Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1919 — THE COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW [ARTICLE]

THE COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOW

Will Be' Held in Rensselaer Octotober 16-18 Inclusive. , The third annual Jasper County Livestock show, to be held in Rensselaer October 16, 17 and 18, promises to be one of the best ever held in northern Indiana, according to the secreta>ry, Russell Van Hook, .who has been very active in completing the arrangements for the event. Never before have the breeders taken* such an active interest in the show, although it has had excellent support since it was first started two ago. Many of the breeders who started in this Show have gone out and become state and national fair winners and several of these men have indicated their intention of returning to the home show this season in order that the home people may have an opportunity to see their exhibition herds. The bog 'show promises to be unusually strong, and prominent local breeders of Ha/nypshlres, Duroc Jerseys, Spotted Poland Chinas, Chester Whites and Big Type Poland Chinas have already engaged space to exhibit their show herds. No class of livestock has developed so rapidly in the past season as the hogs, and the exhibit will be of great interest to the men who are contemplating the founding of pure-bred herds. •*’

O. 8- Bell, superintendent of the Hereford department, has engaged a section of the barn for the whitefaces and expects practically every herd In the County to be represented a» well as herds from neighboring localities. John Parklson, in charge of the Shorthorns, has interviewed the leading .breeders and reports that they will be well represented as will the other beef and dairy breeds. An interesting feature of the show will be an exhibition of the offspring of the heifers distributed among the members of the Jasper County Shorthorn club two years ago. These heifers have all reached the breeding age and practically all of them are making money for the boys who received them. The county Shorthorn association is offering |lO for the best bull calf and 110 for the best heifer calf out of these heifers and second prizes of 15 each. The show will be held in the old Leek barn and on the lot to the south where tents will be erected to accommodate the overflow. The show is being financed largely by donations from various breeders and there will be no charges of any kind connected with the exhibition/ Farmers desiring to exhibit should notify the secretary, Russell Van Hook, at least three days before the opening of the show and have their animals in place by noon, of Octobdfr 16. Classes have been iprovided for all kinds of pure-bred animals, and breeders having anything worthy of showing may be sure that it will be classified. ‘ Previous shows have done much for "the Improvement of the live-? stock of the locality ahd the supporters. of this event are very enthusiastic over the outlook.