Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-25
5WEEPSTAkE UPON
SWEEPSTAKE
CANADA ADDING OTHERS ro ,-a
SERIES OF VICTORIES
A Manitoba Steer Carries Off simu..
Honors to Those Won by Half.
Brother in 1912.

When Glencarnock l., the Aberdeen
| Angus steer, owned by Mr.. McGregor
of Brandon, Manitoba, carried off tbo
sweepstakes at the Chicago Live Stock
Show in 1912, it was considered to ba
a great victory for barley, oats and
! grass versus corn. So that there
| might be no doubt of the superiority
| of barley feeding, Manitoba climate
and judgment in selecting the animal
Mr.. McGregor placed in competition
in 1913, another Aberdeen-Angus. a
half-brother to the animal that won
last year, and secured a second vic
tory in the second year. In other
classes he had excellent winnings. but
the big victory was the sweepstakes
for the best steer. This victory proved
that Manitoba grown barley and oats
and prairie hay, had properties better
than any contained in corn, which in
| the past has been looked upon as
being superior to other grains in fat
tening and finishing qualities. Not
only this, but Glencarnock victory
proves that the climate OF the prairie
| provinces of western Canada, in com.
bination with rich foods that are DOS
| sessed by that country, tends to make
cattle raising success at little cost
Other winnings at the live stock
| show which placed western Canada in
the class of big victories were: Three
frsts, seven seconds, and FIVE other
prizes in Clydesdales.
The winners, Bryce, Taber, Suther-
| and, Sinton, Mulch, Mclean, Hagger.
ty, Leckie and the University of Sas.
katchewan are like family names in
Saskatchewan. Each one had the
goods" that won honor to himself and
| combined made name and record for
Saskatchewan.
Look at the recent victories won by
western Canada within the past three
years.
In February, 1911, Hill & Sons of
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. showed
a peck of oats at the National Corn
Exposition, held at Columbus, Ohio
and carried off the Colorado silver
trophy, valued at $1,000
In February, 1918, the same men,
father and son, had similar victory
at Columbia, n c., and should they
win in 1914 at Dallas, Texas, they
will own the trophy
In 1911, Seager Wheeler of Rosthern
won 81 900 in gold at the New York
Land Show for the best 100 pounds of
wheat
In 1912 at the Dry Farming Con.
gress at Lethbridge, Alberta Mr..
Holmes of Cardston won the 5000
Rumley engine for best wheat in the
world.
In 1913 at the Dry Farming Con
gress held at Tulsa, Okla Mr. P. Ger
lack of Allen, Saskatchewan, carried
off the honors and a threshing ma
chine for the best bushel of wheat
shown in competition with the world.
In 1913 at the international Dry
Farming Congress at Tulsa, Okla,
Canada won the majority OF the
world honors in individual classes,
and seven out of the sixteen sweep
stakes, including the grand prize for
the best bushel of hard wheat
The grand prize, threshng ma
chine, was won by Paul Gerlack for
best bushel of hard wheat, which
weighed II pounds to the bushel, and
was of the Marquis variety
In the district in which the wheat
was grown that won this prize, there
were thousands of acres this year that
would have done as we'll Mr. GerlacK
| is to be congratulated. as well as the
province of Saskatchewan, and west
ern Ca uada as a whole tor the great
success that has been achieved Id
both grain and cattle
Other prizes at the same place
were
Best peck of barley, Nicholas let
mige. Claresholm, Alberta.
Best peck of oats, E. J. Lanlgan' IL
| fross, Saskatchewan.
Best bushel of flax John Ple"S
Carnduff, Saskatchewan
Best sheaf of barley A. h, CroSS
man, Kindersley, Saskatchewan.
Best sheaf of fax K. Z W est hiU
| dersley, Saskatchewan
Best sheaf of oats, Arthur PetIS
| Cardston, Alberta.
In district eXhlDlLS, oNIIt vi
| Saskatchewan, won the BoaIu VI
Trade Award, with Maple Creek sec
| ond
Other exhibitors and winners ~eIe
Red Fife spring wheat, E. A Freu
| rick, Maple Creek
Other variety of hard spring "ue"'
| S Englehart, Abernethy Sask.
Black oats. Alex Wooley horton
Alta o--..,.on
Stalwart, Sask. - cor
Sheaf of Red Fife wheat, Il. H. va
ter, Fort Qu'Appelle, Sask ,,,con
| Sheaf of Marquis wheat, T. N. O0'
ney, Dysart Sask. Nv :
Oats any other variety " HI
| Simpson, Pambrun, Sask
Two-rowed barley, K. ID Cdi'''
Fort QuAppelle Sask Fort
Six-rowed barley. R. H. Garter
Qu'Appelle, Sask. parry
Western rye grass, Arthur GU
! Cardston, Alta pos
Alsike clover, Seager WheeieI'
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