The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-04
DEARBORN co.
TRIO LEADS IN
STOCK JUDGING
SCottsburg Boy Individual
Champion in Contests at
State Fair.

Dearborn County'S live stock judg-
ing trio-Clyde Wilbur, Wesley Tay-
lor and Albert ProbSt, all of Aurora
walked away with the honors in
the annual All Club Judging con-
test at State Fair, it was announced
today in the Coliseum, when the
youthful stock experts gathered to
hear the results of their efforts of
yesterday.
BY virtue of it's victory, the Dear
born County team was awarded the
$500 Indianapolis Belt Railway and
Stockyards trophy and will repre-
sent Indiana in the non-collegiate
livestock judging contest at the
international livestock exposition in
Chicago.
The winning team scored 1,7l3
points of a possible $3.50.
The individual livestock Judging
championship was won by Wendell
Arbuckle of Scottsburg, Scott Coun-
ty, the award carrying with it a 500
scholarship to Purdue University.
Arbuckle scored 612 out of a pos
sible 750 in winning his title.
KnightstOwn Boy Second
Donald Fort of Knightstown.
Henry County, took second honors
IN the individual rating to win a
$50 scholarship to Purdue.
Rules OF the contest required that
each team should judge ten rings of
livestock, two each of beef cattle.
dairy cattle, horses, sheep and swine.
on one ring in each class the bows
were required to give placings only.
but on the other ring they were re-
CURED to give brief written reasons
for their placings, the reasons be-
ing taken into consideration by the
judges in scoring,
Prof. @. F. Gobble of the Purdue
/ University animal huSbandry de-
partment, in charge of the contest.
IN discussing the results, said, "Our
classes of livestock we're sitter and
harder to place this year than ever
before, as we had better individuals.
Taken as whole, the boys did bet
ter work than in the past.
Scott County First
The right to represent Indiana in
the national judging contest at the
national dairy show at Memphis
was won by the Scott County team.
which places highest in Judging
dairy cattle.
The team was composed of two
Scottsburg boys, Wendell Arbuckle
the individual champion, and Les
ter Lowry, along with Ralph Col
Inns of Underwood.
The Fulton County team. com
posed Of Russell Newell, Macy: LIE
Roy Norris, Mentone, and Orton
Tint, Tippecanoe, placed first in
swine judging and will be sent to
the national swine show at Peoria.
to represent Hoosierdom.
The La Porte County team placed
first in beef cattle and the Decatur
County Neam took the blue ribbon
on horses, although there were no
special awards in either class.
Individual awards tc the three
highest placing boys from each of
The three regions into which the
State was divided for the contest
included ribbons and trips to the
international Livestock Exposition.
Regional Winners Named
The winners in Region l were
Glenn Lheker, North Liberty. first;
Edmond Richman, Union Mills, Sec
ond, and Howard Tyler, Remington,
third. In the middle third of the
State, Anthony Ernstes, Greensburg;
Lewis Jacobin, Greenfield, and Law
renee Love, Eaton, finished in the
order named. Frank Hanning,
Chandler; Elmer Steinkamp, Hol-
land, and Raymon Hanning, Evans
vile, placed in the order named In
Region 5.
High individuals on each Of the
five classes of livestock we're award
ed special meadls offered by live
stock associations. John Kendall,
Kokomo, won the Indiana draft
Horse Breeders Association medal
for first place on horses; Roy Rob-
bins, Greensburg, the Indiana Cat
tie Feeders Association medal for
first on beef cattle; Lewis Jacob,
Greenfield, the Indiana Dairy Asso-
citation medal for first on dairy cat
tie; Marshall Ellis, Muncie, the In
diana Swine Breeders Association
medal for first on hogs, and Loran
Drake, Fairbanks, the National AS
ISOLATION Of Wool Manufacturers