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dealt with at length in an earlier publication '^ and consequently 

 it is unnecessary to enter further into that phase of the subject. 



The increasing interest taken in these contests by the live stock 

 breeders of the Territory is indeed encouraging and while the 

 number of contestants at the last fair was small this was due, not 

 to lack of interest, but to faults in the rules and regulations gov- 

 erning these contests w^hich faults will be corrected before the 

 next fair is held. All indications point to a large number of 

 entries and keen competition in this class at the coming Maui 

 County Fair. 



STEER CONTEST. 



Competition in this class was confined to three entries, as fol- 

 lows : 



Grove Ranch, 2-year-old grain-fed polled Angus ; Haleakala 

 Ranch, 2-year-old grain-fed Hereford, and ]\[r. H. W. Rice, 14- 

 months'-old grain-fed Hereford. 



The judge. Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, awarded the first prize to 

 Grove Ranch. This is the second time this ranch has captured 

 the first prize in these contests. 



All these steers were grain-fed and showed high class breed- 

 ing. On the hoof they showed as well proportioned individuals 

 wath great smoothness which last characteristic was beautifully 

 carried through on the killing floor in the case of the Grove 

 Ranch steer and it was principally on the general appearance of 

 the carcass, its smooth covering of fat and the well marbled 

 condition of the meat that this carcass received the first aw^ard. 

 As will be seen in the detailed description of the carcasses given 

 below, competition between Grove Ranch and Haleakala Ranch 

 was strong, so strong in fact, that it became necessary to center 

 into the fine points to make the award. 



^Ir. Rice's entry was clearly out-classed and while an excel- 

 lent Individual wnth closer balance than the other two, it was too 

 young an animal to compete with them. In the extra ten months 

 necessary to equalize the age a very superior animal could have 

 been developed. 



Taking the three carcasses as a whole, they amply demon- 

 strated the results of intelligent breeding and feeding. While 

 all were very evenly balanced, there is room for improvement in 

 that the excess weight should be bred into the hind quarters. 

 To strengthen the loin by forty to fifty pounds would bring about 

 the desired result and add to the value of the carcass. In the 

 case of carcasses Nos. 2 and 3 a smooth covering of fat is to be 

 desired ; patchiness in this respect was too much in evidence. 



* The HaAvaiian Forester and Agriculturist, Aug., 1918, Vol. XY, No. 8, 

 p. 251. 



