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Sheep and Swine at the International 
The Swine Exhibit 
Pork production has played a very im¬ 
portant part in making the International 
Fat Stock Show of special interest to the 
corn belt farmer. Realizing that much 
of their prosperity can be traced directly 
to the economy and efficiency of the pig 
as a producer of human food and as a 
yielder of agricultural dividends, the suc¬ 
cessful producers are not content unless 
they keep abreast of modern methods of 
feeding and management, nor unless they 
cling fast to the standard utility type as 
formulated in the show ring and estab¬ 
lished by successful breeders and feeders 
of show animals. Unfortunately from the 
swine breeders’ standpoint, the Interna¬ 
tional conies at the wrong season of the 
year. It would be very nice if the classes 
were limited to the fat barrows and car¬ 
load lots, but to show a breeding herd in 
December and have them in show form 
and presentable as far as condition and 
finish are concerned simply means that 
the mature animals are not active pro¬ 
ducing specimens. There is no wisdom 
in attempting to show breeding swine at 
the Fat Stock Show in what we have 
been taught to identify a.s good breeding 
condition. They must be fitted to the 
minute. It is evident, therefore, that 
our most famous breeding sires as well 
as the popular producing .matrons are 
not placed in competition at the fat stock 
show unless perchance they have proved 
non-breeders, or unless their owner places 
more value upon a championship ribbon 
than he does upon his next year’s crop of 
pigs. There might be prudence in elimi¬ 
nating the breeding classes and making 
the show strictly fat stock show, espe¬ 
cially as far as the swine department is 
concerned. Nevertheless we must not de¬ 
preciate the splendid exhibition of breed¬ 
ing swine that made up the entries at 
this show. A few breeders had tuned 
their charges to the minute, and notwith¬ 
standing the off season of year, presented 
herds that would force honor upon any 
breeder, and create a real show at any 
exhibition. This was especially true in 
the Berkshire?, the Poland China and 
Duroc Jersey classes. 
When it comes to the fat hog show, 
that is, the barrow and carcass classes, 
there was nothing disappointing about it. 
Seldom has competition been so genuine, 
nor rivalry among the herdsmen so good- 
natured. There was a difference of opin¬ 
ion, naturally, concerning the individual 
merit of the tops, but once the decision 
is made by the judge at this show, there 
is a finality about it that checkmates 
controversy. So when the champion 
Berkshire barrow was found by Mr. Bar¬ 
ker among the animals fed and exhibited 
by the Quaker Oats Co., even though 
ringside opinion favored the Iowana bar- 
row. the Hood Farm barrow or the 
Corsa barrow, either of which was 
clearly superior in type, confirmation, 
quality and finish, the fraternity ac¬ 
cepted the inevitable and congratulated 
the winner. The old question as to 
whether a breeder or a representative of 
the butchers or killers should judge the 
fat classes, was revived, and there are 
many reasons suggesting that the breeder 
judge should confine his activities to the 
breeding classes, and let the butchers’ rep¬ 
resentative pick out the good killers. 
The educational features of the swine 
show were very marked. The University 
of California exhibited specimens that 
had been fed without corn or tankage’, 
relying entirely upon such mill feeds as 
barley, oats, middlings and skim-milk 
while the entries from the corn belt 
States naturally showed marked evidence 
of a corn and tankage diet. Among the 
Duroc Jerseys remarkable weight for age 
was featured; especially was this true 
with the senior yearling barrow exhibited 
by Pennsylvania State College, whose 
weight ticket recorded 755 pounds at 18 
months. The wealth of flesh on his beck 
and loin demonstrated anew that this 
breed of swine have developed extraor¬ 
dinary qualities as producers of the valu¬ 
able cuts of meat. 
For the first time in the history of the 
International, the champion carload lot 
of barrows were Hampshires. An In¬ 
diana breeder exhibited three carloads of 
heavy belted swine, and the championship 
ribbon went to a carefully selected lot 
averaging 301 pounds apiece. The grand 
champion barrow was uncovered among 
the Chester Whites. It was bred and 
fitted by the University of Illinois, and 
bad its final contest with a Poland China 
exhibited by the Iowa State College. The 
Chester White clearly excelled in wealth 
of flesh and depth of covering over the 
back and loin, but lacked the clean-cut 
underpinning and refinement and the fill¬ 
ing at ham and flank that was displayed 
by the Iowa entry. The judge excluded 
several heavy Duroc Jersey barrows that 
exhibited a great deal more weight and 
scale for age, specimens that would dress 
out attractive carcasses, and that would 
bring a greater net income to their ex¬ 
hibitor. Here again, the judgment of a 
disinterested packer would be more sat¬ 
isfactory. than a breeder whose breed pre¬ 
ference is apt to modify his best judg¬ 
ment. Purdue University captured a 
number of enviable prizes, notably the 
one awarded for the best pen of five bar- 
rows. Prof. W. W. ?*nith had fitted 
•five Berkshire barrows- under six -months 
of age that were extremely uniform in 
size, type and breed characteristics. 
More scale and greater weight for age 
was evidenced among several other en¬ 
tries, notably those shown by the Ne¬ 
braska Station, the Pennsylvania Station 
and the Poland Chinas from Iowa. 
The educational features of the show 
would have been promoted and more gen¬ 
erally appreciated had the management of 
this department insisted upon the proper 
identification of each entry, and ‘had they 
excluded from the arena many of the 
spectators, who crowded in on the tan- 
bark and interfered with the judging of 
the classes, making it absolutely impossi¬ 
ble for the judge to compare the entries, 
and thus determine their relative stand¬ 
ing in a prompt and judicious manner. 
There was confusion in the judging sched¬ 
ule, and a total absence of either a bulle¬ 
tin board or of an announcer, whose 
simple job would have been finished 
when he had made known the various 
decisions and awards. In reality the show 
was turned over to representatives of the 
various breed associations, who appar¬ 
ently were satisfied in letting the show 
run itself, provided their own breed’s in¬ 
terests were looked after. 
The Sheep Show 
Sheep farming in America has had an 
added stimulus in the way of record- 
breaking prices for wool that have opened 
the eyes of old-time sheep farmers who 
had literally gone to sleep in the routine, 
else changed their occupation entirely, 
owing to the discouragements that ac¬ 
companied their daily tasks. Legislators 
have failed to enact dog laws with "teeth” 
that would enable the-shepherd to shoot 
stray dogs and to collect for losses from 
mongrels who appreciated saddles of mut¬ 
ton and legs of Spring lamb. When wool 
went to $1.25 per pound, even if most of 
the clip had been contracted for at a 
much lower price, ere it had been shorn 
from the backs of the range sheep, there 
was an awakening amongst the shep¬ 
herd’s fraternity that promptly saved 
many breeding ewes from the shambles, 
and that was instrumental in finding 
homes for them on-farms where in years 
gone by they were acclaimed as the 
golden hoof, the saviour of live stock 
farming and hailed as the only agency 
that could reclaim and revive agricultural 
operations on cheap land where hill and 
dale prevailed. 
The casual visitor at the recent Inter¬ 
national Exposition at Chicago, who per¬ 
chance walked through the sheep depart¬ 
ment, found himself in the very midst of 
a successful and prosperous sheep-breed¬ 
ing fraternity whose flocks presented 
ample evidence as to the genius and rare 
ability of the men who stayed by the in¬ 
dustry and continued to improve their 
flocks and whose shepherds brought forth 
champions, the equal of the English Royal 
or of the Highland show. The sheepmen 
have the distinction of belonging to a 
class by themselves. They are friendly 
in rivalry, keen in matching wits and 
notably skillful in trimming the fleeces 
not only of their sheep but of those ex¬ 
hibitors as well who perchance do not 
know the game of selection, fitting, trim¬ 
ming and showing. 
The department was well organized and 
the sheep properly penned arid identified. 
Jess C. Andrews deserves credit for this, 
as well as for winning the grand cham¬ 
pionship on a fat Southdown wether, pro¬ 
nounced by experts to represent the ideal 
in type, finish, fleshing and quality. The 
reserve, a Shropshire wether, also a pro¬ 
duct of Tom Bradbourn’s feeding and 
finishing, emanated from ‘‘The Pines,” 
where Mr. Andrew directs operations. 
Heart’s Delight Farm, Chazy, N. Y.. 
was notably successful in the carload 
lot division, having won the champion¬ 
ship on a load of Southdowns that sold 
for a new record price of $40.50 per 
hundredweight to Armour & Co. This 
firm also won the reserve award on a 
second carload of Southdowns that 
brought 20 cents per pound. 
The Shropshire show was acclaimed 
unusual, since the Minton flock, the pride 
of England, had been acquired by Mr. 
Andrew, and representatives from this 
importation were fitted and shown by 
that unbeatable artist and feeder, Tom 
Bradbourn. The Wardwell flock, 
guided by Dan Taylor, was chosen to 
lead in the American bred ram class, 
while Broughton’s Sons carried away 
the championship on a yearling ewe of 
great scale and character. Andrew won 
the grand championship on an imported 
ram, while Wardwell’s Saturn was con¬ 
sidered the best American-bred entry. Mr. 
Hamner of the Iowa College, who judged 
the classes, and who has performed the 
task many times before, conceded that 
this year’s show was far and away the 
best contest. 
. The breeding classes of Southdowns, 
Cheviots and Dorsets were extraordinary 
and the tops were so nearly matched that 
one challenges any description that might 
differentiate the individuality of contest¬ 
ing entries. Let it be said' that utility 
has reigned supreme as far as the mutton 
type is concerned, and that the South- 
down breed demonstrated anew its su¬ 
periority when it comes to yielding an 
attractive carcass of marbled meat, pos¬ 
sessing delicate texture and rare mutton 
flavor. 
With the Oxfords and Hampshires 
there was a dash of “color” to the show. 
It would seem that the practice of color¬ 
ing the fleeces was clearly overdone, and 
that unless there is some good reason for 
persisting in this practice there are many 
reasons why it should be abandoned. If 
there are dark fibers to cover up, then 
why not rescue the breed from disfavor 
by bringing about improvement in the 
fleeces in a frank, open way, and not 
continue to hold all specimens in suspi¬ 
cion? As long as one shepherd practices 
the vice, all are almost bound to follow 
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