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The International Live Stock Exposition 
Part I. 
The great International Live Stock Ex¬ 
position, perhaps the leading educational 
institution in the world for stockmen, 
added glittering stars to its enviable ser¬ 
vice record to the live stock feeders and 
breeders of this country at a show just 
held at Chicago. More than 8,000 entries 
are recorded ; representatives of farmers 
from every section of the country were in 
attendance. All evidenced an enthusiasm 
that it is difficult to describe, and were 
amazed at the marvelous achievements 
accomplished by the breeders in the way 
of combining beautiful form and finish 
with weight, scale and quality. The va¬ 
rious agricultural colleges and experiment 
stations, particularly those whose major 
interests are animal husbandry, demon¬ 
strated anew their leadership along lines 
of constructive breeding and intelligent 
feeding. Turdue University again crowned 
its efforts through the winning of the 
grand championship of an Angus steer of 
its own breeding, while the University of 
Illinois defeated all competitors in both 
the college and open classes in the barrow 
class. 
Not only does the record show that in¬ 
dividual competition in the open classes 
was unusual, but in the carload lots it 
was the conservative judgment of respon¬ 
sible judges that never in the history of 
the International had there been ex¬ 
hibited groups of animals in the carload 
lots that were as uniform in type and as 
outstanding in quality and finish as the 
lots competing for championship in these 
classes. It was a fat stock show with 
genuine merit and real competition. 
The veteran feeder and breeder, Dan 
Waters, entered three carloads of Short¬ 
horn two-year-olds that many believed 
could not and should not have been defeat¬ 
ed. yet the premier award was finally 
made to a group of S. M. S. Hereford 
yearlings. New records of prices like¬ 
wise were established, as the 30 carloads 
of fat steers were sold in open auction mar¬ 
ket at an average price of $27.47 per ewt. 
The grand champion steer, Fyvie Knight, 
brought the record-breaking price of $2.50 
per pound, while the champion carload 
brought 50c per pound. ' 
The International is a fat sto.ck show. 
The breeding classes are especially strong, 
and to win a blue ribbon at this exposi¬ 
tion. especially the championship ribbon, 
entitles the holder to assert without con¬ 
tradiction that his animal represents the 
par excellence type as fixed and estab¬ 
lished by our foremost judges, while the 
breeder of such an animal is justly en¬ 
titled to the distinction of having devel¬ 
oped a type and established individuality 
in his animal to such a degree that its 
merit cannot be questioned. 
The show of draft horses did not equal 
in numbers the exhibition of other years, 
but as far as quality and individuality is 
concerned, it is doubtful if it has been ex¬ 
celled in any show either in this country 
or abroad. Incomplete as was the exhi¬ 
bition of Belgians, it is admittedly true 
that a large percentage of the foundation 
stock in Belgium has been destroyed, and 
clearly evident that this little country will 
be dependent largely upon American 
breeders for the breeding animals neces¬ 
sary to revive the Belgian horse industry 
in its native district. Without question 
the conservative American breeders of 
Belgians have molded and established a 
type that will not disappoint the Bel¬ 
gian farmer who still believes that the 
Belgian horses stand without a peer as 
far as beauty and conformation is con¬ 
cerned. 
The Pereheron show was distinctly 
American In origin. Very few exporters 
have risked making shipments, owing to 
the ravages of the submarine, and to the 
credit of the breed let it be said that 
there was in evidence a greater uni¬ 
formity in conformation and type than 
there has been displayed at any other In¬ 
ternational. A number of Pereheron 
breeders have over-emphasized fleshing 
qualities and have not paid enough atten¬ 
tion to soundness of limb or to the slope 
of pasterns. Y T ery commonly work horses 
arrive in the city evidencing a predom¬ 
inance of Pereheron blood that prove to 
be soft at the hocks, stubby in their stride, 
hazy in their vision and consequently a 
disappointment to the buyer who relied 
upon them for constant daily work. True 
enough, flesh has covered up a multitude 
of these sins; nevertheless it represents a 
serious condition that must be faced by 
breeders and importers who are supplying 
the breeding stock. It is doubtful if 
France will call upon the American breed¬ 
er for seed stock, since their far-sighted 
Government officials have scrupulously 
guarded their draft horse breeding inter¬ 
ests, and have not permitted useful breed¬ 
ing animals to he commandeered for army 
purposes. The classes were judged by 
Dean C. F. Curtiss of Iowa, E. B. White 
of Virginia, and Robert Graham of On¬ 
tario, Canada, with promptness and fair¬ 
ness. 
Sirigmaster & Son of Keota, la., won 
single and grand champion honors with 
the stallion Mintral, while Delchester 
Farms. Edgemont. Pa., won the junior 
championship with the two-year-old. stal¬ 
lion Quanton. The latter was pronounced 
January 4, 1919 
by the judges as one of the best two-year- 
olds ever seen at Chicago, exhibiting un¬ 
usual weight for age, and paraded in ac¬ 
tion with a style and carriage of unusual 
merit. Mintral was shorter in leg, deep¬ 
er in body, a trifle shorter in his hack 
and somewhat cleaner in his hocks. 
The flashiest and perhaps the most at¬ 
tractive exhibition of horses was staged 
on Wednesday, when the Clydesdales were 
rated by Dean Curtiss. Here again the 
total number of horses on show was less 
than have been paraded during other 
years, but there was a marked absence of 
tail-enders. Fairholme Footprint, owned 
by F. Latlirop Ames, was again made 
senior and grand champion stallion, a dis¬ 
tinction seldom attained by any stallion 
at the International, but since his mother 
was made grand champion three years in 
succession he comes rightly by this dis¬ 
tinction, and, if I judge aright, he will 
add still further laurels to his disting¬ 
uished breeder, if opportunity is offered 
him to continue in the stud and make 
annual pilgrimages to our leading shows. 
Seldom does one see as much quality and 
refinement and finish as he evidences at 
every turn, and in action he is as precise 
and clean cut as a pair of scissors; how¬ 
ever, his greatest achievement was evi¬ 
denced in the display from Langwater 
Farms, of his progeny, and in the opinion 
of everyone his colts show wonderful pas¬ 
terns, sharp, clean bones, refined hocks, 
and in conformation they collectively rep¬ 
resent that scale and massiveness that is 
so eagerly sought after by our successful 
breeders. Fairholme Footprint could eas¬ 
ily win any any show ring in Scotland, 
and he promises to be the Baron’s Pride 
of this country. Fairholme Ruth by Gold¬ 
en Night was made junior and grand 
champion female, and. like Fairholme 
Footprint, _ was bred and owned by Rob¬ 
ert A. Fairbairn of New Jersey, Inas¬ 
much as both champions were bred at his 
Fairholme Farm, Mr. Fairbairn bears the 
distinction of being the one American 
breeder of horses that has bred both 
grand champions. 
The massive Shires with their abundant 
feather and enviable feet were greatly ad¬ 
mired by genuine horsemen, who were 
generous in their applause when the tvpes 
were designated. This breed of drafters 
has not been especially popular in Amer¬ 
ica owing to their excessive weight, cum¬ 
bersome traction and wiry, feathery legs, 
but in England few famous cart horses 
do not trace to such blood lines. In cer¬ 
tain sections of the West, sires of this 
breed have added substantially to the 
size of bone and the soundness of limb of 
many draft colts, _ and admittedly they 
are more popular in cross-breeding than 
in straight line breeding. The classes were 
judged by William Bell of Wooster, O., 
who designated Hording Bold Lion, 
owned by Truman’s Pioneer Stud Farm. 
Buslinell, Ilk. as senior grand champion 
stallion, and Royal Tulip, also owued by 
Truman’s, was designated as the female 
entitled to premier honors. 
The Suffolk Punch is gaining iu popu¬ 
larity in this country. Many of our 
stockmen appreciate their standard uni¬ 
formity in color and speak favorably of 
their docile disposition and their unusual 
feeding qualities. Eastern farmers are 
becoming attached to this breed, and the 
demand, if one is to judge from represen¬ 
tative sales, is iu a vigorous growing con¬ 
dition. The classes at Chicago were 
judged by Alex Galbraith, Edmonton, 
Canada, who awarded both championships 
to Hawthorne Farms, Lake County, Ill., 
on Hawthorne Standard and Hawthorne 
Fragrance, respectively. 
The six-horse teams have always been 
a favorite at the evening performance. 
Wilson & Co. have scoured the country 
for weighty Clydesdale geldings, and their 
turnout always brought the spectators to 
their feet. Swift & Co., with their well- 
matched Pereherons, gave the most thrill¬ 
ing exhibition, but the horses did not 
compare in type, action or quality, with 
the Clydes. An assembled six-horse team 
of Belgians was given third place by Dean 
Curtiss, who did the rating in the arena. 
The evening program was featured by 
a horse .show where roadster Thorough¬ 
breds and well-mannered saddle horses 
contested for the ribbons. These events 
were interspaced by wonderful parades of 
prize-winning live stock, and this spec¬ 
tacle alone was perhaps the most popular 
pastime of the evening program. 
Pork production has engaged the at¬ 
tention of a great many farmers during 
the past year, and a representative cen¬ 
sus recently completed in the State of 
Iowa, tabulated for the purpose of deter¬ 
mining the percentage of the increase of 
swine in the corn belt, shows more than 
9.000.000 are maintained on Iowa farms, 
suggesting an increase of approximately 
25 per cent during the past year. If 
this rate of increase obtains throughout 
the corn belt it is not difficult to suggest 
the reason necessitating an embargo on 
the shipment of market hogs to the Chi¬ 
cago yards. 
For the first time in the carload lot 
division a so-called bacon breed defeated 
the always popular lard hog. and an In¬ 
diana farmer won first prize on a careful¬ 
ly selected load of heavy Hampshires. 
The 51 head averaged 391 pounds, and 
were sold on the market at 22c per pound. 
It is the wrong season of the year for 
the breeding classes of swine to appear 
in their greatest strength. On most suc¬ 
cessful farms the mating season is on, 
and it is not feasible or practical to con¬ 
dition the breeding animals to such a de¬ 
gree as would enable them to present an 
attractive appearance iu the show ring. 
F. C. HINKLER. 
