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Why I Should Show My Livestock 



By L. A. Henke^ Chairman Livestock Committee. 



Livestock breeders on the mainland who have consistently 

 shown their animals at the big livestock shows year after year do 

 not ponder about the above question any ntore, for their experi- 

 ence has proved to them that it pays in actual dollars and cents. 



President McKinley in his address at Buffalo a few hours be- 

 fore his assassination expressed as the central thought of his 

 discourse, "Expositions are the big time keepers of progress." 

 Nothing is so stimulating in the improvement of livestock as ob- 

 serving how your animals show up in competition with other ani- 

 mals of the same breed. And the poorer the showing that they 

 make the greater are the probabilities that the following year will 

 bring about a great improvement. 



Many breeders who have become factors in the livestock world 

 started their career by showing an animal which in their judg- 

 ment seemed to possess unusual merit. Very likely the judge 

 did not agree with them and gave their animal third or perhaps 

 even lower place, carefully explaining why the animal was in- 

 ferior. Certain type of men will say at once that the judge does 

 not know what he is talking about, and hence they will learn 

 nothing from his explanations because of their contrary attitude. 

 But the breeders who are bound to succeed are the ones who 

 recognize the fact that the judge may know more about stock 

 than they do, and they use the criticisms of the judge as stepping 

 stones to success, and sooner or later these men will be factors 

 to contend with when the championship ribbons are distributed. 

 To such men a livestock show becom'es invaluable for they gain 

 experience in a few days which they could not gain in any other 

 way, and this experience more than compensates for the cost and 

 labor of exhibiting. 



The Fair Commissioners have spared no expense or trouble in 

 securing the best livestock judges on the Pacific Coast for the 

 coming Fair. Professor True of the University of California 

 was here last year and his good work will be remembered by all 

 livestock men and needs no further comment. Mr. True will be 

 ably assisted this year by Professor McLean of the University 

 of British Columbia. Professor McLean's work in the judging 

 ring has given him a very enviable reputation. With these two 

 men assured for judges, livestock exhibitors are sure of having 

 their animals placed by men absolutely competent to do so, and 

 whatever criticisms that these men may make of an animal will 

 be of great value to the owner if he takes the criticism in the 

 same manner that it will be given. 



A prominent breeder went away from the Fair last year say- 



