Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1909 — Cattle Feeders’Meeting to be Held at Purdue November 19th. [ARTICLE]

Cattle Feeders’Meeting to be Held at Purdue November 19th.

The third annual meeting of the Indiana Cattle Feeders’ association is called by President C. W. Brackney to meet in .the agricultural building at Lafayette at 9:30 a. m., Friday, Nov. 19, 1909. The Livestock Breeders’ association and the Animal Husbandry department of Purdue will co-operate with the cattle feeders in making this the best meeting ever held in the state. An exceptionally good program has been arranged which will include an address by Prof. C. F. Curtis, of Ames, lowa, on “Beef Cattle.” A judging demonstration will be conducted in which the show herd of prize winning steers will be used. A visit of inspection will be made to the experimental feed Lots where 100 head of steers j us t starting into the winter feeding experiments will be valued by cofumissioi; men from Chicago and Indianapolis, who will give their opinions of the beef cattle market for the winter. A summary of the results secured during the past five years of experimental fee’ding at Purdue will be given by W. A. Cochel, of the animal husbandry department. This will cover a wide range of subjects, including the value of plover hay, timothy hay, corn silage, corn stover, cotton seed meal and linseed meal for fattening purposes, the influence of age on the rate and cost of gain and profits secured from feeding, and the relative merits of short vs. long feeding periods. Everyone who is interested in the feeding -of fat beef cattle should be present. A program will be mailed on application to W. A. COCHEL, Sec’y., Lafayette, Ind. A damage suit asking $5,0Q0 was filed in the Davies circuit court Wednesday afternoon. Alfred Webber is the plaintiff and Mrs. Violet Kyle and Hulda Allen are the defendants, and an ordinary cur is responsible. Webber avers in his complaint that he was passing the home of the defend-, ants in Washington, Ind., on horseback when a vicious dog belonging to the defendants jumped at his animal, causing him to be thrown to the ground, in which fall he received permanent injuries. ,