Live Stock Breeders' Association. 295 



FITTING ANIMALS FOR THE SALE AND THE SHOW RING. 



(.Prof. W. J. Kennedy, Iowa Agricultural College.) 



I am glad to be here this afternoon to talk for a short time 

 on this subject. I am billed to speak on the fitting of animals for 

 the sale and for show purposes. This is such a wide subject that 

 I feel if I were to attempt to discuss it I would be placing you in 

 the position in which a friend of mine was placed. This friend 

 entered a restaurant and ordered a cup of tea. He drank that, and 

 ordered a second cup, and then a third. By this time the waitress 

 was becoming somewhat anxious. When he ordered a fourth cup, 

 she said, "My good friend, you must like tea." "You just bet your 

 boots I do," he said, "or else I would not drink so much water to 

 get a little of it." 



Fitting Cattle for the Sale. — There is a decided distinction be- 

 tween fitting animals for sale and for show purposes, and that being 

 true, I will divide my subject into two parts — first taking up the 

 fitting of cattle for sale purposes. Now, there are three important 

 things which we should keep in mind in fitting cattle for sale : The 

 first and most important is to have the cattle in good condition — to 

 have them well grown. The second factor to keep in mind is to have 

 them well groomed — keep their horns well trimmed and their feet 

 properly cared for. A third, and very important point, is to have 

 them well broken. 



Have the Cattle Well Groivn. — Young animals intended to be 

 sold by auction or private sale should be well grown. Every man 

 who feeds young animals for sale and grows them well is well paid 

 for his trouble and for the feed he uses. I think it is very import- 

 ant to have the young animal well grown. You can do that only 

 by feeding the right kind of a ration, the kind Mr. Gose referred to 

 this morning as a properly balanced ration. Professor Sanborn 

 said it is necessary to have a rotation of crops, in order to keep the 

 soil up. It is also necessary in feeding animals to have a properly 

 balanced ration, in order to supply the good health necessary to 

 show up the frame work. Beef cattle should be taught as early 

 as possible to eat grain and hay and grass. Now, the grain part of 

 the ration is most important. Feeders, as a rule, must take ad- 

 vantage of the roughage they have on hand, but for feeding young 

 cattle there is nothing like alfalfa or clover. If you cannot get 

 alfalfa, feed them clover. Another thing: Don't think you can 



