American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-14
JUDGE OF LIVE STOCK
COMPLIMENTS EXHIBITORS
Great Improvement in Quality, Much
OF Stock Being Worthy to Show Any
where in the Northwest.

Judging stock every day. Tuesday ne
was at Wendell, Wednesday at Amerl-
can Falls, Thursday at Burley, ana
today he is in the southwestern part
of the state, judging the livestock eX-
hibits. He is therefore able 10 make
&mparisons between the seVeral
counties, and Power county has rlght
to feel flattered because OF praise pc
slowed by him after completing MS
work. He Judged the exhibit last year
and noted an improvement In quallty
throughout.
"The livestock exhibit for the falr
is exceptionally good" he SAID. II
will compare favorably with the nVe-
stock exhibits in any of the countles
of the state, and some OF the anlmais
are good enough TO snow at any laii
in the northwest.
"The number of dairy animals
shown was small, but the quality was
great. If it were possible generally
to get the people to get such stock, II
would make dairying one of the coun-
tvs best paying industries The
stock shown is true foundation STOCK
The Holsteins shown by A. W. DAVIS
are bred in the purple.s This STOCK
comes from the famous John L. smith
herd of Spokane and there is no pct
fer blood of the Holstein breed than
is in the herd and the bull calves
shown bv Mr.. Davis should not be
permitted to leave the county Ihere
10 are usually too many "boarders
among the farm herds. Farmers
can't afford to feed inferior animals
when there is such stock available. A
sire is more than so per cent OF
herd. and it is through such sires tnat
the fine herds are built up.
.sThe Jersey herd of A. c. Sallee is
also of purple breeding. 1t is the
xiq<t kind of foundation stock to build
from. Those who prefer Jerseys 10
Holsteins can do no better than 10
study the Salee herd and build along
similar lines. Get the best to begin
with. A good sire is worth Whatever
YOU have to pay for him. HIS Value
in building herd can hardly De over
estimated The owners OF these herus
have started right and their example
should he followed by others. Dairy
animals of the right kind make the
difference between profit and loss on
many farms. ,.z
"N E. Drake exhibited a splendid
animal of the beef type, Short Horn
bull of Scotch top breeding. This an
imal is a splendid individual and Will
we'll pav for himself. If range men
would pay more attention to sires,
buving such animals as this one, they
would materially increase their IN
comes. The first expense might seem
to be very heavy, but the returns
would be so apparent within year OF
two that they would not consider re-
verting to mediocre sires.
These animals of Davis, Sallee and
Drake were the outstanding individ-
nails of the cattle exhibits. l can not
recall the names of all who exhibited
..hut I want to commend the public
Npirit of those who exhibited grade
Jerseys. They could not hope to wiz
against pure breds, and did not ex-
pect to. They came to learn how tC
improve. and to help make the fair g
success.
''The horse exhibit was commend
able and superior in quality to any
thing shown at the Gem State Fail
last year. The Belgran horse exhibit
ed by Mr.. Drake would make goot
showing at any fair in the northwest
The colts shown compared favorabl!
with any l have seen anywhere in th'
state. The mule colts of Messrs, AlleI
and Scrimsher show the result o
careful breeding The jacks were
fine. I can not recall all the exhibits
or exhibitors, but wish to say tina
there is a marked improvement in TIL
quality of stock shown at former fair
which indicates that the farmers ant
stockmen are starting in the righ
way"
Mr.. Fjeldsted spoke in high appre
citation of the boys pig exhibit, whicl
contained some fine animals. This i
= one of the hardest contests to decid
fairly. because a few weeks differenc
in age of the pigs, and the purpose il
feeding. make so much difference il
the appearance of the animals. TIL
prize was offered for the best pig far
rowed in 1917, which is not very de
finite. From market standpoint tn
pig farrowed in January is bound {
he better than one farrawed in Apri
OF May. if both are equally we'll care
for and both are of similar quality
For breeding purposes. or for qualit
breeding, the late pig may be far tn
better. In one case feeding and files
are the main considerations. In tn
other. a broader judgment is require
TO pick and develop quality.
The sheep were the weakest depart
ment. Mr.. Fjeldsted regretted thi!
4 because he said no farm can afford
be without some sheep. No animal
will do as much to solve the wee
question, and none will do more to
ward picking up waste forage. Thous
ands of dollars of feed are wasted tha
should be turned into wool and mutoI
ON many farms the feed waste
amounts to five or six dollars an acr'
More small bands of sheep are needle
on the farms.