Show The judges of the Chicago livestock how which has been going on for sev > ral days have decided that prize Xnlrnala must not be too fat The rule Jn the past has been that the largest tnd fattest animals have carried off the prizes and animals have been fattened fat-tened accordingly After noting how Animals have been red the Tribune of ChIcago says In iho meantime the consumer has had something to say about ho matter The consumer luis tar many years bought chotju and steaku with a small bit of red meat in tho conter surrounded bv several Inches ot white fat hut after carrvJng homo pounds and pounds of this whit > fat and seeing It left on the platter und go Ing to > waatc ho has grown tired or tho Imposition and has registered an objec tion that bus at last beau heard Last I Friday Manager Skinner created a great stir among the exhibitors by culling at tention to the rulo which provides that beef animals shall be judged for their worth from a table point of view and tho innovation was ono of the principal matters discussed during the week Manager Man-ager Skinner said Ilerolofoie compet ing animals in stock shows havo been I awarded pilzca for their obesity regard less of whether that fat made good cat insr In this show tho cattle will cot prizes solely on their beef merits Thoy must bo fat enough but not too fat This action Is one of tho most Important movements move-ments that has boon set on foot In many yearn and it means much to tho stock ralscra of Iowa It seems to be a common com-mon enso Idea and It Is to be wondered at that it wns not sooner brought forth |