The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-06-22

Whitman-Latah County Shorthorl
Breeders Association, Composed o
Shorthorn breeders of Whitman
county, Washington, and Latah coun
sty, Idaho, began today and will enc
tomorrow at the F. M. Rothrock Her.
scules stock farm near Sprague. The
excursion started from Washington
State College, at Pullman, where the
breeders met at o'clock and inspec-
ted the ShorthOrns of the college herd
Leaving the state college at $3.50 the
next stop was at the Earl F. Harper
farm, adjoining the town Of Johnson
where his Shorthorn cattle were seen
and praised by the stockmen. Mr.
Harper had an unique exhibit that at
tracted much attention. 1t was an
aged COW, with no particular breed
ing, "just COW" as some of the stock
men put it. With her was her first
calf from Shorthorn Bates bull, a
fine COW, that showed the outstanding
qualities Of the Shorthorn breed. With
her was her calf, from Scotch Short
horn bull, fine, big COW, showing
marked Shorthorn qualities. This
COW had calf from Scotch Short
horn bull, that looked like purebred.
The four generations were in pen
JOS0JucT duu WCIo Lie ScuIcL VI dt-
: traction. Professor Hackedorn, head
of the animal husbandry department
of Washington State College, announ-
ced that if these cattle were in Scot
land the next cross would be regis
tered and shipped to United States
and sold at fancy price" American
Shorthorn rules do not permit the
registering of grades, no matter how
high.
The next stop, after a drive over
the state highway through fields of
as fine grain as the PalOuse country
ever produced, was at the farm Of Carl
Grief, just outside the city limits of
Uniontown, where a herd of about 35
purebred, registered ShorthOrn fe-
males, headed by Scotch bull weigh
ing ton at less than 21a years old,
was inspected and highly compliment
ted. Mr. Grief joined the excursion
and the drive continued through Cen
esee, and through another rich farm
ing section with fine farm homes,
we'll titled farms and splendid crops,
to the farm of Nordby Brothers. This
firm has some of the best Shorthorns
in the northwest and is improving the
quality each year by importing sires. |
j. E. Nordby, who is connected with
the animal husbandry department of
the University of Idaho, gave an in
teresting talk on the individuals in
the herd, with brief outline of the
breeding of each.
The run to Moscow, over the new
state highway that will connect Mos
COW with southern Idaho, for several
miles, and then through Blaine and
over Paradise mountain, which gave
a splendid view of the surrounding
country with it's rich fields of waving
grain, brought the eXcursionists to
Moscow and the University of Idaho
where the fine herds of Shorthorn, .
Angus, Holstein, Hereford and Jersey
cattle were inspected. Dean E. ].
Iddings, acting as host to the visitors,
told of the outstanding qualities of :
The animals shown. Of course the !
were the object of great !
est interest there and only passing at :
.ention was given the other breeds. !
The next stop was at Ennis Fallen !
'arm, owned by N. Williamson, who :
1ow has almost 100 purebred, regis
;ered Shorthorn cattle of high quail ;
ty. Mr. Williamson bought an impOr- !,
ed Scotch Shorthorn bull and several =
imported females at the recent sale of =
imported Shorthorns at Chicago, and :,
lad expected them to be at the farm :
n time to be seen today but they were =
Ielayed and had not arrived. !,
The next stop was at the farm OF :.
:. F. Papineau, four miles north of Z
foscow Mr.. Papineau has fine herd
f Shorthorn cattle, the foundation of "
7hich he brought with him from Min d
esota when he came here last year. !"
Ie had invited the excursionists to a
L; 1rn Oh +
7as spread in the grove near the 81
onse, where the excursionists. who a.
ad been driving since early morning, !,
nd were hungry, did justice to it. Il
After leaving the Papineau ranch a!
no ovc,1rtionists went to Garfield and al
lspected the herds of J. Houston Nc bl
rosky, R. C. McCroskey, junior, and
e. Trimble and Son. Leaving Gar W
eld they drove to Sprague, reaching m
lere late at night, and will spend su
morrow inspecting the herds of &c
ames H. McCroskey, and F. M. Roth al
,ck.
Those in the party were: N. Will ~ ~
amson and son, Frank, Shorthorn ~ ~
oeeders; George Dougherty, breeder q
milking Shorthorns and Duroc Jer- g. a.
" hogs; J. p. Papineau, breeder Of oe :s
northorn cattle and Chester White III
,gs; Robert Whittier, Of the Mos ~
" State Bank; W. E. Cahill Of the -, -,
rst Trust & Savings Bank and T. A. -, ss
ecker, farmer and stockman, all Of %. 90
oscow; Dean E. j. Iddings, Profess r.
+ G. w. Hickman, Professor C. H. :.
uddleson Of the animal husbandry N
partment of the University Of
aho, Ward Gano, bresder of Hol- loo
Elm cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs, eel
80 Of Moscow; Professor H. Hacke- M
,rn. head Of the animal husbandry va
.partment of the Washington State fer
,llepe: Professor C. M. Hubbard,
re stock specialist; Richard Hanna,
.rdsman, and James Roberts, stu
mt of Washington State College; A. wi
Lawson, of Spokane, western rep fol
NATIVE of the American Shorthorn no
reeders Association; R. E. Gongwer, bel
sistant professor of animal hus- he
Indry, in the University of Idaho; Hi
il. Harry C. Cranke, auctioneer and sci
lorthorn breeder, of Grangeville; CO..
hn H. Roberts, Of the Spokane O0'