Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-27
ants OF Viola Shadeland.
BEEF CATTLE.

ants OF Viola Shadeland.
BEEF CATTLE.
Tie herds Of beef cattle shown ct the
fair are of the purest and best breed
ing. The following are the herds shown
in the beef class:
w. A. Hall of Caldwell rural route
No. has herd of IS registered Short
Horn cattle. The herd head Is Donald,
four ears old and weighs 1900 pounds.
He is the biggest bull at the fair. He
won second place at the Portland stock
show In 1915, defeating Jim Hills
great herd bull. In this herd Is Jesse
Linwood, the grand champion COW over
all beef breeds at this fair in 1915. She
is five years old and weighs 1900
pounds. All of the Hall herd Is of the
Crukshank breeding. In the herd is a
two-y ear-old heifer that is q Golden
Goods calf. Her half brother sold at
Portland last year for $1,000. -1r. Hall
was offered $1,000 for his big bull this
week. and refused the offer.
CALDWELL REPRESENTED.
c. C. Bales & Sons of Caldwell, have
herd of nine pure bred and two cross
bred Herefords in the show. The herd
head is Sir Beat Donald III, a senior
yearling and weighs 400 pounds. HE
uncle is Perfection Fairfax, the king of
the Hereford breed. The herd COW Is
Dewdrop three year old and weighs
1850 pounds. She is from Chambers
Beau Mystic, one of the great sres of
the breed. The rest of the Bales herd
is from the Beau Mystic and Crusader
breeding.
W. j. Townley of Union, Ore, has
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in the show. The herd head is Good
Prospeo@, junior yearling and weighs
1850 pounds He is by Gibson Goods
by Choice Goods, one of the great show
bulls of the east The herd COW is Eng
lish Queen, three years old and weighs
1850 pounds. Her grand dam is dam of
Scottish Baron, the champion at the
worlds fair at San Francisco in 1915.
Ringleader's Rose IS a senior yearling
heifer in this herd. She is by Ring
leader by Ringmaster, three times
grand champion at the International
stock show at Chicago. This is the
only bull that was champion three
times at the International.
G. w. De Lay of Hot Lake. Ore. has
a herd of four registered Short Horns
at the fair. The herd head is Craiglea
Goods. junior yearlng and weighs
1900 pounds. He is by Golden Goods,
Jr., who sold at auction at Portland
last December for $1,000.
The rest of this herd is of very fine
breeding.
A. II. Eagleson G. Sons of Boise have
a herd of 20 registered Angus cattle in
the show. The herd head is Baron
Barbara, four years old and weighs
1850 pounds. He is a Barbara bull, one
of the greatest of this breed. He was
fourth in class at the International
stock show at Chicago four years ago,
One of the herd cows, Queen 16 of
Greenwich, was in the money at the
International four years ago. There
are several others in the herd which
are considered as good or better than
Queen 16 of Greenwich.
Mr. Eagleson's herd occupies big
tent just east of the cattle barns.
William Wcicll of Caldwell has r. herd
of Is registered Red Polled cattle in
the show. The herd head is Idaho,
three years old and weighs 1900 pounds.
His sire is Len now owned by d. L.,
Young of Boise. Len is eight years old
and weighs a ton. Idaho has been a
blue ribbon winner wherever shown.
one or the cows IN the nerd is MIA,
eight years old and weighs 1400 pounds.
She has been champion in class at both
the Boise and Caldwell fairs.
In the Weick herd are four other
matured cows of good breeding and
good mixers. One of these cows, Pansy,
as six year old won second place in
the milking contest, being only one
twelfth of a pound OF butter fat behind
the first prize winner.
The University Of Idaho at Moscow
has n splendid exhibit in the livestock
department at the fair. In this exhibit
are eight show cattle and eight sheep.
Four are pure bred Hereford steers,
two are pure bred Short Horn steers.
and two are crossbred Short Horn and
Angus steers. The sheep are cross bred
Hampshire and Southdowns.
Scotty, a Junior yearling Short Horn
steer in the university herd won the
grand championship at the Spokane
state fair this year.
All of the university exhibit at the
Gem State fair were first prize win
ners and champions in class at the Spo-
kane fair this year.
One of the fat wethers in this exhibit
was grand champion at the Spokane
fair this year.