The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-10
MEASURE OF LIVESTOCK
EXPERTS DISCUSS CATTLE
AT BREEDERS PICNIC
Miss Heifer Was All DolIed Up
Like Society Debutante; -
Picnic Enjoyed
SONGS RENDERED AT THE BEEF
BREEDERS PICNIC.

We're breeders of good sirloin
We're the breeders of good steak
Shorthorns are fine, Herefords sublime
Aberdeen Angus are sure in line
There are all great Nbeefers
Every breeder knows,
We're the breeders OF good sirloin
And We're out to make a show.
EVERYBODY'S BOOSTING PURE
BREEDS,
Music 'Freckles"l
Herefords so they say
The whitefaced beauties of today.
The buyers never fail to pay
The good old top price. its sure nice.
The Shorthorns, 1 am told
Are Are worth twice their weight in gold
And every good feeder
Likes the Angus or black polls as their
leader.
Any one of these breeds
Every good beef breeder needs
When through playing with weeds like
Now were all boosters for pure bred
THERE'S not one that's going to knock
Everybody says pure BREEDS
That's what were working for.
White-fa faced Herefords. beautiful Here
fords. you are the only cattle 1
When the moon. shines over the cow
We will be eating tea bone steak forever
more.
Polled Angus. beautiful Angus. you are
the only cattle I adore.
When the moon shines over the cow
You viii be dressing seventy per cent
or more.
Beef Shorthorns. beautiful Shorthorns,
you are the only cattle l adore
When the moon shines over the COW
shed
it to be otherwise. He stated that
Minnesota herds were free from this
Cream and beef we will have galore.
Mapletqn, Mimi, June st was
beef breeders day on the farm of Hon.
T. B. Taylor, near Mapleton. yester-
day. Several hundred people enjoy
ed the outing, the program and the
intelligent discussions by gentlemen
Of beef cattle. The Taylor farm is
an ideal place on which to hold a
picnic. The weather man was not
as kim as he could have been yester-
day, but the people at the picnic did
not mind the weather. They were
interested in what was going on
otherwise. There was plenty OF
amusement, and the Mapleton band
furnished a number of very good
selections.
Curling Miss Heifer's Hair
One of the features of the day was
the judging of livestock by Professor
J. S. Montgomery. He told large
audience all about the excellent
qualities } of CATTLE. pointing out
wherein lie the sirloin, tenderloin
are so fond of. All the cattle Judged
were from herds of T. B. Taylor.
Some were yearlings and others
were but a few months old. The in
nocent bystanders were shown by
Professor Montgomery how the hair
on a heifer calf can be curled and
made to look like that on the pretty
the professor had finished curling the
little heifer's silken tresses she look
ed like a "vamp." Miss Heifer APP
peared to appreciate the "dolling up
and enjoy the delicate attention that
she attracted. She wass coquettish
and took on the airs of a Theda Bara.
There was twinkle in her eyes that
the predominating curl that appeared
to fit in with Miss Heifer's peculiar
style of beauty.
Professor Montgomery described
the cattle infinitely, pointing out
what constituted the best there was
in a beef animal and made sugges-
tions that if followed would improve
the stock. He said that a calf with
a good start in life could be spoiled
by inattention.
An Excellent Program
Following the stock judging the
program was carried out. 1t opened
with the singing of America" by
the audience. Grant Hazel, president
of the Blue Earth County Beef
acsnniatiOiO 'nrpSidn6 nypr
the meeting and made the announce
ments. Hon. T. B. Taylor gave the
address of welcome which was re-
sponded to by L. E. McMillen, the
county agent Both gentlemen made
some very appropriate remarks and
referred particularly to the great
work that was being done toward the
betterment of live stock in Blue
Earth County by the boys and girls
clubs.
Community singing was led by
Lloyd Morrow. Then came a short
talk by Robert Olson, who discussed
efficiency in livestock raising and the
stock raisers to educate the people
up to the Importance of the industry.
He spoke enthusiastically of the future
of the livestock industry and urged
the farmers to clean their herds of
all scrub animals.
Raising OF Livestock
Professor Montgomery spoke on
the raising of livestock. He declared
that the decline in prices of livestock
was not due to overproduction and
produced statistics to show that
there has been in the past few years
an interpretation of livestock.
There has been a lesser number of
cattle shipped abroad for the reason
that the people overseas have been
financially unable to purchase meats
from this country. Normal condi-
tions would bring back normal prices
for cattle-and the emergency tariff
law recently enacted would be of
help to the livestock raiser. He was
not at all discouraged over the out
look. He hoped there, would never
again be an imitation of livestock
prices in this country. He consider
ed it an unhealthy condition.
DR.. Fitch Spoke
The ladies double Iquartette rem
dered selections in a pleasing man
ner, and DR.. G. P. Fitch of the state
university was introduced. He dis
cussed Animal Diseases" He spoke
of the tuberculosis in cattle and de-
clared that no herd need be troubled
with this disease If its owner wished
1t to be otherwise. He stated that Min
nesota herds were more free from this
disease than those in some of the