Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1902 — ILLINOIS CATTLE TAKE PRIZES [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS CATTLE TAKE PRIZES

Win Aberdeen Angus Championships In World Competition. Springfield, 111., dispatch: A superb display of Aberdeen Angus cattle at the State Fair demonstrated the leadership of Illinois in that field, and the superoirity of American over Euro-pean-bred cattle. Wallace Estill of Missouri was ttie judge, and the event attracted cattle men from all over the country. All the championships went to Illinois. In these contests the best animals of the East and West and of Scotland met. Vala, a cow owned by C. H. Gardner of Blandsville, 111., defeated Queen Mother, imported from Scotland this year by M. A. Judy ol Indiana.