Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-29
,owA,s FAME GROWS.

,owAs FAME GROWS.
Something has happened during the
past year that is Of vital Importance
to Iowa-though not very many
Iowans realize It.
At the Panama-Pacifc international
exnosition last year, it will be remem-
bered that Iowa won the worio
grand prizes for draft horses, in each
81 the flve classes in which Iowa COM
peted. It will also be remembered
that the California authorities became
perturbed and Immediately after these
awards were made, succeeded IN nav
ing. Iowa cattle prohibited from COM
petition.
There was great disappointment in
Iowa when it was known that ner
beef and dairy cattle would not De
Judged, and the Iowa commission was
disappointed because a great many
wealthy foreigners had gathered at
San Francisco to inspect the prize
winning cattle and to make purchases.
The commission did the next best
thing and gave several dinners at the
Iowa building to which these foreign
ers and the offlcial representatives OF
foreign governments were guests
The owners of the prize winning Iowa
horses and the owners of some OF the
herds of cattle from Iowa Chat had
been sent back home) were also
guests at those dinners. Acquaint-
ances developed into friendships.
These foreigners did not buy very
much cattle at the exposition but they
bought railroad tickets to Iowa and
combed the state for the best stock
we had. One breeder Of Shorthorns
IN Louisa county averaged nearly 5000
a head at recent sale, over IN
Crawford county another one OF those
cattle breeders (who was present AZ
the dinners at the Iowa building IN
San Francisco) broke all existing rec
ords by averaging $1,o77 per head at
= sale in which forty-nine animals
wer1 disposed Of Those South
Americans had the money and they
wanted the best live stock.
"A week or two after these sales the
Argentine government sent formal
and of{icial invitation to Dean c. F..
Curtiss of Iowa State college to come
To Argentina as the guest of the gov
eminent and help them for a month
or two in their national horse and
cattle show. This was the first time
that the great cattle section OF South
America had officially recognized
1owa's supremacy in animal husband.
~.
Dean Curtiss is in Argentina now
and will remain until November. He
writes to the Greater Iowa associa.
ton that in Argentina cattle is the
principal industry and that amongst
the cattle breeders of Argentina, Iowa
is recognized as being the headQuar-
tiers for pedigree stock. Mr.. Curtiss
oays that acquaintance and friend
ships begun at the exposition are be.
lAg developed and that in the years
d come Iowa will find an extensive
and very profitable market in South
America.
The same friendships exist in other
South American countries, throughout
Central America, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, and the orient. Repre-
sentatives Of those countries were
guests of the Iowa commission on sew
eral occasions and the story of 1owa's
predominance in animal husbandry
was told over and over again.
The real Importance Of this develop.
ment goes beyond the mere market for
cattle; great increase in breeding Of
pedigree live stock means directly the
conservation of Iowa's soil .and when
we combine the worlds market in live
stock with an increased production in
agriculture, it takes man with a
great deal of courage to even estimate
the value that will accrue to Iowa in
dollars and cents.
AN Ex1RAvAGANT CONGRESS.
With the completion OF this session
congress will have made a new record