| Show aristocracy of farm and ranch gather in bid for top honors at live stock show special to western newspaper union CHICAGO aristocracy of farm and ranch will fo lin in a spectacular display at americas largest live stock and farm show the international live stock exposition held this year november 29 to december 6 in the international amphitheater at the chicago stock yards famous throughout the world the show celebrates its anniversary niver sary as the count rys premier showing of the meat mak ing breeds of live stock draft and ad pleasure horses and far farm m crops under present conditions it also takes world precedence for size and importance among all events of this kind officials of the exposition report that earlier predictions that the total number of animals to be e exhibited X this year would exceed the mark have been realized with the closing of entries A final tally of the exhibits discloses a huge increase over last years entry it is reported that an all time record entry has been set for three principal breeds of beef cattle that will be featured the shorthorn the hereford and the aberdeen angus which yield the main supply of the hat nations ions finest meats swine exhibits large there are also big increases in the swine exhibits this year with six of the eight breeds in this division showing large advances over 1940 and the total is the highest in many years the draft horse entry of approximately head and the sheep entry of nearly 1000 head compare closely with the in these two departments at the 1940 show visitors at the coming exposition will see 1000 or more of the finest horses of this country and canada which will include ton weight draft horses of five different breeds as well as riding and driving horses that will be exhibited in the famous international horse show which will be held every evening and on four afternoons during the eight day run of the exposition owners of the leading stables of three and five gaited saddle horses harness horses and ponies and roadster horses have listed their finest specimens for these competitions tit ions each of the international horse show programs will also feature trick riding and driving performances for mances a demonstration of sheep herding by the national champion sheep dog parades of prize winning draft horses and beef cattle led by a kilty clad band of bagpipers bagpipes bag pipers plus the thunderous paces of huge six in hands of draft horses shown by the packers and brewers illinois top entries illinois leads all of the 35 states and canada from which entries are received the management announces noun ces prospective exhibitors from 60 illinois counties have registered entries iowa is second among all the states in county representation resen tation with entries from 51 counties followed by indiana with exhibits to come from 33 counties all past records have been far surpassed in the number of prime steers lambs and pigs exhibited in the junior classes of the show by farm boys and girls from 10 to 20 years old the entry is over al I 1 I 1 0 o yv n go heres a youth a mite too young to have an entry in this years exposition but hes busy helping his father ather allan At lanson of wilson ill III get a purebred pure bred shorthorn ready for corn com petition representing the edellyn farms one of illinois 1941 record n I 1 V pl ll 11 ak 7 1 1 11 V W V D 4 v 04 an ag Z rt above at left is shown lucille bhende sheldon ill III with her champion angus steer at the 1941 illinois state fair which is entered in competition at this live stock exposition at right above is another 1941 entry herbert rees Pleasant pleasantville ville iowa winner of championship at the iowa state fair this year at right below is last years corn king charles fischer of shelbyville Shel byville ind his crown and that of all former winners are again at stake in this years record entry show in chicago head an increase of nearly 50 per cent over any past year A tribute to the skill of these young people is the spectacular success of one of 0 their number at each of the past three successive shows when the grand champion steer over all breeds was exhibited on two occasions by a girl and once by a boy all under 18 years old and six times within the past 13 years the grand champion steer has been exhibited by youths under 21 the or more animals that will be exhibited this year by owners from nearly every state in the union and province of canada will compete for awards that carry with them more than in cash prizes it will require the services of 65 of the continents leading live stock horse show and farm crops authorities to name the winners canadians will judge chief judging task goes to W L carlyle noted canadian stockman of calgary alta and to J charles yule of carstairs alta who will together judge the individual steer classes consisting of well over a thousand entries mr carlyle was formerly head of the animal husbandry department at the university of wisconsin and was successively dean of the colorado oklahoma and idaho state agricultural colleges he is now manager of the duke of windsors Wind sors canadian ranch near calgary mr yule is well known to american stockmen stoc kmen as the judge of the steer classes at the international show last year the climax of their work after three days of preliminary judging will be the naming of the grand champion steer from among the thousand or more beeves that will be shown for this honor by scores of cattle experts young and old it will be the third time in the past 40 years that a canadian has judged the steer classes at chicago at all other times cattle experts from england scotland and south america have officiated six other canadians will act as judges this year five in the sheep classes of the exposition and one in the small grain classes of the international grain and hay show the latter ranking as the worlds largest competitive farm crops show this feature is being held for the twenty third time in in connection with the chicago exposition grain and hay show the crops i contest annually attracts a showing of several thousand samples of the current years harvests in competitive classes that include corn small grain seed and hay growers of the championship pion ship crop samples in each division are named kings of that particular crop for the year officials of this division announce that championship exhibitors will be guests of honor of the exposition at a banquet for champion growers to be given at the saddle and sirloin club famous stock mens club at the chicago stock yards farm youth will take an important part in the programs of the opening weekend week end As a pre open ing event championship teams of boys and girls from 20 or more states will compete on friday november 28 in a junior live stock X 60 judging contest in which fina fin alisi lisl winners in statewide state wide judging contests earlier in the season will compete for national honors banors the contestants te will all be either 4 H or future farmers of america club members ot of high school age the chicago association of commerce will award three agricultural college scholarships to the three highest ranking individual participants in this contest and one of the large chicago packers will pres present eni scholarships to the three individuals divi duals who score highest in judging cattle sheep and swine A similar contest is being staged stage d for teams of agricultural college students last year 31 state agricultural colleges sent teams to compete in this event which has been a feature of the international live stock exposition since the initial show in 1900 A great many of the leading live stock judges and live stock farmers of the present day obtained their first actual judging experience in training for and competing in these contests 4 H club congress for the past 19 years the national 4 H club congress has been held annually in connection with the chicago show A permanent 4 H club building stands adjacent to the international amphitheater at the chicago stock yards where the winning state exhibits in 4 H work will be on display during the week of the exposition it is anticipated that 1450 farm boys and girls from 45 states will take part in the twentieth national congress representing top winners of the current year year in statewide state wide contests in which rural youths now engaged in 4 H work participated in the preliminaries they will visit chicago on free all expense trips to compete in contests that will determine whom among them will be the national champions of the current year in 4 H accomplishment according to officials of the congress 11 national contests are planned this year most of these events will be judged during the opening weekend week end of the show and the winners will be introduced to exposition visitors at the international horse show at this time the entire congress delegation and their leaders numbering over 1600 will parade leading them will be a team of eight ton weight draft horses featuring four matched pairs of geldings each symbolic of the fourfold club standard head heart hands and health highlighting the procession and ceremony will be two 4 H bands one from douglas county nebraska consisting of 60 members who have completed their fourth season of concert work the other from calumet county wisconsin a band of about the same size that has been organized for 10 years new features of the 1941 congress will include a 4 H wool exhibit of fleeces produced in sheep and lamb lam b projects and a boys sheep shearing contest this event will be open to any youth under 21 years old who has had some previous shearing experience it will be held as an adjunct to the national sheep shearing contest which has been a feature of the tho chicago show for the tha past part four years |
