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Show Aristocrats of Slock World To Be Shown at International & Famed Exhibition To Draw Entries From All Slates By W. J. DRYDEN B'X'C Farm Editor. Only a few hours before the shattering blow of Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the curtain had been rung down on the greatest International Interna-tional Live Stock exposition ever held in Chicago's Inter-j Inter-j national amphitheater. ! Now, five years later, the curtain I will rise on the 43rd edition of the famed International, universally heralded as the "world's greatest" j livestock exposition, in the same amphitheatre setting, on November I 30. The exposition, ranked as one of the leading exponents for livestock live-stock improvement, was disbanded during war years. I Revival of the International after the wartime lapse will be marked I by color and fanfare at opening day ceremonies in the amphitheatre, which is the largest structure in the world devoted to livestock expositions. exposi-tions. The show will continue until December 7. Improved Show Seen. All indications are that the 1946 International will far excel the one held in 1941 in all respects. Missing, however, will be B. H. Heide, for years general manager of the show. William E. Ogilvie, former assistant assist-ant manager, who has been identified identi-fied with the International more than 20 years, will serve as manager for 1946. With exhibitors registered from every state, the entry list may surpass the previous high of 13,149 animals representing all leading breeds and breeders of North America. In addition the junior department, including the 4-H club, will be represented by 2,000 young breeders. The National Boys' and Girls' 4-H Club congress is an important feature fea-ture of the International. Many of the grand champion awards are carried car-ried away by the youngsters in competition com-petition with their elders. In addition, addi-tion, junior contests are held for the various breeds, as weD as for meat animals, garden, girl's record, clothing, cloth-ing, food preparation, canning, better bet-ter methods of electrical use, home beautification, achievement, leadership, leader-ship, poultry, dairy foods, field crops and frozen foods. Four-H boys also will take part in the sheep shearing contest. Big Money to Winners. Chicago packers have available nearly six million dollars, which will be used to purchase prize animals ani-mals exhibited at the International. More than $100,000 in prizes for fattest fat-test steers, hogs and sheep also will be given the winners. Recognizing the importance of interesting in-teresting young men in the study and improvement of breeds, special i ' r ' - ' t . 1 ' .-, - & 1 Jv - " " v "1 v t v - -J -, - ' 5 ' : i - v f r , ;v- ON PARADE . . . Highlight of the 43rd International Live Stock exposition expo-sition will be the cattle parade, at which all the prize-winning animals will be shown. won the grand championship a total of nine times to date. Bidding on all classes Is expected ex-pected to hit a new high. There even are hopes that the winner of the grand champion will receive re-ceive more than the $40,000 given giv-en the winner at the Kansas City show. Entries in the sheep department will pass the 900 head record, with exhibits from at least 20 states. Short-downs Short-downs are usually numerically the largest, closely followed by Shrop-shires Shrop-shires and Hampshires. Stress Wool Show. To encourage production of better wool, to stimulate interest in proper preparation of wool for market and to ascertain commercial grading of fleeces of the various breeds, special spe-cial emphasis is being placed on the wool show. This year's barrow show is expected expect-ed to surpass all previous exhibitions in interest and size. This is attributed attrib-uted to postwar production conditions condi-tions and increased interest among boys and girls. Bulk of the entries will come from the Corn Belt region. By counting the carlot entries as individuals, nearly 2,500 hogs will be entered in the International. Many of the entries will be shown by leading colleges of the nation, as in the case of cattle and sheep entries. en-tries. There may be fewer horses on the farms than 10 years ago but entries at the International will Indicate no shortage. Draft horses from many states and Canada will compete for the valuable val-uable list of awards. Draft gelding geld-ing show will be particularly strong. Breeders are reporting a greatly revived interest in horse breeding, which has encouraged en-couraged the breeders to display their wares. Most popular feature of the International, Inter-national, to the general public, is v - - - 4 r 1: " iA v i SOARING PRICES . . . The stakes (and steaks) are high at sale of the International grand champion steer, another feature of the show. Previous record price at the International was S3. 35 per pound, which undoubtedly will be exceeded by a wide margain this year. livestock judging contests, both collegiate col-legiate and non-collegiate, in which winning teams from all sections of North America will compete, have been arranged. More than half the total entry will consist of cattle, with some 8,000 heads entered. In this division, Her-efords, Her-efords, Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorns Short-horns will be largest classes entered. en-tered. Many of the national breed associations will hold their annual meetings in connection with the International. In-ternational. Boys and girls will be among the big winners. They have the evening horse show. Outstanding Outstand-ing youths, harness classes, three-gaited three-gaited classes, hackneys, roadsters and saddle classes will be shown. Shetlands, harness horses, hunters and jumpers will put on a show that has seen few equals. Arrange Displays. With 4-H clubs, commercial organizations or-ganizations and U. S. department of agriculture co-operating, educational education-al displays and features will be of high quality. In addition to the meat show where the consumer again may see quality steaks vegetables, grains, canned products as well as sewing and a dress or fashion review re-view will be a feature. The International Grain and Hay show, for 24 years a popular feature of the show, again will boast the largest farm crop competition in the world, with entries from nearly every ev-ery state in the union and from Canada. Can-ada. The collegiate crop judging contest also is a feature of this show. Last year's winners were from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Mechan-ical college. Corn kings, wheat kings and hay queens will be competing against corn princes, wheat princes and hay princes. The junior division is always al-ways on hand to give strong competition com-petition to their elders. Junior entries en-tries are also winning factors in the carlot contests of cattle, hogs and sheep. The entries will be larger than usual. fk i I i r x i M - 3 CLASSIC OF SHOW . . . The nightly night-ly horse show brings out a packed house. - ? ;-n v fr V, x 1 ; ' - n - ' TLX 1 A ROW . . . Competition will be strong ur the best 10 utuii of cattle. |