States which gets these special prizes.
L. Banks Holt, of Graham, n. c.. had
on display a splendid lot Of Shetland
ponies.
Cattle Better Than Ever.
The cattle exhibit was by far larger
and better than ever before. The cat
tie barn was filled, making it neces-
sary to utilize about one-third Of the
horse barn to house the exhibit. Three
beef herds of merit were on exhibi-
ton. Shorthorns were shoYn by b.
P. Howell, Of Waynesville, Herefords
by Carroll & Son, of Jackson Center,
Pa, and Aberdeen Angus by Cassell
& Son, Of Wytheville, Va. Dairy cat
tie were shown as follows: Ayrsires
Cashell & Son, Of Laurel, Maryland;
HOlstein- -Friesians by p. H. Hanes. Of
, Winston-Salem. Both of these North
! Carolina herds were Of special merit.
: doing great credit to any dairy show.
, r. L. Shuford, Of Newton, had on dis
play a splendid herd Of Jerseys, the
working capacity of this herd being
quite extensively known. II. B. Wit
ter, Of Frederick, Md, was a compe-
! titor in this breed, also D. L. Farrio.-
. and r. M. Davis, of Raleigh. While
! this was the principal breed Of cat
q tie where competition arose. tho
], others are all of such credit as to do
! justice in an educational way even
. without competition
! The cattle show was one of the most
n ( l1utcIcSlIES features OF the i've STOCK
q exhibit. More pure bred animals of
a merit and less mediocSe exhibits were
: on display than ever before. The fact
that several Of these herds were from
4 North Carolina looks encouraging to
; the industry.
. Swine Classes
: In the swine classes, the Berkshres
Y as usual held first rank both in num-
l. bers and quality Leonard Tufts OF
4 Plnehurst; William J. Cooke of Ashe-
:. vllle; The Occoneechee Farm. of Dur
d ham, and Y. T. Smith, of Durham.
were the principal exhibitors in this
= breed. These herds were a credit to
q the State. Duroc-Jerseys were shown
# py Nathaniel Kirby, Of Lucama; d. l..
% FarriOr, Of Raleigh; J. j. Jordan. Of
Ie Durham, and T. Jeff Stephenson, Of
,e McCullers. Tamworth swine were on
ulsplay by OccOneechee Farm of Dur
y ham, and H. B. Witter. and exhibitor
;. of several breeds Of dairy and dual
J., purpose cattle The latter party also
showed a herd Of Hampshire swine
k ~. M. BeaVers Of Apex, showed Po-
" iand Chinas, and George c. Leach. OF
,r Aoeroeen, large Yorkshires.
% Sheep Show Attractive
v Inc sheep show was not large bu,
a especially attractive, due to the flock
!, ~ onTOpSnlreS shown by the Niagara
N SOCK arm. Of Lewiston, n y This
le ioeN IS known country wide because
.y - - UIeeOiHS ana 1nOtFidu Ia II
10 III ~ tne mock The Occoneechee Farm
Ia ol Durham. also showed a good flock
~ ol Snropshires. H. B. Witter of Frede
TICK Nd. exhibited both Shropshire.
&c ana Southdowns Several fiocke q
10 Ansora goats completes the list q
ie principal exhibitors.
. :. ouusinS begun in the swine c.asse
~ iuesuay afternoon All cattle sheep
ds ana ncrscs were judged on Wednesd1 q,
st ~ as 10 allow the stock parade TO tax,
81 place on Thursday
~ Inc Judges nf live stocn were 70
ha i,orses ard mules. Schuyler Salisbury
he A. and NJ. College. d,jrv c.t,1. ar,
SWINE, j. G.. McNutt A. and n co,
90 .es ocef and cattle, Dan I GRAY
NOrth Carolina Experiment StariSn