HISTORY OF II E R ft F O'R & "C AT T L E 



THE RODD, PRESTEIGNE, RADNORSHIRE. 

 Home of the Rogers, now occupied by Aaron Rogers. 



haps it may seem a singular fact to some of the 

 exhibitors, perhaps it may seem strange to some 

 of the members of the Board that in a city of 

 500,000 inhabitants no butcher could be found 

 that was suitable for a judge at this Fat Stock 

 Show. Or, if none of these practiced butchers 

 here were suitable, that there might not have 

 been found at the Union Stock Yards, among 

 some of the men who are buying and shipping 

 thousands upon thousands of these higher qual- 

 ity of bullocks, one or two men that might 

 have been suitable to act as judges on these 

 better qualities of cattle. Especially does this 

 seem singular, when one of the members ( J. P. 

 Reynolds) is a resident of Chicago, has a large 

 experience, and is eminently intelligent on 

 stock matters; and another (H. D. Emery) who 

 has been a resident of Chicago for more than 

 a quarter of a century, and the editor of the 

 leading agricultural journal of the West during 

 all this time. These gentlemen have been mem- 

 bers of the State Board for many years and are 

 probably among the oldest members. When 

 these facts are stated, there will be many who 

 will be surprised that there should not have 

 been found two or three competent men in the 

 great metropolis of the state, the greatest live 

 stock market in the world, and that none but 



country butchers could be found that would 

 meet the requirements of the Board. 



We have endeavored in this notice to be 

 moderate in the expression of our views. This 

 much in review of the judges of the Fat Stock 

 Show. 



We are now prepared to notice the exhibitors 

 and their entries: 



J. D. Gillette, Elkhart, Ind .. Exhibited 47 head. 



T. L. Miller, Beecher, 111. . . < 10 " 



C. M. Culbertson, Chicago. ' 2 " 

 Wm. Sandusky, Catlin, 111. 3 " 



D. M. Moninger, Albion, la. ' 1 " 

 J. B. Sherman, Chicago, 111. 6 " 

 Wm. Scott, Wyoming, 111.. ' 2 " 

 Hiram A. Bassett, Jefferson, 



111 1 " 



J. H. Potts & Son, Jackson- 

 ville, 111 " 1 



J. S. Higmon, Rochester, 111. 2 " 



John Weedman, Farmer 



City, 111 1 " 



Cobb & Phillips, Kankakee, 



111 " 2 " 



A. W. Taylor, Lake Forest, 



111 . 1 



