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Show Livestock Show To Be One of Biggest In History Says Report With last-minute indications pointing point-ing toward the biggest show in either Utah or national history, officials of the Eighth Annual Intermountain Junior Fat Stock show prepared this week to open exhibits on June 5 and 6 at North Salt Lake. Raymond C. Wilson of Salt Lake City, show president, listed un-precedented figures for the number of cattle to be entered in the show, with 858 head announced an-nounced following the May 24 deadline. Only 436 were entered in last year's show. The North Salt Lake affair has replaced the Spokane stock show at the top national show following compilation compi-lation of this year's figures. Only 5 2 7 cattle were exhibited at Spokane. In addition to the increase in cattle over last year, totaling 331, 200 hogs and 310 sheep will be exhibited. Of the 858 cattle, Future Farmers of America will show- 451 and 4-H club members will show 358. Hogs shown by FFA boys number 131 and sheep 133, with 4-H'ers showing 35 hogs and 140 sheep. Washington county will exhibit 15 cattle, 4 hogs, and 1 sheep, announces Anson B. Call, county agent. Between 450 and 500 FFA and 4-H members are expected to exhibit animals at the show, states Mr. Wilson. Girls will be housed in local hotels, under chaperone, and boys will be housed at the stock-yards. |