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them valuable in a market where really good pork is in demand. In the 

 corn belt may be found the best cattle for market purposes. Cattle that 

 are not finished with corn are bought by feeders and taken to the corn 

 belt to be finished and when they return again to the market they are 

 scarcely recognized as being the same cattle. 



Now the question is being agitated as to whether the states and ter- 

 ritories west of the corn belt can make beef, button and pork without 

 the aid of corn. To demonstrate this there is a movement on foot to give 

 a show of live stock fitted for the market in a locality where there is no 

 corn. There are those who believe it can be done and that good beef can 

 be produced that will equal that produced in the corn producing states 

 and at a lower cost. This show is to be held in Denver, Colorado, and 

 the time set for the first exhibition being in February, 1903, and all the 

 states and territories of the west will be asked to contribute cattle, sheep 

 and hogs, raised and fed in the west in whatever way the competitors 

 may decide, and each competitor will be required to tell how he did it. 



The cost of such a show wquld come not far from $10,00(0 and a com- 

 mittee on organization has been appointed consisting of the leading 

 stockmen of Colorado. We are informed that about $2,000 has already 

 been raised. It is not the intention to limit the exhibition to fat stock 

 but feeders as well. Western stockmen are very enthusiastic over the 

 proposition. That the fat stock should look as well as these pelople would 

 like to have it we are afraid they will have to feed "Just a little corn." 



H. THE HORSE. 



MARKET CLASSES OF HORSES. 



George M. Rommel, Expert in Animal Husbandry, Hureau Animal Industry, 

 V. 8. Department of Agriculture. 



Bureau of Animal Industry — Bulletin No. 37. 



The growth of the horse market during the past few years, its present 

 healthy tone, and the apparent promise of a continuance of these condi- 

 tions for at least a considerable time to come, warrant the bestowal of 

 time and attention, not only upon the general demands of the market, but 

 also upon rather detailed examinations of the various kinds of horses that 

 are wanted. 



In this article the market classes are generally referred to in the col- 

 loquial terms of the market. This, it is thought, will, to a considerable 

 extent, tend to prevent confusion and misunderstanding. Aside from cas- 

 ual references, no attempt is made specifically to discuss breeding or fit- 

 ting for market. 



