Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1910 — Greatest of All Stock Shows Fulfilling Its Mission. [ARTICLE]

Greatest of All Stock Shows Fulfilling Its Mission.

With the entry list out, the hopes of the,directors, officers, and everyone else who is interested in the International Live Stock Exposition, sanguine as they were, have been more than realized, for the list contains such an array of names of the foremost and' most influential breeders, feeders, and farmers in the country, and such a number of entries from each, that the show this year will not only totally eclipse all Its predecessors, but will te recorded in this and other countries as the greatest live stock exposition that has ever been held anywhere since live stock shows were first organized This splendid condition of affairs is positive proof of how exhibitions of this kind are regarded by stockmen; what a necessity they find them to be, and what tremendous assets they are to the industry they represent and the stock they produce. For any breed of cattle, sheep, swine and horses' to be even mentioned as prize winners at this show, stamps their breeders as men who know their business, and marks them as breeders whose stock will realize higher prices than those of others, and not only is this the case in regard to the breeders of the actual winners, but it means a tremendous lot to all others, whose stock, though nob fortunate enough to be among the prize takers, is deemed worthy of competing against such animals, and only requires a little more perseverance until they themselves are counted among the winning owners. The International Live Stock Exposition <this year will be a revelation, not only to those who have attended and shown stock at it since its initial presenation eleven years ago, but also, and in much higher degree, to those who attend for the first time. Every stock* man who is really interested in the live stock industry, and' who is able to do so, should attend this show, even at the risk of being money out of pocket through the cost of the journey and expenses connected therewith, this small pecuniary loss, if loss it can be called, will be returned to him fourfold through the knowledge he will attain and will be returned to him in such a way as he will never be able to lose it, come what may; it is not only a giltedged investment, but carries giltedged security with it. To put it in the words of the preacher, “to refuse this offering is a casting away of the richest gift that could be offered to a stockman,” it is a refusal of the proffered hand of helpfulness; it is a turning away from the door, the man who has come to impart good tidings instead of to beg, and of wasting the hours that might be turned Into inestimable advantage. Do not forget the dates, November 26th to December 3rd, inclusive.