The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-09-20
VARSITY LIVESTOCK
WIN MANY PRIZES
CARRY OFF HIGH HONORS AT THE
SPOKANE INTERSTATE
FAIR.
Secure Grand Championship and Cham
piOnship and Many First Prizes
in Several Classes.

A better recommendation of the
high quality of the live stock on the
university farm could scarsely be
wished than was given the exhibit en-
tered this week at the Spokane inter-
state fair by the animal husbandry
department at the university when
! even the enviable record of previous
years was broken and every animal
that was shown carried off a ribbon
Many first prizes and several cham
pionships and grand championships
went to stock from the university farm.
Amorita, the grand championship
Percheron mare, was not entered in
competition for premiums but was ex-
hibited for show purposes only. The
3-year old Percheron stallion loaned
the university by E. S. Sweet of
Grangeville for class work and demon
strations was shown and won first
prize in its class and in very close
competition was made champion of it's
breed. The 2-year old Shire mare from
the varsity was also winner of first
prize. Another first prize went to the
yearling Clydesdale mare purchased
this summer in Wisconsin and without
competition the same mare was made
champion of her breed On account of
the 51a months old Shire colt that was
taken with the exhibit was not entered |
in the competition.
Beef Cattle Win.
The beef cattle also carried off the
big end of the premiums in their re-
spective departments. A third prize
went to the junior Hereford bull; third
prize to the 2-year old Hereford heifer;
first prize to the junior yearling Here
ford heifer; third prize to the 2-year
old Shorthorn heifer; first prize and
championship of the breed to the
2year old Aberdeen Angus. heifer;
first and second prizes to 2-year old
steers; first and third prizes to year
ling steers and first and second prizes
on steer calves.
First and second prizes offered to
the best fat wethers went to a pair
exhibited by the university
Hog Show Good.
The hog show, says porfessor Id
dings who directed the university ex-
hibit at the Spokane fair, was especial
ly good and was the strongest one that
has been seen at the Spokane fair for
several years, in the Poland China and
Duroc Jersey departments. The uni
yersity entered no hogs though six
head that were bred at the university 9
arm were entered by the parties to +
whom they had been sold and in ex- T
,eptionally keen competition won one a
one first prize, four G
'ond prizes was won by a Poland c
china and all of the others by Durocs. e
Poland China boar purchased six t
weeks ago by the university from l.. H.
Alnbarger OF North Yakima, Wn., the
lelivery of which was Withheld until
.fter the end of the fair circuit, was v
ntered by Mr.. Linbarger and won b
rst prize as the best boar under one il
ear old. In addition to it's receiving s.
rst prize it was made grand cham W
ion of its breed. This boar, stated t;
'rofessor Iddings, could have been b
old for several times the amount of II
ne purchase price paid by the univer- P
ity, after it had been awarded the tc
rize. m
Send Exhibit to Boise. tc
From Spokane the university exhibit q
ill be taken to Boise and entered for az
work at the internoun- :"