34 HERDS AND FLOCKS AND HORSES. 



Among all the great fairs and stock shows of the United States, 

 the International Live Stock Exposition at Chicago stands pre- 

 eminently as the embodiment of all that is best and the achieve- 

 ment of all that has been aimed at by these agricultural colleges 

 and experimental stations. The steady improvement which has 

 marked the progress of this marvelous exposition in the breed- 

 ing and feeding of live stock year by year, is positive proof of 

 its extraordinary success in the improvement of meat animals 

 and heavy draught horses. The champions of the year, from 

 all the fairs and shows of the country, gather at this court of 

 last resort, for the sentence of the supreme judges of the land, 

 whose verdicts are final and cannot be appealed. 



At no other place is it possible to give the students and 

 teachers of these colleges, or the lay student, such practical 

 and liberal education on live stock problems. 



The student and stockman, however, are not the only 

 beneficiaries of this great show, for it reaches over a far wider 

 range of interest than this. The railroad man particularly is 

 interested because the spread and development of the live stock 

 industry must increase the traffic and tonnage of his road and 

 aid him in the organization of his system and methods of rapid 

 transportation, for the simple reason that this highly bred and 

 early matured stock requires intelligent handling, and a method 

 of despatch which calls for rapidity and safety of movement, 

 as well as opening up other and larger sections of the country 

 for breeding operations, which in its turn means an increase 

 in his railroad mileage as well as adding enormously to his 

 returns. To put it plainly, the fertility of the soil is dependent 

 upon the animals fed upon it, while the railroads are depend- 

 ent upon the crops. 



The capability of the farmer and stockman to increase his 

 animal production, and the student his knowledge, by follow 

 ing the teachings so plainly shown as the result of the work 

 done by these colleges and experimental stations, will be in- 

 creased tenfold by their attendance at the great Chicago Ex- 

 position, watching the judging of the various breeds, the 



