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Show SHEEP DEPARTMENT. McKerrow & Sons of Pewaukee. Wis., who havo won moro prizes this .year in America than any other breeders of sheep, have brought their "splendid flock to tho International Sheep show of the International Four-SUite Four-SUite Fair. Recently these breeders sold tho highest price mutton ram over delivered In this country to Morton Mor-ton F. Plant, Connecticut, president of the Atlantic Navigation company. This specimen of the Shropshire breed, a champion in his class, weighed weigh-ed COO pounds Tho Wisconsin breeders havo so far this year won tho highest awards with their Oxford and Shropshire flocks at the New York state fair and tho big fairs in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan. Michi-gan. Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ne-braska, Kansas and Colorado They have sixteen pens at the Ogden show, containing Shiopshlres and Oxfords, about 100 In all Tho Butterfiold Livestock company of Woiser, Ida., has one of the larg est. and best exhibits In the sheop de- partmenL Seventy-four head of its show stock arc on exhibition The breeds represented are Lincoln, Ram-boulllot, Ram-boulllot, Hampshire, and Delaine Merino. Me-rino. The Butterfleld flocks have on at all of tho largest state fairs in tho country At the Oregon state fair this year thirty-four firsts and ten championships were secured. A feat-uro feat-uro of tho Butterfleld Lincoln exhibit Is the two yearling ewns In their long fleeces. The wool averages twenty Inches in length The Butterfleld sheep wearing their fleeces at tho fair aie contracted to bo shown immediately imme-diately after the show and the wool 1 sold for $1 50 per pound. The Intermountain Land & Livestock Live-stock company of Ogden, has two pens of choice Dartsraore lamb rams that are attracting the admiration ot sheep show visitors. These lambs were purchased from John Rawlinge of Forest, Ontario, Canada. This company com-pany will have 200 of these lambs for sale this year. Charles Cook & Sons of Pine Bluff, Wyo., havo 125 head of Raraboulllets, all purely bred, on exhibition. This Is Mr. Cook's second trip to the Ogden Og-den sheep show, with sheep of this breed. Mr Cook established a record as a sheep raiser -in this section of the Intermountain country some years ago. All of the Cook ranis are from a selected flock of ISO imported ewes. Recently Mr. Cook established a branch ranch about fourteen miles from Elko, Nev whero he says the country is "extra good," for sheep raising James Port of Oakley, Ida., is also on his second.yisit to tho Four-State fair as an exhibitor of Rambouillets. Ho has 100 head of thoroughbred rams in the show that are the choice of his flocks. Mr. Port is one of the oldest breeders In this part of the country Ho says ho will quit the show ring after this year, but will continue to take a lively Interest In this Industry In-dustry and help advertise the "rest of the boys." All of the Port bucks at tho fair are for sale as well as exhibition ex-hibition purposes. On account of conflicting fair dates, a portion of tho W F Renk exhibit from Sun Prairie, Wis., is not Lt the Ogden fair, but tho showing made In tho exhibit is excellent Mr. Renk is one of the largest Importers in the country and is known from coast to coast as an exhibitor of high-class Shropshires. Ho has about 150 ramB of the Shropshire breed at tho fair. H. J. Renk of Boise, who Is in charge of the Idaho branch, has twenty head of yearling lamb rams on exhibition These ramB wero bred from tho first pilzo ram at tho Boise fair last year, which animal is also owned bv tho Renks The Johnson Bros, of Boise, are showing 80 head of Oxfords bred from tho best wlnneis imported from England The sire of these Oxfords was the champion over all breeds at the Boise fair last year and also carried car-ried off the ribbons at the Utah state fair at Salt Lake City. Both of tho Johnson brothers aro hero with their exhibit. J. K. Olsen, a graduate of the Utah Agricultural College, Is in charge of the exhibit of Mrs. Mnrth K. Olsen and Sons of Ephralm, Utah. This is the first year that tho Olsens have tJtken up tho raising of thoroughbred sheep and they will undoubtedlv be heard from later on. Their Hainp-sh Hainp-sh res at the fair are from the Butter-held Butter-held Livestock company breeding Their May lambs weighed 10S and 109 pounds in July. Mrs. Olson has one of tho largest exhibits of Here-fords Here-fords on the grounds and a large display dis-play of Berkshire hogs and Angora goats. C. W. Hanson of Sollinston, Utah, ono f the largest breeders of thoroughbred thor-oughbred rams in the state, has about JO head of choice Rambouillets in the For-State fair pons. His exhibit is not tho largest on the grouuds, but It is one of the best. Ira Lowder, 14 years old, of Har-riflvllle, Har-riflvllle, Utah, is probably ono of the proudest and most interested young exhibitors in the sheep department. I Jo ia showing a Lincoln ram, aged two years, that he bays is a "corker." He believes he will carry off tho honors hon-ors oaslly Among tho yearling Hampshire-rams Hampshire-rams that are attracting attention aro those owned by J. Nebeker and Sons of Laketown. Utah. They hac close to 100 head on exhibition and all of their entries aro thoroughbred stock. Knollin & Finch of Soda Springs, Idaho, said to havo tho largest puro bred band of Shropshires in the United Unit-ed States, are among tho International Sheep Show exhibitors They have acarload of sheep hero, raised from the boBt Imported Shropshire rums that could bo had in England. Tholr trado extends throughout the United States. In tho past week they tnado big shipments of sheep to Kansas City, Shanika, Ore., and Golconda, New The demand for their slock is said to havo Increased rapidly In the past year. Tho exhibit at the Four-State Four-State fair Is in charge of John Fere-bauor. Fere-bauor. With every animal bred In the purple pur-ple of the East, the exhibit of A. Wood & Sons of Saline, Mich., Is one of the finest This firm needs no introduction introduc-tion in Ogden as this is the fourth sheep show here in which Its animals hao been entered. This firm iB one of the oldest In the country. Tho sheep exhibited in Ogden this year wero all sired by Von Homeyer rams, considered the strongest strain of Rarabouillett blood over Imported Into In-to this country, ns has been proven by flock headers sent to other flocks in the west, where tho blood predominates predomi-nates strongly. Mr. A O. Wood Is accompanying ac-companying the exhibit on Its visit to the West. H. M Evans of Pewaukeo, Wis., has an exhibit on display that has won just recently at the Kansas alid Colorado Colo-rado stato fairs Tho entries arc In the Oxford and Shropshire classes and Include a number of English winners. win-ners. Tho Evans flock is one of the biggest of tho visiting exhibits F. S King of King Brothers company, com-pany, Laramie, Wyo , who Is vice president of the Rambouillct association associa-tion of America, and president of tho Wyoming Board of Sheep Commissioners, Commis-sioners, is looking after a flock of Rambouillets that has captured evcr first prize given In the East this season. sea-son. In Dea Moinos, Milwaukee, and Detroit his sheep secured evey championship cham-pionship in that brood. Every prizo in wool was also won In Minnesota this year. Mr. King has 200 head of choice range rams hero for sale pur-puses pur-puses Arthur King. 11 years old, accompanied accom-panied his father to Ogden for tho fair, bringing with him his pet yearling year-ling ewe, which took prizes throughout through-out tho East laqt year. The boy Is also showing two yearling rams and a( lamb ewe. Tho International Sheep Show Is being conducted under the supervision of F. W. Herrlngton of Ogden, a. sheep owner and '"live wire" In this industry In the west Mr Herring-ton Herring-ton Is giving tho fair visitors the, best sheep show over held in this part of tho country. |