The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-10-28
WAS CALIFORNIA
AFRAID OF IOWA
WESTERN AUTHORITY CHANGES
MIND AFTER SEEING HORSES.
AND so THEY KEEP THE PRIZES
California Veterinarian Had Agreed
to Let Iowa Show at Worlds
Fair But Became Frightened
at Last Moment.

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Iowas elimination from. the competi.
ton at the PanamR-Pacidc Exposition
In cattle, sheep and swine, is, the chief
topic Of discussion these days amongst
breeders in all parts of the country.
Representative of all the leading
breeders we're at the Exposition at the
time the California state veterinarian
made his weird and wonderful ruling
that Iowa herds would not be per-
mitted to compete because there were
some cases Of foot and mouth disease
over in Illinois, - ~. I'D. 80 -.
And these various breeders are tell
ing the story as it really happened.
Professor Curtiss OF Ames, who is
chairman Of the live stock committee
ofIowa Commission to the Panama.Pa
| cific Exposition. received communi-
cation from DR.. Keane, California state
veterinarian, on August 26th, 1915, to
the effect that unless there was some
serious outbreak of foot and mouth
disease involving the herds of Iowa.
Iowa would be permitted to exhibit at
San Francisco. Acting on this assur-
ance, forty carloads Of beef and dairy
cattle and sheep and swine were made
ready for shipment The cattle iudg
ing was to begin October 18th, and
several herds were sent on the way
, directly from the Iowa State Fair, 60
Ing to the Minnesota Fair and some
to Nebraska, Kansas and Wyoming,
while others took the northern route
through Montana, Washington and
Oregon. -,
49,. Changed His Mind.
However, on September 2Sth, the
Judging began on horses and after con-
siderable difficulties, Iowa had on ex-
hibition six carloads of Percherons,
Belgians, Morgans. aClydesdales, and
WEIGH and Shetland ponies. During
the first three days of Judging the
Iowa animals had defeated nearly ev-
erything in sight, especially the en-
tries from the Pacific coast, There
appeared to be CONSERVATION amongst
the. Pacific coast breeders Of cattle
and swine, and pressure, POLITICAL and
| otherwise, was brought TO bear upon
California's state veterinarian to pro
hibit Iowa from sending any cattle.
These protests and influences were
successful and on October second, with
half of loWas cattle exhibits enroute,
the veterinarian decided that Iowa
should not be permitted to exhibit
When Professor Curtiss and Secretary
Clum Of the Iowa Commission ap-
peared before the state veterinarian
and showed that these Iowa herds had
been exhibited in various other states
and that herds from other states had
been exhibited at the Iowa State Fair.
the California veterinarian discovered
that he had put himself in rather a
peculiar position and straightway he
included all Of the other middle west
ern states in HIS prohibition
How About Washington? p.
But he, did not eliminate the state
OF Washington or the state OF Oregon.
Washington had a case OF foot and
mouth disease not so very long ago,
but it was quarantlned and the ami
mails killed. 1t did not spread. How.
ever, there was case in the state Of
Washington. There never has been a
case Of foot and mouth disease in Mis-.
souri,, but Missouri has been forbid
den. '.
Two Iowa herds were in .cVmpeti.
ton at the Washington State Fair,
showing alongside of herds from
Washington. and Oregon. The Iowa
herds went from the state OF Wash.
ington to oregon, but they we're turned
back at Salem. Ore, and sent home
to Iowa. But the other herds from
Oregon and Washington will be per.
mitted to exhibit at San. Francisco
for the worlds championship. 49,.
All of which has created a suspicion
on the part Of middle western and
eastern breeders that the Pacific coast
breeders have come to the very right.
eous conclusion that the only way they
could make any sort of showing in
the cattle, sheep and swine classes
was to keep out exhibits from all the
rest Of the country, 7
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