Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-28
LIVESTOCK SHOW
AT FAIR PROMISES
TOBE BIG DISPLAY

Judging By present Indications
IN relation % the Forthcoming
livestock show 70 Be made IN con-
nection with the oregon state
fair. which opens in Salem. sep
tember z5th. every barn On the
grounds will be filled to over
flowing. for with the closing 81
entries still a. remote as the
tEentieth OK the coming month
state fair officials are fairly
amazed ovsr the number Of entries
that hare already been resolved
and recorded.
These will incIBde many Of the
largest breeders Of the Pacific
northwest D0wney d s0as Or
C4rst3irs. Albsrta. will eoms with
= large showing Of Suffolk D0wn
ard KarzkuI sheep. bogh Of which
brsesfs are making their initial
appearance AZ The state fair. This
firm VIII also be represented By
Hereford cattle Other new ex-
hlbiEOrs whose names are known
wherever purebrsd stock Is men
TONED, are: o. 4 Boggs 4 sons.
also of Alberta A. c. Stewart OF
Vancouver. B. c.; Orchard Hills
Farms. Redmond. Wash; Robert
sfcCroskey. Garfield. Wash. J. D..
lecture. Tenino, Wash, J. z.
.settite Brush Prairie. Wash. and
Z. W. Van Tassel OF Wenatehee,
Wash These men will send a fine
showing OF cattle. sheep and
horses.
Entries PouF In.
Letters of enquiry and filled in
entry blanks have been pouring
Into the office Of Secretary A. Fl.
Lea. for the past several weeks,
demonstrating that Mr. Lea's am
bitiOn to make this state fair nota-
bic as livestock exposition, T.
about TO be realized. Assuming
the secrefaryghip q few years ago.
when the annual IYestock display
was but q small and unimVortantI
detail of the yearly event, he has
by persistent effort, which has
entailed much personal work and
correspondence with pure bred
livestock taneiers, stimulated In
terest until now il Is 3 matter OF
pride and personal ambition to be
listed among those whose names
make up the annual card OF en-
tEants. Competition which il
keen and friendly has been en-
couraged, so much 10 that when
livestock men carry away from |
the oregon state fair either red or
blue ribbons, the trophies stand
for all that they are supposed to
signify
Most OF the old exhibitors are
anxious 10 come pack again this
season. many OF them having al
ready reserved space IN the big
livestock barns. A. c. Ruby OF
Portland and d. +. Burge OF Al
bany are among this number. and
they will send the usual fine
strings Of horses 10 be entered In
the various classes. congdon &
Battles comprise a firm, whose
Aberdeen Angus cattle have car
ried off many prizes from the ore
gon fair, the herd being shipped
here for several years past from
Yakima. Wash.
Herd Competition Keen.
Interest ali over the state is re-
ported as being especially keen In
the county herd elassifications,
which will include Jerseys. Guern-
seys and HolsteIns. This new d.
vision has been established In rec
ognition OF the very extensive Or
ganization OF the dairy breeders
throughout Oregon. the competi-
tion being open TO Oregon only
PTizss--first, second and third, Of
SIS. $50 and S25--ars offered In
each breed in addition to those
given = = ....s regular classes.
These herds viii consist of ten
animals each one bull. three
years old; one bull. two years old
or over. one bull calf or yearling.
one COW four years old or over:
one COW three years old; one COW
two years old; one senior yearling
heifers one junior yearling heifsr;
one senior helfer calf. one junior
heifer calf.
In order TO be eligible for place
in the county herd all animals
must be entered and shown In the
regular classes. Owners OF animals
in the county herd must be mem
bers IN good standing OF their re-
spective county breeders assoeia-
tionss no single exhibitor may en-
ter more than three animals Ia Il
The county herd; not more than
one herd can compete from any
one county. Advance entry is not
required in this class. The herd I
shown will be selected by com
mittee OF the county breeders as
ISOLATION after all awards have
been made In the open class. No
prizes will be paid unless two or
more county herds are ia eOmpe-
tition. and the prizes awarded Will
be paid to the treasurer OF the re-
,peetive breeder associations to be
Used only for the purposes OF gem
rial breed development within the