South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-12
TIE RIBBONS ON
HOGS AND PICS
Judge w. J. Carmichael is
First to Begin Making
Awards to Winners.

Little pigs. big pigs. pigs OF all
kinds 20 the number Of H. and one
OF the finest lots ever collected in St
Joseph county. found themselves
the center OF attraction st the Inter
state fair this morning. With the
children track and field meet off,
the awarding OF the premiums for
the swine was the principal event Of
the opening morning and hundreds
Of people were interested spectators
~ the big hog pens i'm the north
eastern part Of the grounds.
The premium awards i'm the swine
exhibits are the first ones that will
Doe made at the fair. and by tonight
the hogs and pigs, big or little, that
is the best Of them will be strut
ting around decorated with blue and
red ribbons But while there isl
much glory for the winner there
will be no shame for the loser as the
collection is undoubtedly one Of the
best II not the best that has ever
been brought together in the county.
169 sheep Exhibited.
Included i'm tie 1853 head Of as
fine lot OF sheep AS one would wish
20 see anywhere. on display at the
fair grounds is every variety that is
raised in this section. There are
Cotswold and Lincoln sheep: Chew
lots and Dorsets; Southdowns and
Shropshires. OXfords and Hamp-
shires; Naerino. Rambouilets and
Delaines. in short every possible kind
that can be found in this section.
The sheep awards were also TO he
made Tuesday. W j. Carmichael OF
the University OF Illinois being the
Judge Of the awards IN both the
sheep and swine exhibits George Y.
Heplcr. superintendent OF the sheep
and Swine exhibits declares that he
is entirely pleased with the way the
farmers have coOperated that this
department Of the fair is already an
assured success, and a feature that
viii please thousands.
Some OF the finest displays OF
stock seen in these parts will greet
the eyes OF fair visitors. old heads
in the stock game said that they had
attended many fairs and had seen
some good specimens of live stock
hut the exhibition at this fair far
surpassed any OF their knowledge.
sheep exhibitors seem TO be III the
majority at the fair this year There
Gre ncalry 20 hocks now i'm the pens
and several more are expected to
arrive Tuesday morning i'm time for
the judging process. These hocks
range In size. the largest being that
&C William Blaker. Of Butler. Ind.
hs. F,TN
md SIX heads are in the smallest
tocks but the average flock is be-
tween l. and 20.
All Breeds Represented.
Cotswolds. Hampshires. RAM
touilettes Schropshires. Oxfords.
Southdowns Delaines and Merinos
are among the different breeds re-
presented. in the sheep exhibits.
Prominent among the exhibitors in
his department are William Baker.
Bs'ler. nd. a head of Rambouilet-
&C.. DeIaine and Merino breeds. Mer-
rift Heath, OF Muncie. IA head of
Cotswolds. C. T. Wynn. Hunting
ton. Ind. several docks OF Hamp-
shires. John Moore. Moore. Ind. fine
exhibit OF Oxfords. Cotswolds. and
Hampshiress j. W. Taylor, Of Craw-
fordsville. Rambouilettes and Hamp-
snires. Milton Millet and Fred Axe
~ Portland. Ind Schropshires and
Southdowns; William Watson. OF
Spencerville. Ind. % head OF Ram
louilettes and Schropshires.
In connection with the sheep ex-
hibit a little lamb owned and cared
FOR by little Ruth Reamer. Of
Walkert0n. whose father G.
Reamer is one OF the heavy exhibit
ors, rs conspicuous for the attention
IL attracts Children and grown
ups alike take a fancy 10 the little
animal and she Is becoming quite
popular. She is one year old.
sheep Day Tomorrow.
Wednesday will be sheep dav at
the fair and special efforts will be
made 10 impress on housewives and
visitors 20 the fair the value Of this
animal. Prof r. q King. Of Pur-
Que university will give "a lecture
and sheep demonstration in front
of the grandstand at 10 "a. m
A. the same time In a nearby
booth, Miss Roberts Mcneil. of Pur-
que university. assisted by Miss
Bernie Noder. supervisor OF domes-
Tic science in the county schools. Will
BE demonstrating 90 the housewives
the different ways of cooking mut-
ton.
Statistics show that $50. GOO 0oa
pounds OF wool VIII be needed i'm the
United States this year. while the
yield of fleece from the sheep this
year weighed only $50 600 600
pounds This shortage Of 500 OOO-
coo pounds cannot be made up bv
foreign shipments as there Will be
ho foreign shipments All stored
wool is practically gone This means
that for years the price OF wool 20
the producer Is bound TO remain the
same and perhaps advance. Hence
the Importance placed upon the
sheep exhibit
High Class Hogs on show.
swine exhibitors are not so plenti-
ful bat the quality OF their stock
us exceedingly good. Several large
Blg Type Poland China bears are in
the pens and attract much attention.
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