Show SELECT BEST STOCK FOR SHOW AT FAIRS best way to keep up to date in business and effect improvement in farm animals by DR R X H WILLIAMS arizona experiment peri PerlIn ment Clit station lt it is 16 important that every breeder of improved stock show his animals at both county and state fairs although the expense of showing may be considerable yet this Is the best way to keep up to date in business to effect improvement and also advertise your animals the show ring Is the years measure which Is used to compare the relative merits of the animals owned by the different breed ers one requires several years of experience per peri lence ence to enable him to select the best animals in his herd for foi the showing commence as early as august to prepare for the state fair which comes in november select the best animals you have and if there Is any question about this choice it Is always fats wise vise to include all the animals that nay imay develop into proper show form this Is especially true of growing animals for one cannot tell with certainty how they may develop with age live stock intended for shows should be fed a well balanced ration over a sufficiently long period to make them fat and sleek at show times this Is called bloom in the show ring many of the most fancy animals are kept in roomy box stalls during the day in the warm weather but are turned out at night tor for exercise and some grass A pasture field consisting ot of mixed alfalfa and bermuda grass would tx be splendid for this purpose nothing Is better than oats tor far any kind of live stock and a mixture of oats corn and barley in equal proportions should prove satisfactory this should be ba ground finely and the animals fed three times a day roughage may consist of alfalfa hay bay silage sudan grass grasa and other fodders one of the secrets secret of making bloom on animals Is to give them a great variety of feed as possible and feed them often most ot of the winning animals at the best fairs are fed four or five times a day |