Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1921-12-14
FIFTH ANNUAL
FAT STOCK SHOW
BIG SUCCESS

That the fifth annual stock OK
position held at Nashville, Decembep
6-s was one Of the best ever seen in
this part of the country is the opin-
ion of every livestock specialist, live
stock producer, judge or buyer who
attended the show.
In point of numbers both of car
lots and individual entries the show
was no larger than last year, still it
was better The four outstanding
features that made it superior to
previous events swns the improved
quality of the animals exhibited
showing that Tennessee farmers are
learning that it pays to feed good
cattle instead Of SC rubs. The exhib-
its throughout We're more uniform
than on previous years in type and
breeding, showing the value of The
purebred sires in the various coun-
ties where they have been placed by
livestock specialists and county
agents representing the Division Of
Extension and other agencies The
se xhibits also showed that the Ten
nessee feeder is learning how to feed
and fit cattle for show, The splendid
condition 81 the cattle this year hc-
ing 4 married. improvement over tfiat
of previous years.
All parts of the state were repre-
scented by CARROTS as we'll as individ-
ual animals, there being something
like 80 entries. 70 E. r, Dittmore
Of Dyer County went the honor of
exhibiting the champion. car lot Of
steers of any breed or age. lie
showed car load of purebred Short
horn baby beevcs. w. Y. Allen of
Sumner county won first place in the
aged steer class With car load Of
Herefords. The Hamblen County
Baby Beef Club won second in the
open baby beef classes end first in
the classe open only to club boys and
girls. The grand champion ndivid-
ual of the show was Kings Best, an
Aberdeen Angus eteer owned by Sen
ator A. L. Todd This steer was cham
pioned at all the four big southern
fairs this summer. r. 3. Gellispie
Of Sumner county exhibited the hest
Hereford baby beef, Meadow Brook
Farm of Utah, Ala, the best Short
horn.
This was the first year that hog
show had been attempted and while
the show was not extensive stil it
brought out some o. the finest loads
Of hogs ever seen Oil the Nashville
market. The grand champion car lot
was exhibited by J. w. Hewghley OF
Martha, Wilson courty. The car load
was made up of purebred Duroc Jer-
seys. NJ. R. Curtis & Son of Sumner
county and the Wildrose Farm Oh
Marshall county were also in the
money.
THE BOYS CORN SHOW
Davidson County furnished the
champion corn producer of Tennessee
at the boys corn club show held in
connection with the fat stock expo
sition. The WINNER was Lawrence
Mckinney who made yield of 1915
bushels Montgomery county for the
second time won the silver cIp Of
fered by the stock yards company for
the best county club exhibit. The
winning of this cup three times by a
club makes it property Of the county
The counties winning first by dis
tricts in the corn show were: District
i, Weakly; district 2, Montgomef';
district 3, White; district 4. xnox.
Five ten ear exhibits made ',y RE
FIVE club boys of each county silo had
made the best record mace up e",.h
county exhihi- T~antyirye eoul-
ties were represented. fhis was fu4i
more than In 1920, the fyst year fine
show wss heih.