Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1917 — FARMERS ENJOY LONG TRIP [ARTICLE]

FARMERS ENJOY LONG TRIP

LARGE NUMEFR JOIN IN NINETY MILE JOURNEY IN NORTH J ASF ER TOUR. The weather man made giod h‘s promise Thursday and gave tlie members of the Jasper County I ikesWk Breeders’ Association an ideal day for their tour of the county io-in-spect the he.-d| and flocks of livestock. The party, composed of about sixty persons left Rer.ssglaer in the morning und; r the guidance of Fred Phi - lips, president of the organization, and ret med about 6:30 in the evening. The first. stop was mad j at the Phillips herd in town, w win seven excellent Hereford cows and a bull wei-e -i.ispOcted. Expert judges who rfiade the trip pronounced them splendid foundation animals for a winning herd. At the farm of kussell Van -Hook a herd of Jerseys headed by a bull sired by a $5 000 animals were seen. Mr. Van Hook has spared no expense in starting his herd right and the qualitv ( >f his cattle caused much favorable comrnent. ' The party rixt stopped at. the Flood .Amsler farm and insne ted his herd of Shorthorns, Which consists of some of the best heifers obtainable and head ’d by a $l,lOO i nported bull purchased from Carpenter and Ross. It was evider.v that mr. Amsler is a good judge of cattle and it was felt that his herd is a great credit to the county. The largest herd of Shorthorns was found on the farm of Omar Kenton, where over 100 pure bred animals were assembled, many of which were valued at SSOO or more. As the herd is to be dispersed this fall, the association was especially glad to visit it before it is broken up. After stops had been made at the farms of Estil Price and John Lonergan, the tourists visited the Polled Hereford herd of O. S. Bell, of Parr, where they found some very promising foundation animals and had an opportunity to see the results of a polled sire in breeding the horns off of the cattle. One of the. features of the stop was a cow with twin calves dropped the day before and nursing a third calf of about the same age. . The party then visited the Duroc hog farm of Amos Alter and the Shorthorn farm of D. V. Yeoman and then stopped at the home of Vice-President H. J. Dexter for lunch. Much of the country visited during the afternoon indicated the more livestock and the breeders were more scattered. After visiting the dairy herd of I. F. Meader the route passed through Kniman and Zadoc to the farm of Wm. Dooley, who is producing Spotted Poland China hogs. Near Wheatfield the party stopped at the farm of C. M. Dewey, who is starting an Angus herd. After stopping at the Sands farm at Tefft the party visited the Wm. Stalbaum farm in Walker, where a well bred Hereford herd is located. In Gillam the crowd was especially interested in the Hereford bull calf of John Guild. This animal is of Farmer breeding and cost Mr. Guild SI,OOO at thirteen months of age. The Poland China hog farm of Elmer Pullins and the Hampshire farm of S. C. Robinson proved of interest to the hog breeders. At the farm of W. C. Rose, of Barkley, the party again reached the Shorthorn district and saw many excellent heifers and cows. Crop conditions on this farm were especially fine and there was every indication of a bumper crop. After inspecting the horses on the farm of John Culp, the party reached the John R. Lewis hog farm, where the rest of the afternoon was spent in inspecting the prize winning Hampshires. Mr. Lewis showed the herds which he is fitting for the state fairs this fall and a greatjnany other high class individuals which he has on hand. Mr. Lewis explained the system of “hogging-off” oats, which was new to the majority of those on the trip. . Chauncey Wood, secretary of the association, stated that he considered the trip a success in every way and expects to make it an annual outing for the members.