The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-01-26

any means overlooked, and there was
a good exhibit OF horses.
Another surprise was the large at
tendance. ii seemed as if everybody
N the valley was there, and without
any other attraction than tLat of the
livestock. In this respect il certainly
reminded one of the shows of Great
Briton. Will the day ever come in
America when shows Of this kind
viii become general?
When the cattle came into the ring,
one feature was noticeable and in a
marked degree Ii was their large
size They were larger at their age
than the average Shorthorn. This is
owing in a very considerable degree
10 the food on which they We're fed,
They are wintered chiefly on alfalfa
and clover, and these also furnish
much of the pasture on the valley
lands in summer. They are protein
foods, and are. therefore, excellent for
making muscle and bone. This fea-
ture viii stamp the cattle of the west
IN the future II is going to make it
easily possible to challenge England
for nigh individual excellence when
The cattle come TO be as well cared
for This will mean that western
America will grow larger cattle of
the same breed than eastern America
in future years.
:. Milking Shorthorns.
While many OF the beef ShorthOrns
showed to excellent advantage, there
was no individual herd that showed to
better advantage than that exhibited
by Dwight A. Smith of TendOy. His
animals were all milking Shorthorns.
He won first place for COW. judged
from the standpoint of milk produc-
ton When it came to showing bulls
one of his young milking Shorthorns
was placed at the top. The class Of
bull calves was very large and the
quality was excellent.
Mr.. Smith came TO Tendoy only a
few years ago. He located on home
stead in the valley. He purchased the
foundation of a herd of milking Short
horns in Ohio. His cattle have done
remarkably well He has cows that
have made more than a thousand
pounds of milk in a year. He sells
his male calves from 800 to $500
q year He has a male that at Il
months weighed l450 pounds anC
without any excessive feeding. The
future of this herd is full of promise
and il is a great thing to have it il
the country.
one feature of this fair was no
good. The cattle in some instances
were led into the show ring with
rope held by man on horseback Tt
bring cattle thus into ring is IA kinC
Of farce. The judge cannot handle
,hem. Indeed, he may consider him
self fortunate if they do not knocl
hin down and run over him. Tha
s one feature of the show that can
not be cut out too soon
Bidding Slow at Sale.
\ sale was held the last day of tbs
show. The prices We're only fairl!
good, not as good as they ought t
nave been. The bidding was slow, 81
slow as to injure selling in that way
That, however, seems to be the his
tory Of all livestock sales of a join
. character in new countries. II take
time to work them up to a marked,
successful point. One singular fea
ture OF the sale was the relativel,
high price paid for unregistered bulls
In many instances they brought a
much as pedigreed bulls of equal mel
IT, This ought not TO be. No doub
some OF those bulls had four o
five crosses of pure blood. But eve
50 when the time comes that hie
grades sell as dearly as purebreds TO
breeding uses, the encouragement t
breed cattle absolutely pure is take
, away. For breeding uses, unregistei
ed cattle are not as valuable as thos
that are registered, but there are il
stances when they are as valuabl
for making beef or producing milk.
The relatively low price of land i
this valley is a matter of surprise
Good valley land under the ditch ca
be got for $50 10 SIS an acre. II i
land that grows alfalfa and clover /
the finest form. Portions of the vale
are subirrigated, always happy cor
diJion where it can be relied on, sine
It brings with it all the benefits of il
rigation without any of its disadvar
tages. The lack of more frequen
transportation may account in PAL
for these values. The Gem State RI
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