Show PUT POLISH ON COWS FOR SHOW animals should be blanketed and tied in cool barn cattle which are to wear blue ribbons at the county or state fair this fall should have the fine polish put on their appearance according to the specialists in dairying and animal husbandry at the ohio state university ver sity after the animals to be shown have been selected the specialists say bay they should be tied in a cool dark barn and should be blanketed and that within the next few days not just a week or so before the fair at which they are to be shown before their blankets are put on the pr alze winners to be should ba have ve a bath in water which Is not too cold it if they have not shed their long rough hair it should be clipped at once so that their coats will be smooth by fair time their tails necks and heads should be clipped again about a week before tile the fair and their horns polished at the same time they should b bo groomed and rubbed down dally daily animals should be in good flesh to show well if rapid gains in flesh mu must st be wade made a little molasses along with their grain mixture may mar help soaked beet pulp will also help in putting them into condition bulky feeds rather than highly concentrated ones are better in fitting show animals for the ring every day the animals should be led into the open for a little exercise and to be trained in posing for the judges the benefits derived from showing at fairs are not measured by the premium money received but by the education acquaintance and advertising ver yer that one gets say the specialists cia lists |