Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — THE INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION. [ARTICLE]

THE INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION.

The eleventh anniversary of the International Live Stock Exposition will be held at the L nion Stock Yards, Chicago, on the dates of November 26th to December 3rd and will be wider in scope, larger in entries and greater in importance than any of its predecessors. Seventy-five thousand dollars will be given away in prizes, which will be awarded by the most expert and distinguished judges in this country and abroad*. The importance of this show from a breeding as well as an educational point of view cannot he measured, realized or understood exyept from a personal visit and a /systematic study of its extraordinary proceedings. Most excellent newspaper accounts are published, and the breeders’ and farmers' journaldeal with it in a most comprehensive and -masterly manner; but it must be seen to be appreciated; it must be studied to be understood. It is the greatest school of instruction of its kind that has evet been presented to breeders, to feeders, farmers ’stockmen and others who are interested in the live stock industry, and an institution of practical information that teaches in a fortnight more than can be learned in double, treble and quadruple the time anyw here else. The International Live Stock ,Expositioii at Chicago is a stockman’s store of knowledge an encyclopedia of breeding and feeding information that is presented in such a practical, simple and easilv understood method, that the interested intelligent visitor must of a necessity carry away with him a fund of useful and practical information that he could not buy for dollars anywhere else in so short a time. The lessons learned from watching the judging by these masters of live stock breeding cannot be gained from books. The comparison of the various champions and other prize winners with their less fortunate brethern shows the breeder ami student the weak points and shortcomings of those which do not reach the required standard; and so these men go home, carrying with them an object lesson that can be acquired nowhere else, and a fund of breeding knowledge that will stand by them and be their very best friend; Every one whose calling, whose work;- and whose interests are centered in the breeding and feeding industry should religiously attend this exposition, f r. it will pay him over and over again, no matter what the apparent cost may be.