The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-12
STOCK SHOW BIG EXHIBIT
LETTERFROM T. B. TAY-
LOR, MAPlETON
Interesting and Instructive In.
ternational Affair Being Held
In Chicago
THOMAS 8. TAYLOR

Chicago. H.. December ., 1919
To The Mankato Free Press: Know
ing well that the livestock breede IS
CT Blue Earth county who did MT
find it convenient 10 attend the great :
est OF all livestock shows, the Int =
national would be interested n
hearing from a novice breeder what
lie considers the most interesting ar
Instructive lessons ~ be gained from:
!, the combined efforts OF men who /
history VIII give credit as being
tue benefactors. The breeding of live
stock is q profession OF no snan i'm
portance and here is the chance 10
hear lectures from the brightest mel
in the United states along these line.
. The student judging classes from al
most every university farm in the
United States will probably receive
aero lasting benefits than any oths
class of people who attend. Here also
is where the individual will get the
, true ideal of what perfection is in the
different species OF livestock
a grain and hay exhibition and do
nestle science instruction as to the
best methods Of serving the differen
cuts Of meat is some of the innova-
tons added this year Figures arc
not interesting. but TO give one an
! idea of the magnitude of the show
will quote a few. The cattle entries
are divided &c follows: 49, head CT
beef Shortho,ns; los milking short
horns; 32G Angus or black polls a.
some term them: $50 Herefords: sc
Galloway: rs Red Polls; 135 Poiled
I, Shorthorns: grade and cfossbreds,
/ 10, which makes a total of 1873 cat
| tle In the srorse department there
lare PSI Percherons; 139 -Clydesdales !:
/ So Shires; 167 Belsians; so s'lffolli
! and AZ in the draft harness classes
/ which totals 772 head besides all the
light, fancy riding and driving class
es Swine all breeds. 1156. Sheep.
1885. These figures do not include
/ the carload classes. As there are nc
Blue Earth county breeders repre-
! sented ! will quote the Minnesota
| breeders and the class of stock they
are showing Beef Shorthorns. s. G
1 E,liason. president OF the Minnesota
! shorthorn Breeders association. Mon
1 tevideo and unworthy farm. Milking
| Shoithorns Finley McMaTtin and
Sons. Claremont Angus, University
| farm. HeTefords, Clinton Falls Nur-
tery company, Winona. Professor j.
S. Montgomery, manager and univer-
sity farm. Red Polls, Jean Duluth
Farm Nickerson and university farm
| which also show crossbreds. Swine:
4 Poland China. John Rickert. Mabel
Chester Whites, II. A. Derenthal
LWycoff.
In the horse department the Hurd
| croft farm. Monticello, exhibited Per-
cherons. The live stock show is be-
| You'd description and one might as
well attempt TO describe the great
mess of Niagara Falls as 10 eulogize
en- the livestock exhibits. A member
4 of the executive committee OF fhs
Minnesota state fair, William Sanger
lof Window, is here getting pointers
also our own Mapleton representative
Hiram Hansen, president of the Min
nesota Angus association. Fred ID
sherman. state emmigration commits
sioper! and Forest Henry of Dover i:
J in charge of Minnesota hay and gran
exhibits. The exhibition of grasses
from Minnesota outclasses all other!
as to quality and quantity. | have
often said corn sells more Minnesota
farms than all other products OF th'
state and | noticed that 62 counties
are represented by samples, whlcl
certainly is a good advertisement 10
the state. and especially the Northern
J counties where it is generally sup
posed corn cannot be raised.