Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1920-12-29
Fat Cattle Show at Nashville Was
Best Seen in Southeast

Fat Cattle Show at Nashville was
Best Seen in Southeast
The advancement of the cattle in
dustry and the growing Importance
of same in Tennessee and the South
were never more clearly and more
forecfully demonstrated than they
were at the Fourth Annual Fat
Cattle Show at Nashville December
9th and 9th.
This show is conducted each fall
by the Nashville Union Stock Yards
for the purpose of stimulating inter-
est in cattle feeding and to improve
the quality of cattle produced. 1t
was a success beyond expectations
this year and was possibly the great
est showing of fat cattle ever seen
outside the International Livestock
Exposition at Chicago. 1t was i'm
pressive, big in numbers, high in
quality and prominent for the inter-
est it created in business circles of
Nashville, from cattlemen, breeders
of all kinds of livestock and the
farmers.
Thirty-five carloads of cattle be-
sides a large number of individual
entries made up the show. The
splendid aggregation would have ex-
cited marked attention in any of the
great livestock centers of the coun-
try. The three leading beed breeds,
Shorthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen
Angus, were well represented and
shared in the prize money. The
premiums offered by the stock yards
amounted to $4,000, and it was
awarded in five classes. The first
class carried the grand prize Of the
show, $1,000 and was for the best
carload of cattle. This was won
by the Hawkins County Boys ana
Girls Baby Beef Club.
The Hawkins County Club is made
up of 16 boys and girls who fed and
fitted for the show ring SO calves
1.-TWO carloads) under the direction
of County Agent M. V. Roger. On
the fair circuit during the fall they
defeated all competition in the boys
and girls calf club classes, winning
more than 1900 in premiums. In
this show they won number or
awards besides the grand prize which
ran their winnings for the season
up to nearly $4,000. Their grand
prize carload of baby beeves brought
10 cents and their second load IA
cents per pound. Most of the AM
mails were purebred Herefords and
averaged about LOO pounds. 1t II
doubtful if there is calf club In
America that has ever made such q
record, and the honors won at this
show were a fitting climax for the
years work. 1t was also a demon
stration of what boys and girls car
do when given an opportunity Five
other counties, Blount, Loudon, Viii
hanson, Davidson and Hardemal
were represented by splendid clut
exhibits and while they did not cqua
the record made by Hawkins they
made fine showing.
Every exhibit by both feeders am
clubs showed that better animals
had been selected, more attention
given them and better methods o.
feeding and preparation for show
exercised than ever before. Cattle
which would have walked away wit.
the blue ribbons two or three year
ago, were rot even in the none
this year. Many CARROTS equalle,
the best CARROTS of year or two 2gt
but failed to draw a single ribbon
this year. This shows the won
derful development the cattle iii
dustry is experiencing in Tcnnes
see and hundreds of breeders AM
farmers went home from the shoy
with renewed confidence and real
.aus-aos.