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Show IMPORTING HORSES AT MONROE. MON-ROE. ' - Itoiii present indications t,Iic little lit-tle town of Monroe, down in Sevier county is going to be a leader in getting?, in pure bred animals. Mr. O. P. Washburn and C. A. Winget have just returned from Iowa where they brought in a fine string of pure b-ed animals. In the list there are six Suffolk marcs and fillftis, some of which it is claimed, arc the best fi the United States or England. A young Suffolk stallion nine months' old was also in the lot, this stallion weighing a little better than 1,000 pounds' at the present time. Those who have seen him claim that he is going to make one of the best horses of this breed in this country. One pair of fillies is out of the prize winning marcs at the last Iowa state fair. Those fillies arc not yet a year old, and each weighs better than a thousand pounds. They arc not in show condition cither, but have been running out in pasture all winter. Mr. Winget secured a splendid pair of Suffolk marcs, which he will keep on his farm and use for breeding purposes. pur-poses. A splendid black Pcrchcron marc was also brought in for the Ycrgcn son Brothers. They also shipped in some of the best Poland China pigs that could be found in Iowa. This importation certainly places Monroe close to the front for fine horses The town is already famous for be iiujf tho- banner town of Sevier county in the production of sugar beets and also for its splendid roads. It is one of Utah's most progressive communities communi-ties nad its recent installation of n electric 'lighting .system, its up-to 1, dnlft oihurchcs, schoo s any opera house, make it one of the most desirable desir-able places in the state in which to make a home. |