Show live stock item items it Is 13 bird hird to set cot bide bids on short tod fed steers from this timo until utter after the holl hall days beet will have to compete with big supplies of poultry in tho the retail markets november the beat best grades of 0 cattle on the london eng market were quoted at 14 cents and corn com mon rion cattle et tt liverpool were bringing 11 cents lambs sold for or 14 and good ewe owes at 11 cents reports from feeding districts of the middle west indicate that while at some points a smaller number at 0 cattle than usual will vill bo be fed in the majority of instances blocks stocks aro are above normal some correspondent report ing and per cent many estimate to per cent on an teed feed western correspondents report that kansas feeders are rather apathetic and are not going into the th business busl nesa on the usual liberal scale corn Is 18 not cheap enough to tempt them and they fear bit b it prices will not be maintained this should help bustness for feeders in the eastern portion of the corn belt tho officials of the national live lve stock bank at the union stock yards have shown tb ir interest in tho the international ter exposition by offering prizes for tat stock viz on grand champion carload grain fed steers on grand champion carload of feeding steers on champion carload of tat fat sheep 10 at the salo sale of Here herefords fords novembre Nov embe beir at indianapolis the splendid cow theresa sired by mercury out of at lady wilton and owned by S H godman of wabash lad ind carried 01 the honors she was sold wah her heifer belfer calf miss theresa and the aret bid was 1300 this was raised to 1350 at which price sho she was sold to D 11 studebaker studebaker of warren ind miss nelly bay oth was eold sold to J N shirley of lebanon ind for and chloe to anderson son for several american capitalists have joined in the purchase of a tract of land in the state of bonora sonora northern mexico embracing acres it Is being enclosed by a wire fence and Is to bo be converted into t tle largest cat eat tie tle ranch rauch in the world in its present wild state it U will afford pasturage for about catoir an extensive irrigation system Is planned and much attention will be given to the growing of forage crops W C greene abo ho is the head of the syndicate Is president of the greene consolidated cop per company which operates some of the most productive mines of mexico the annual report of state veterinarian anarian knowles of montana soon to be issued will show the inspection of animals of all kinds of which the sheep inspection aggregated forty seven horses were killed and thelt thel carcasses destroyed because they bad had glanders while six beeves were killed on account ot at tuberculosis the number of horses quarantined was 1693 As shown by the report southern cattle were brought into tho the state accompanied by tho the re health certificates the number of such certificated issued for animals going into otter states and across the canadian lines was while the number given a 0 tor for ani male mals going directly to tho northwest territory was farmers sons gone in a judging ring in a communication to the farmers review manager skinner of the international live stock exposition says A most highly interesting and instructive innovation thia this year at the international live stock block ExposI exposition tIou will be the adm irston of farmers sons into the students judging contest the donors of the premiums for to thin this rears teara tear a contest spoor clay imay and sanders have specially specified that the contest content be left open to all farmers sons regardless of at their belong T to any agricultural college thia this will give the colleges an opportunity to prove up their teachings and boys who are not able to take the time for schooling will have an opportunity to become a part of this educational feast it will hardly lc expected that bat any first da elar school will under these cl fall tall to enter tho lists as the schools would better look to their iaun faun in such a con can test fathers whose bys have not attended this exposition should not allow anything to prevent the boy boys from coming this year to watch this vent event to an to prepare themselves for quent contests as undoubtedly at fatura futura faill it this feature w will ill remain a fixture in addition to its being a pleasure to rend the boys fathers fathera should consider it a bounden duty to julve ive them the benefit of bis his week weeks livestock live stock education du catlon and the mat aho vho farms and Is not a student striving to improve and put hta his place on a better footing each year win not bo ba a suc sue cess ne remember member the date november 29 to december 6 |