The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-03-10
$500 STEER STAKE.
Editor Bourbon News:

II the Kentucky State Fair would
advertise that it would give a three
hundred dollar class for steers. two
years and under, and if other fairs
would offer good premiums in the
steer class every year, what would
that mean to this beautiful grazing
land that is filled with scrubs? There
would be something doing among the
cattle breeders and feeders. You could
see the broad-backed roans and reds
grazing the field that God made so
beautiful for the thoroughbred and
the pure bred. 1t would be a vision
to the farmers son, and the young
farmer who is thinking of leaving the
farm for the city would no longer
tire of farm life. Instead, there would
be a charm in his grazing herd he
would see farming in a new light:
the song Of the birds would seem
sweeter, and the grass would grow
greener. The little brook with it's
rumbling song would accord with the
whistle of the farmers son.
Good stock goes with good farming,
Good farming means good citizens,
stepping higher in every branch of
farm life. What is a steer worth?
That depends upon his breeding and
the kind of man that has charge of
him. The steer feeds the rich and
the poor; he protects our feet, turns
the wheels of the nation, bleaches
white our fine sugars strained through
his charred bones. He gives us but
tons, beautiful hair-pins to adorn the
head, and his hair is used to beautify
our walls, fine soaps, glue, fertilizers,
ETC., are obtained from the steer. He
returns fertility to the soil, gives to
his owner a good sum of money for
| his care and feed. He gives employ
! ment to many thousand people. The
Armour Company employees over thir-
| ty-two thousand people in it's plant
and pays out $S7, 100000 for cattle
annually. The payroll of the company
amounts to nearly $26,000,000 year.
/ It's packing plants cover two hundred
and eight acres of land and 2,100
haorses and 500 cars are made use of
daily In supplying food, clothing,
furnishings for the home, articles that
| adorn, preparations that heal, prod
uctS that make for health, comfort,
| efficiency and economy-all along the
| line-eXtremely few are complete
without the nse of one of several ar
| ticles of animal origin. Thus does
| this industry contribute to commerce,
science and art
Oh! may the good days of the SOS
return to our bluegrass land, when
we could count the Shorthorn herds
! by the tens and tWenties and sell
them from one to four, six and ten
thousand a head. 1t was then that
the champion steers of Chicago, st.
Louis, Kansas City and New Orlenas,
| like Nunsuch and Schooler, were bred
and developed in Kentucky, the grand
est and most beautiful land in all the
world. Nunsuch won medals and
cups and one thousand dollars in cash,
for his owner, the late Mr.. w. H.
Renick. Several times, the champion
steer of Chicago has sold for $3.50 per
pound
Is he worthy a place in the show
ring? He would be a drawing card
| for the great army of cattle feeders
| He would be a model, a type for the
young farmer to build upon.
The champion steer of Argentina in
1913, sold for over $1,700. The cham
pion Shorthorn sold for over $4,000
The champion Shorthorn of England
in 1913 sold for 100000. May our
grand old State again produce such
champions as Victor, Waterloo, King
| Cumberland, Fannie Forester and Red
| Rose Sth.
w. E. STILLWELL,
Chilesburg, KY.