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[Nov. 1906, 



At the end of a fortnight, the animal is removed to a spot where there is mud 

 and water, and food is given at regular intervals, until the animal completely reno. 

 vates his lost strength, and gets energy and tone to his body. In about two months it 

 should be pei-fectly well again, and fit to begin the long spell of work before it, and 

 to continue working till incapacitated by old age, accident or disease. 



The same process is adopted in the case of black cattle also. 



The operator is sometimes remunerated by one or two rupees in cash, in 

 addititon to being handsomely entertained to Kiribat and Keun, and a meal with 

 five curries. 



VALUE OF LIVE STOCK SHOWS TO STUDENTS. 



An interesting feature of the Chicago Live Stock Exhibition was the competi- 

 tive judging of live stock by students of the agricultural colleges. The prizes were 

 given by the exhibition authorities, and batches of five students each from seven 

 colleges took part in the competition. After arranging the animals in order of 

 merit, the boys were required to appear singly before the judges, and give their 

 reasons for the order in which they had placed the animals. The trophy for horse- 

 judging, previously held by the students of Iowa College, was won on this occasion by 

 Ohio ; and the one for cattle, sheep, and swine, held by Ohio, went to the Ontario 

 College. The Ohio students led in cattle and horse-judging, Texas in swine and 

 Ontario in sheep. The latter, however, scored the largest combined number of points 

 in judging cattle, sheep, and swine, with Iowa second. In a maize-judging competi- 

 tion Iowa won a bronze trophy previously held by the Kansas' Agricultural College. 



The Experiment Station Record observes that the spirit of good-natured 

 rivalry, which this competition engenders, is a healthy one, and serves as a stimulus 

 both to students and instructors. The opportunity to measure swords with another 

 institution is helpful to the boys and to those responsible for their instruction. The 

 experience of taking part in such a contest is valuable, helping to develop confidence, 

 self-reliance, and decision. Properly managed, the students' judging contest 

 becomes an attractive and valuable feature of the show, and, incidentally, it 

 attracts attention to the colleges and to the practical nature of their work. 

 This annual Exhibition, which is the largest Live Stock Show in the United States, 

 is visited by numbers of students from agricultural colleges. Seventeen States 

 and the Province of Ontario were represented in 1905. There were about a 

 hundred each from Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska, large numbers from the colleges 

 nearer by, like Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, thirty from Colorado, ten 

 from Texas, several from Kansas, Missouri, and Louisiana, and eighteen from 

 Ontario. Great advantage is taken of the educational facilities afforded by the 

 collection of choice specimens of the different breeds of live stock, and the students 

 not only watch the judging in the ring, but go round the show under the guidance 

 of an instructor and have the points of the animals explained to them. 



The agricultural colleges and experiment stations also send stock for 

 exhibition, there being no less than 275 entries by them in ninety-five different 

 classes, largely in the fat stock, sheep and swine classes, although there were 

 several in the breeding classes and among the horses. Six colleges also showed in 

 the dressed carcase classes. The grand championship of the fab stock show was 

 Won by the Iowa State College with an Angus steer, selected by Professor C. F. 

 Curtiss about a year previously from a truck load at the stockyards, and fed at the 

 College. The reserve champion was also won from this College. This is the fourth 

 year that the grand championship has fallen to a college or station animal. The 

 champion steer among the Shorthorns was from Purdue University, and Ohio State 

 University took a large number of prizes for swine, including the championship in 

 several classes. 



