Show IMPROVING WESTERN CATTLE 1 national western stock show big fac tor in n distributing pure puru bred animals nith alth the passing of the live stock business bual busi nce nesa of the west est ranges into the hanig hanis of stock farmers and ranch men baa has corn come a tremendous change in the quality lui lity of the cattle rho old long born horn long legged cattle of te ten and fifteen years oars ago have almost completely disappeared appeared lle and their places have hac been taken with th the broad backed cattle of the r shorthorn hort horti hereford herf foni and lind polled breeds breed s it Is largely 11 due to tho the big annual block stock shows of the country that this e evalu alu tion ha lan bin ho rapid and none of the shows haa has bet ben n of more value alue to the went west than the national at ional rn stock show sho which opens ita its sixth annual exhibition in denver denner on january 16 this show was nas organized and contin aed by an association of some COO too western stockmen an I 1 business men ft ho raw the importance of educato educating ng th the people to the most modern ideas in live stock and in addition to exhibiting the best thi country affords in catta the big breed associations hr hir 4 i public eales sales at which selected are boll without reserve As a result of these annual rates pales herda of pure bred catti cattle are bringing nging up all over tho the mat st anti it Is predicted that at tho the coming chow I 1 a IP denver nver western birds tu rua will give the eastern herds a cloae run for the ribbons atthe at the denver den er show next month the shorthorn ame american acan shorthorn association will fell ell fifty selected bulls and heifers and the Ile hereford reford association will sell an equal number the aberdeen angus will sell a number at PH vate ate sale and the galloway assoria alon will sell about forty head these I 1 rattle ara are all selected from the best herds in the ho country countr and thia this annual 1 of pure blood will have a tremendous effect upon the quality of the western cattle in the future |