Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1916-09-14
HAS THE CHAMPION HEREFORD BULL
Where One Can Be Grown Successfully There Is
No Reason Why Many More Should
Not Be Produced

The winning of championship for
Mississippi is matter of pride for all
Mississippians and there are probably
few persons within the border of our
State who were not proud to know
that the grand champion Here
ford bull, which was the marvel of
the International Live Stock Show
held at Chicago in 1913, was a Missis-
sippi product.
The bull Point Comfort" the Four
teenth was raised in Kinds County
Mississippi, belonging to LaVernett
Stock Farm, and is a living example
OF what might be done in every coun-
ty in the State by scientific breeding.
This animal at the great international
Show came in competition with the
very best specimens of beef stock
from all sections of the New World
He was distinct surprise to the
Northern exhibitors by whom Missis-
sippi had never been looked to for pos
sible competition, but after the judges
had carefully examined the merits of
each animal there was nothing left for
them to do but award the champion
ship of the Western Hemisphere to
Point Comfort" who wore his blue
ribbon with pridefu mien as though
aware of the fact that he was adding
unguessed laurels to his native State.
Gained with this championship was
official recognition of the fact that
Mississippi and the South can produce
the best beef animals to be found in
the world, despite a mistaken impress
sion long existant and widely spread.
that their country is not adapted to
the production of the heavy beef
breeds. This award, heralded to all
parts of the earth by the wide-awake
press, has been worth millions of dol
lars to the people of the South by way
Of exploding a false impression and
exploiting one of the most profitable
resources Of this section. By it the at
tention OF live stock men everywhere
has been called to the fact that Mis-
sissippi offers unequaled advantages
for the production of the very best
stock.
An unawakening also to our own
people, many Of whom thus became
alive for the first time to the undis-
puted fact that this State offers ev.
cry advantage for the development of
the live stock industry along broad
and liberal lines, and that a sensible
Investigation of our products will
necessarily be based upon live stock |
as a foundation. What one man had |
done may we'll be done by others who
possess sufficient initiative to seize
their opportunity. While every man |
might not be able to produce a grand |
champion. certain it is that the small
est farmer may grow as good a beef
animal as the world produces and
may command as high price for this
product as II it had been raised on a
Ten thousand acre ranch.
A campaign which has been per
and consistently carried on
throughout this State during the past
EN- years has resulted not only in
many Mississippi winners being shown
n the prize ring, but has developed
It a wonderful rate the industry Of
lelping to furnish animal food to
upply the teeming millions Of human
'eings throughout the world. Where
tut a few years ago only an occasion
! car OF live stock was shipped from
his State, It is noteworthy fact that
everal train loads of cattle and hogs
re now sent to outside markets each
Veek, while the one large packing
liant In the State is kept running full