Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-06-13
BIC LIVE STOCK SHOW
At MOULTR|E JUNE Il
Fine Cattle and Hogs Will Be
Shown in Contrast With
Scrubs

All preparations have been completed
! for the live stock conference and hog
and cattle show which will be held at
Moultrie on Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 27-2S.
| The event is to be staged under the
auspices of the Southern Settlement and
| Development organization and the Moul-
| trie chamber of commerce. Moultrie has
/ raised the money necessary for the meet
! ing
| Cooperating there will be the Geor-
! gia Dairy and Live Stock association,
| the State College of Agriculture, the
| Bureau of Animal industry, the state
| department of agriculture and the trans
portation lines entering Moultrie.
The hotels at Moultrie are already
making reservations for the occasion
and the railroads will offer special rates.
A feature of the cattle and hog show
will be a comparison of the pure bred
and the ordinary stock. There will be
cattle and hogs from all over the coun-
| try. but the spectre ems raised in Geor
gia will be designated and comparisons
! can thus be made
The event will be under the direction
| of r. NJ Pinden, Of Baltimore, vice
president of the Southern Settlement
and Development organization
NO LONG SPEECHES.
There will be no formal program, no
long-winded speeches and nothing tire
some in the whole proceedings, but
everybody who has something worth
saying will be given an opportunity to
say it, to say it to the crowd who is
directly interested in it and every sub
iect concerning live stock, packing and
| TRANSPORTATION will be fully covered not
| only in scientific discussion, but in
| practical demonstration. Every big hog
and cattle breeder in Georgia will have
a herd of stock at this conference, and
! the packing house at Moultrie VIII be
| prepared\ to show every good and bad
| phase of stock raising from a meat
| standpoint. All the college men, field
agents and demonstration men Will be
! present from three states to show the
practical and theoretical side of stock
! raising i'm the most impressive manner.
The subjects to be discussed at the
! conference are as follows Breeds and
results. sizes and weights, dairying and
| dairy products, pastures, range condl-
| tions, forage crops and rotation, sllos
and silage. grade stock and thorough
breds. tick eradication, diseases, their
| control and prevention, finishing at
/ home. packing conditions and possibili-
| ties. transportation OF live STOCK ana
packing house products.
BREEDERS PARTICIPATE.
The people who have been invited to
participate in the conference and live
! stock show are the breeders, especially
| the Georgia breeders; representatives OF
| the packing houses throughout the
! country, especially those OF the south
and those about to be started in the
south: heads of the southern railroads,
editors of all the Georgia newspapers,
daily, weekly, religious, industrial, agri-
cultural and stock papers; government
| officials and county agents in three
states; agricultural college heads, farm
| ers, bankers, secretaries of all live stock
associations of America and, finally,
! every man in Georgia, Alabama and
! Florida who has made any inquiry con-
/ corning live stock within the last two
! years.
Some of the big railroad men who are
| deeply interested in this great live
! stock conference and who have made
arrangements to be present are David
| Warfeld, of baltimore. president of the
! Seaboard Air Line railroad; President E.
| T. Lamb. of the A. B. & \. railroad;
President w A. Winburn. of the Cen
trail; President C. A. Wickersham, of the
| West Point and Georgia railroads;
| President Fairfax Harrison, of the
! Southern; w. G. Witham, president of
many banks of Georgia; Fuller Gala
| way, of LAGRANGE; r. II. Edmonds, of
the Manufacturers Record; Dr. Peter
| Bahnsen, and many other celebrated
| men in every walk of life.
! THOUSAND INVITATIONS.
| The A. B. e. a. railroad has sent a
| thousand special invitations to farmers
along it's line, urging them to be PRES
ent, and also saying that some of the
! finest herds of cattle and hogs i'm the
| country will be on display. some merely
| for show and some for sale. Many of
! the best breeders of Georgia are bring
! ing their show animals to this confer
ence, not for sale. as they would not
sell these for any price, but many will
also bring along stock for sale, and il is
| likely that hundreds of peope from all
| over the state will come for the purpose
| or buying breeding animals.
/ Some o. the big breeders who will
bring herds to the conference are j.
| ,. Shlngler, OF Ashburn, who will bring
his herd of fine Herefords; Anderson g.
MoNeal, of Marietta; Shingler, of Dom
| aldsonvllle; Cummings, of Leila; Arch
ibald & Mack, of ThomasviIle; Phillips,
! or Ilfton; Battle, of Moultrie, and Pet
! " Matthews, of Dawson There will
! also oe quite a good deal of Kentucky
and tennessee stock on the grounds.
DR.. Peter Bahnsen, state veter-
to make full investigation of the tick