The Lamar register., 1923-02-28
LAMAR. PRowERs COUNTY. COLORADO.
SECOND ANNUAL STOCK SHOW
Big Event Sponsored by the Lamar
Lions Club Proves Great
Success.

Inc STOCK ralSerS from all over tins
section of the country gathered in La
mar last Wednesday, Thursday and
/ riday, for the big event of the seas
on, the annual stock show given under
the auspices of the Lions club. The
west annex of the Sunday garage COW
ering a quarter block of ground had
been emptied of its usual flock of
cars and it seemed like poetic justice
that for at least a few days the mod
ern improvement that has so far sup
planted the horse, should have to
give way to make show room for him.
Ana the horse rose to the occasion for
ne was more numerous and higher
grade than in any show ever previous
ly given in Prowers county. If he is
to be entirely supplanted and become
extinct, neither he or his growers have
yet found out about it.
Both the horse and mule exhibits
were more extensive and attracted
In fact the displays in all lines were
larger than last year except sheep.
With the feeding of sheep one of the
biggest industries of our county and
hundreds of our people interested in
the industry either as growers or feed
ers, one small pen of sheep was all
that was on exhibit. That hogs are
rapidly coming to the front as one of
the farmers favorite products was
amply proven by the interest taken
both in exhibiting them and on the
part of the spectators. The displays
in this department were more numer-
Gus than ever before and the exhibit
ors were all interested in telling the
good points of the particular breed
they were growing. There were
splendid specimens and large pens of
nearly all the leading breeds, and the
exhibits were attracting wide atten-
tion.
There were some beef cattle on dis
play but the dairy section of the cat
tie division attracted all the interest
and as it was last year it was mostly a
Holstein display, and the Holstein
nobility was well represented. The
array of ribbons and prizes won by
many of these animals was big at
traction in itself, as many of the an
imals on exhibit have been shown at
many of the biggest stock shows in
the west, and carried off the highest
honors. The Amity Cos. Model Dairy
/ had five animals on exhibit that had
Carried off the grand sweepstakes
prize for best five dairy cows at the
Great Western Stock Show, and had
a mass of ribbons and prizes that COW
cred their booth almost entirely. There
were dozens of animals in this divis-
/ ion which had not been exhibited be-
/ fore but showed up very favorably
I alongside of these aristocrats of the
dairy. Nancy of our dairymen are
lCw confining their herds either to
al registered stock or the very high
/ est grade animals, and there are few
| places that could show up a classier
/ line of dairy animals.
. During the three days there were
thousands of visitors in Lamar from
all the counties in southeastern Colo
rado and adjoining states, and many
from Il distance attracted by the OPP
portunity to see the best there is in
the way of livestock. There were
many sales made privately, and also
some animals were sold at public sales
each day, helping to liven up the pro-
ceedings. Baca, Bent and Kiowa coun-
ties were all well represented in the
exhibits and carried off a large share
of the best prizes.
The committees of the Lions Club
were working hard all the time for
weeks in making preparations for the
big show and deserve the highest
praise for its big success, and also for
the manner in which it was handled
and the visitors entertained.
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