SF 199 .014 05 1914 Copy 1 ERDEEM AXmSS CATTLE rm^i^itmir^it; August 1914 ^ /■ Supremacy of Aberdeen- Angus Cattle Results of Leading Fat Stock Shows of Great Britain and America Third Edition EDITED BY CHAS. GRAY, SECRETARY PUBLISHED BY AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION 817 EXCHANGE AVENUE. CHICAGO ^ ADVANCE An Abcrdeen-AngUM Product of Illinois. Vivst Tntn-national l.i\-.- Slmk Exposition Grand Cliampion Fat Steer over all Brej-ds. Bred. Fed and Exhiliitid l)y Stanley R. Pierce. Sold at World's Record Prifj-.^'* fl.r.O Per Pound by Bowles & Co. ••• Photo by Courtesy of Clay, Robinson <& Co. AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OP ILLINOIS. Grand Champion Carloarl of Kat Steers at 1900 International Live Stock Exposition. Sold at lu'oc per lb. by ( lay. Robinson & Co. Fed and Exhibit, d by Late Hon. L. H. Kerrick. CONTENTS Awards of American Fat Stock Shows Introduction Relation of Purp-Bred Aberdeen-Angus to the Cattle Industry Retrospective and Prosoective of Beef Production (bv .T. E. Poole) Table of Awards and Summary of Single Fat Animal Awards at International.. Table of Awards and Summary of Fat Carload Lot Awards at International.. Table of Awards and summary of Inter- national Carcass Contest Aberdeen-Ang'us Cattle on the Range (by George Findlay) Pages S 10 14 25 42 46 Pagps Aberdeen-Angus in Feed Lot (by A. "W. Rragg) i$ Table of Awards of St. Joseph show, Iowa State and Inter-.state Fairs, West- ern Stock Show, Fort Worth and Cana- dian Shows 51 Table of Comparative Average Prices Obtained at Auctions by Breeds from 1904-1913 53 Why Aberdeen-Angus are Popular 55 Aberdeen-Angus Mature Early 56 Progressive Agriculture 58 Recapitulation of American Shows 61 Awards of British Fat Stock Shows Introduction Aberdeen-Angus and Their Crosses (bv J. R. Barclay) Summary of SmithReld Show Awards Smithfleld Carcass Awards and Summary Summary of Birmingham Show Awards Summary of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dublin Shows Advance, 1900 International Grand Cham- pion Steer International IftfO Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot Glencarnock Victor, 1912 International Grand Champion Steer Glencarnock Victor 2d, 1913 International Grand Champion Steer Doctor Gwinn, 1909 International Cham- pion Grade Steer Victor, 1910 International Grand Cham- pion Fat Steer King Ellsworth, 1909 International Grand Champion Shamrock 2d. 1910 International Grand Champion Steer Clear Lake Jute 2d. 1904 International Grand Champion Steer Fyvie Knight, 190S International Grand Champion Steer 1913 International Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot Illustrations Pittsliurg Grand Champion Fat Carload 3 Lot 40 International Grand Champion Carcass 4 Cuts 4e International 1908 Champion Fat Carload 6 Lot of Yearlings .' 41 Fort Worth. 1910 Grand Champion Fat 6 Carload Lot 41 Chuck and Round from Carcass of 13 Exilio, Grand Champion 44 19116 International Grand Champion Fat 1^ Carload Lot 50 .,0 1906 American Royal Grand Champion Carload Lot 50 22 Western Stock Show. 1910 Grand Chana- pion Feeder Carload Lot ,'. . ,1 54 23 Western Stock Show. 190S Grand Cha-^,-,' pion Fat Carload I^ot ' , • 54 23 ^■iolet 3d of Congash 64 Beauty of W'elbeck, 1913 Grand Champion 24 at Smithfleld and Birmingham 64 OLKNCARKOCK VICTOR i;il2 Intt inatii-inal \AVf Stuck Exposition, Chicago, Grand ('hampion Steir <.)V(:r Al! Breeds. Rri d. F, d and Exhil>it( d by J. D. MeGreKor. Brandon, Manitoba. Canada. l:iKI Int( rnalional Live Stock lOxiiositioii, ciiicaKo. Ciand Cluinipion Steer Over All Hre, d.s rsnd, !•'. d and F:xliilnti d liy .J. I). .\leGrey,n-. J?ran(bin. Manitoba. Canada Introduction The first and second editions of "Supremacy of Aberdeen Angus Cattle" issued by the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association in i 909 and 1910 met with such universal favor among Aberdeen-Angus breeders as well as breeders and feeders of other breeds of live stock and these interested in the fat stock, shows and expositions, that the large editions which were printed are exhausted. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association a motion was passed instructing the Secretary to revise the pamphlet, incorporate the up-to-date show results and print a large enough edition to supply all demands. Many features of interest have been added in form of contributions from eminent authorities on the' cattle industry. The illustrations have been improved and new ones added in order to make the pamphlet more practical and instructive. Much cculd be written in form of elaboration on the contents but the author feeis sure the concise form will be preferred and appreciated by the majority of readers. The chief object of this pamphlet is for the purpose of setting forth the comparative merits of the leading beef breeds in Grciat Britain and America. To treat this subject scientifically and practically m an exhaustive manner would require much more tirr.e than the averagcl man of this busy age can afford, especially in America, thus only the essence of the facts that enter into the results ol the past decade of British and American Shows and Expositions has been used. So much of a general nature has been written on the merits of beef breeds that the theories or speculations constitute a mass of material that is like a mountain of bewilderment to the average cattleman. Elaboration for explanation of a theory IS necessary; however, right at this point every practical and scientific cattleman should get fixed in mind the definition of the terms practical, scientific, theory and hypothesis. Al! arguments of the merits of all the beef breeds should be based on practical or scientific foundations. America is a country of science with practice, thus no up-to-date American should lag in thq ruts of theory or listen to dreams that belong to the category of hypothesis. To avoid generalization and at the same time present the true merits of the Aberdeen-Angus breed of cattle, the results of the leading Live Stock Shows and Expositions have been used, where the leading beef breeds of cattle have been in direct competition in Great Britain and America. The past fifteen years is con- sidered the best criterion of the beef cattle industry in America ; therefore the results obtained from such a period are without question a true index of the merits of the rival beef breeds. It is conceded by all leading cattle authorities that practical and scientific production of beef has reached a higher degree of excellence in Great Britain and America than in any other countries of the world. It is further conceded that the marvelous results obtained have been accomplished chiefly by the object-lessons presented at the great Live Stock Shows of Great Britain and America, such as the International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, Illinois; American Royal Live Stock Show, Kansas City, Missouri; Inter State Show, St. Joseph, Missouri; Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado; National Stock Show, Fort Worth, Texas; Winter Fairs, Guelph, Ontario, and Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, etc., in America; London Smithfield Show and Birmingham Show, in England; Edin- burgh and Aberdeen Shows, in Scotland, and Dublin Show, Ireland. The data has been compiled with the utmost care from the official records of the various shows. The author feels greatly indebted to the Secretaries and Superintendents of British and American Shows, Breeder's Gazette, Banffshire Journal, Country Gentleman, James E. Poole, and George Findlay for the courtesy and assistance tendered in form of valuable contributions and illustrations. Relation of Pure-Bred Aberdeen-Angus to the Cattle Industry. Great as has been the progress in every department of agriculture during comparatively recent years, there is probably no problem that deserves more attention or confronts the American people more forcibly than the production of meat animals, especially beef animals, to furnish food for the population of this great American nation, which is continually increasing at a rate nothing short of marvelous. The British people have been consistent beef-eaters for many generations, and it is conceded by leadir g authorities that the British people have progressed more rapidly during the time they have used meat as one of their chief foods than during any other period covering the same number of years. Many eminent writers and philosophers attribute the strength and success of the British people to the use of beef. The people of the United States are destined to be great because they possess much of the best blood of all the leading nations of the world and because the Americans have used meat more hberally as one of the chief foods of their diet than any other people. For these sound reasons no one should give heed to people with a fanatic turn of mind who instigate boycotts on packers and producers of beef. Yellow journalism has done much to stir the equilibrium or steadiness of the American farmer. Nearly everything in the country has been organized except the farmer, and he is rapidly being educated in a manner that will mean organization ultimately in a more gigantic form than anything that has yet been in evidence. When such a time arrives, the pure-bred cattle interests and their associations will be of such significance that they will be a power in this country in a measure that has scarcely been dreamed of by farmers, stockmen and those engaged in the cattle business. 8 Some would-be authorities seem to be of the opinion that the pure-bred cattle business has reached its zenith. It only requires a little investigation, however, to enlighten or convince any one of such absurd ideas or vague conceptions of the pure-bred cattle industry. 1 here are scarcely fifty million beef animals in the United States and considerably less than half a million pure-bred living registered animals in use for the purpose of improving the quality of beef animals. In other words, there is only about one pure-bred animal to every one hundred grades and scrubs. A full realization of these facts should readily convince every breeder, stockman and farmer, as well as those interested in the cattle industry, that the pure-bred cattle business and the beef cattle Record Associations are on a sound, solid foundation, although merely in their infancy. It is not an uncommon thing to hear men of high positions in the sphere of the cattle industry question the merit of the use of pure-bred registered animals and the Record Associations. Those who have any doubt about the value of pure blood need only make a general survey of the improvement that has been wrought on the native and range cattle of our country during the past twenty-five or thirty years, or s;nce pure blood has been permanently established. The great continual success of the fat stock shows of Great Britain aro chiefly due to the systematic use of pure blood and the phenomenal success of the fat stock shows of the United States and Canada can be whoUy attributed to the fertile brains of the pure-bred breeders who have labored as pioneers, as it were, without the assistance of Government legislation or assistance from leading capi- talists. This immense cattle industry which has grown to such proportions and spread over such vast territories of this country has its sheet-anchor or foundation in the use of pure blood, and furthermore it is dependent on the use of purebred animals in order to maintain the perfection it has already reached. There is nothing that will do more to attain greater perfection in beef cattle than the use of more pure bred Aberdeen-Angus, or some of the other recognized beef breeds. If the pure-bred cattle Associations and their members were to forsake their noble work, such action would be a calamity to the cattle industry of this country and the noted specimens of beef animals would soon deteriorate to the old-time dogies and scrubs. The pure-bred cattle Associations and the systematic methods of keeping pure-bred animals are here to stay as long as our country continues to be a leader in the important branch of agriculture known as live stock farming. Much more could be added in form of elaboration to show the intrinsic value and relation the pure-bred cattle have to other cattle and the industry in general; however, it is not deemed necessary, because the writer is fully convinced it is only the question of a short time until the real significance and power of the pure- bred beef catde interests will be recognized and appreciated in a much higher degree by everyone interested in cattle, the Government, and the people of this country. 9 Retrospective and Prospective of Beef Production By. JAMES E. POOLE, Editor Chicago Live Stock World and Associate Editor of Breeder's Gazette. Beef scarcity was a much derided theory less than three years ago. Con- gested markets were attributed to generous production instead of the real cause, hquidation. For more than a decade the common impulse among producers was to get out of the cattle business. A minority either actuated by foresight or favorably situated for carrying on breeding operations retained cow herds and when scarcity emerged from the theoretical stage to becom.e a fact found themselves in possession of remunerative properly. Beef production declined at a period when consumption was increasing by leaps and bounds and almost at the inception of the year !914. Despite cpening of the markets of the United Stales to the beef producers of the world a few months previously the fact became apparent that the much advertised Antipodean plentitude was not equal to restoration of the cheap beef era. Cornbelt feeders were confronted with the impossibility of replenishing feed lots save at prices that were prohibitive of profit and the steer man west of the Missouri River faced extinction as a production factor. Within a few months the cattle breeder found his business established on a remunerative basis, with every prospect of a continuance of that condition. Forecasters of this evolution, accustomed to ridicule, commanded respect and public concern over the natural beef supply acquired emphasis. Hardly had the first leaf been torn from the ca'endar of the year 1914 when values of pure-bred cattle were enhanced on somewhat pyrotechnical fashion and in this appreciation the Aberdeen-Angus were m the van. Sale records tell the story adequately. Bulls that a few years previous'y were sent to the shambles encountered inquiry from every nook and cranny of the country. Breeders, tempted by prices that would have been regarded as impossible a few years before, parted with their bovine possessions only to discover that they had blundered and in many cases reinstatement was accomplished at considerable added expense. Many breeders refused to price cattle, sale rings were thronged by anxious bidders, bull buyers with unfilled orders rode highways and byways in quest of suitable material and the fact that a lamentable shortage of both pure-bred and commercial cattle existed became patent. Even a period of commercial and industrial depression failed to repress the quest for material necessary to recuperate the industry. h^ad the purchasing power of the industrial population of the country been normal during the first six months of the current year, a furore in pure bred cattle trade would have been inevitable. How seriously reduced commercial catt'e volume became at this juncture is indicated by market supply statistics. During the first half of 1914 six principal western markets, Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Louis, St. Joseph, and Sioux 10 City, received approximately but 2,825,000 cattle, against 3,215,000 the previous year, 3,230,000 in 1912, and 3,616,000 in 1 9 11 , at which period supply was normal. 1 he figures show a supply shrinkage in three years at these markets alone c! 775,000 cattle, while at primary receiving points ol lesser importance the decrease was proportionately as great. At some western markets vast sWghtering plants were thrown into disuse, butchering gangs were reduced 60 per cent and beef consumption in the United States dropped to the smallest volume since the present method of distribution was developed. Mexico and Canada, advertised sources of supply plentitude failed, even when tariff bars were thrown down to afford maierial relief and considerable quantities of Australian and Argentine bee! disappeared into the ravenous maw of the market without mitigating the condition of the consumer. Coincident'y cattle values advanced all c\er the civilized world and protest at beef cost became as vociferous at Buenos Aires and Brisbane as at Chicago and New York. Decline of the catt'e industry in the United States had world wide influence. But what has happened is an oft-told story, and the public is more interested m supply prospects than in reminisence. The position that cattle growing in contradistinction to feeding is impossible on high-priced cornbelt land is no longer tenable, its fallacy having been abundantly disproved and the fact is equaPy dem- onstrable that if the people of the United States are to continue the heaviest beef consumers in the world, domestic production must increase. Re.nstatement of the breeding industry in a commercial sense has undoubtedly been retarded by skeptic- ism concerning the future, but Argentine and Australian surplus production is obviously incapable of nullifying shortage elsewhere and despite congressional action in placing dressed meats on the free list, 1914 cattle prices have averaged at the highest levels on record. Even the doubting ones are beginning to realize that foreign competition is not the serious factor anticipated. American con sumers are fastidious and such beef as Aberdeen-Angus yearlings or two-year-old steers are convertible into will never experience serious competition from Antpodean pastures. Those who realized this fact are getting remunerative results while the timid ones have nothing to sell. The fact will not be disputed thai on this North American continent more beef making material is going to waste than at any time since the bison was evicted from the trans- Missouri region. An $8@8.50 market for the few Aberdeen- Angus yearlings and calves reaching the central markets demonstrates how profitably this waste could be utilized. Feed plentitude is no mere local condition. Montana has been carrying a hay accumulation of several seasons, in Texas the prairie dog has been allowed to take possession of millions ot acres of good grazing ground. East of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio is a vast area fitted by nature for cattle pro- duction, and in the cornbelt the silo has practically doubled production capacity. Only reinstatement of breeding herds is neccessary to insure an adequate national .«upp'y of beef, but the very nature of that task renders an excess impossible. The II average western settler, cornbelt farmer or southern planter is neither adapted to cattle raising nor in the mood for that undertaking, consequently overproduction is not to be feared. For an indefinite period the breeder will pocket most of the profit resulting from cattle production. Aberdeen-Angus cattle are mcfte than holding their own in the somewhat tardy reinstatement of the business. During the past year they have been distributed over a wide area. Western growers no longer permit cattle to rutle for a living, and where the haystack decorates the landscape, the placid, weight-maing, thrifty "doddie" isk without competition. The Eastern South has been absorbing Aberdeen-Angus breeding stock, missionary work by the association in that quarter having been effective in facilitating the distribution process, and the buyer with a contract to secure a car load of bulls of serviceable age, has had a difficult task. As con- tinuance of high prices arouses interest in beef cattle production, demand for pure- bred cattle will expand, and the annual increase will be contracted before weaning time. Breeding operations south of the Ohio River will undoubtedly expand now that the tick scourge is being repressed and the cornbelt market rendered accessible for ca'ves bred in that region at all seasons. Profitable beef production in the future means early maturity, and no yearling commands the attention of the buyer as readily as the one wearing a black coat. And, if the testimony of feeders is worth anything, an Aberdeen-Angus calf handles better, makes a better average gain, and responds more readily to the care essential to successful baby beef production than any other breed. This fact is fully attested by the celerity with which the stock cattle market is cleared of them. And when the feeder returns to market with finished product, no peddler's license is necessary to vend it. Circumstances have created an opportunity. Those endowed with foresight to seize it are reaping a rich reward, but knocking is stiU distinctly audible. Excess production of good cattle is as impossible as a glut of gold, and the hundred-dollar fat yearling, of either sex, will produce better net results than any other system of utilizing the soi' products of the Mississippi Valley, the western slope, the inter- mountain region or any other section of this North American continent where grow in abundance the grasses and grains on which the bovine species thrives. 12 DOCTOR GWINN An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Ohio. 1909 International Live Stock Exposition Champion Grade Steer over all Breeds, and Exhihit.'d hy Mart L. McCoy. vicTOi: An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 1910 Grand Champion Fat Steer over all Breeds at National Feeders and Breeders' Show, Fort Worth, Texas. Bred, Fed and Exhibited by W. J. Miller. Also 1911 International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Steer over all Breeds. Fed and Exhibited by Iowa State College. 13 Chicago International Live Stock Exposition Awards Grades and Cross-Breds Competition Limited lo Steers, Spayed or Marlin Heifers Aberdeen- Shorthorn Herefoid Mixed TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 1234 1234 1234 1234 33 several not shown: 2 years and under 3 200 0000 1034 0000 48 several not shown : 1 year and under 2 1030 0004 0000 0a2 00 25 several not shown: under I year OOOO 0000 1004 0b2c3 O 7 shown: herd 200 0004 1030 000 A Hereford-Shorthorn, B Hereford-Holslein, c Aberdeen-Angus-Galloway. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Grade Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal under I year Hereford Reserve animal unr'er ' year Hereford Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus 1901 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Herefoid Mixed TOTAL entries. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 1234 1234 1234 1234 38 several not sFown: 2 years and under 3 1000 0034 0200 0000 25 several not shown: senior yearling 230 0000 iOC4 0000 20 several not shown: junior yearling 000 1230 0004 000 13 two not shown: senior calf 000 1200 0034 000 16 several not shown: junior calf 200 0004 1000 0>^3 8 shown: herd 02 4 0030 1000 0000 A Breed unknown. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford Re?erve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Chamolon animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus 14 1902 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus raling rating rating rating 12345 123 ^4 5 12345 12345 29 save, el not shown: 2 years and under 3.10045 0C300 02000 00000 24 several not shown: senior yearling 12040 00000 00305 00000 25 several not shown: junior yearling 12005 00000 00340 00000 19 several not shown: senior calf 00000 00300 12045 00000 8 two not shown: junior calf 02005 00300 10040 00000 8 shown : fed 10040 00000 02300 0000 Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal (nrade or cross-b/ed) Grade Aberdeen-Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn Champion animal I year old and under 2 Hereford Reserve animal I year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal under 1 year Hereford Champion herd of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford 1903 .■\berdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating raling ratine rating 12345 12345 123 4 5 12345 34 several not shown: 2 years and under 3. .0 2005 000 10 300 00 0z4 19 several not shown: senior yearling 10000 305 204 000 20 several not shown: junior yearling 2300 00000 10045 00000 27 several not shown: senior calf. ..^ 2 345 00000 10000 000 12 several not shown: junior calf ....0 0305 00040 00000 *1*2 9 shown : herd .' 02340 00000 10000 00000 15 several not shown: get of one sire 0300 00000 12000 0000 *Shorlhorn-Galloway. zGalloway. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus r<^eserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford Champion animal under I year Hereford Reserve animal under I year Aberdeen- Angus Champion herd of the show Hereford Reserve herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus *Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus *.Some authorities claim ihis animal correctly belongs in mixed class. 15 1904 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed lOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 12345 32 several not shown: 2 years and under 3.. 0005 10040 02300 00000 23 several not shown: senior yearling 10340 00000 02005 00000 21 several not shown: junior yearling 0000 00000 00345 *"F2 000 20 several not shown: senior calf 2305 00000 10000 00 0z4 10 several not shown: junior calf 0000 00040 00305 *l*2 14 shown: herd 0300 00000 10040 0b2 000 1 1 shown: get of one sire 2000 00000 00300 xlOOOO *Shorthorn-Galloway. bMixed herd. xMixed or cross-bred. zGalloway. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Shorthorn-Galloway Champions by Aces (Plre-ereds, Cr.'SCEs a>d Cross-breds Competixg). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Shorthom-Galloway Champion animal under 1 year A beiJeen- Angus Reserve animal under 1 year Grade Hereford Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford 1905 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 12345 25 several not shown: 2 years and under 3. .12000 00040 00305 00000 12 one not shown: senior yearling 2345 00000 10000 00000 24 several not shown: junior yearling 12000 00000 00045 0a3 00 26 several not shown: senior calf 12000 00300 00045 OOOOO 17 several not shown: junior calf 10000 OOOOO 00045 Oa2c3 10 shown: herd 02 04 OOOOO OOOOO *I0d3 00 9 shown: get of one sire 12300 OOOOO OOOOO OOOOO *^fcerc/een-^ngus-Shorthorn-Galloway. C^fcerJeen-.4ngus-Hereford. oBreed unknown. AShorlhorn-Galloway. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal under 1 year Hereford Reserve animal under 1 year Aberdeen- Angus Champion herd of the show /Ifcert/een-zlngus-Shorthorn-Galloway Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Abeideen- Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford 16 Shorthorn Hereford Mixed rating rating rating 12 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 2 Oa3 2 4 5 *1 3 2 5 0b4 4 2 Oc3 0*5 10 0d4 10 mknown. *I Aere{ord-Ahe rJeen-AnSus. 1906 Aberdeen- TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating 12 3 4 5 28 two not shown: 2 years and under 3. ... I 0045 21 several not shown: senior yearling 3 22 several not shown: junior yearling 1 16 two not shown: senior calf 1 2 3 5 13 several not shown: junior calf I 0040 9 shown: herd 02 3 00 7 ^hovvn: get of one sire 2 3 cShorlhorn-Aberdeen-Angus. AGalloway. oBreed BShorthorn-Galloway. Champion animal (grade or cross-hred) Hereford- Aberdeen- Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn Champion animal I year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal under I year Hereford Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve herd of the show Mixed herd — Breed unknown Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus 1907 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed TOTAL entries. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 12345 37 several not shown: 2 years and under 3.. 0340 00000 02005 *10000 15 two not shown: senior yearling 2340 00005 10000 00000 35 several not shown: junior yearling 0300 00000 12040 000 Oa5 21 several not shown: senior calf 2300 10005 00040 00000 8 one not shown : junior calf 12000 00000 00345 00000 9 shown : herd 02340 00000 10000 00000 17 shown: get of one sire 12300 00000 00000 00000 * Aberdeen- A ngus-Shor\\\ort\. AAberdeen-Angus-Mereford. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) v4fcerc/een-^ngu5-Shorthorn Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal 1 year and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal under 1 year Grade Shorthorn Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve herd of the show Hereford Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Shorthorn Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus 17 1908 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 12345 33 several not shown: 2 years and under 3.. 2300 00005 10040 00000 14 two not shown: senior yearling 2045 10000 00300 00000 37 seveial not shown: junior yearling 12305 00040 00000 00000 20 seveial not shown: senior calf 0005 12340 00000 00000 23 several not shown: junior calf 12000 00005 00340 00000 9 shown: herd 10300 02040 00 00 00000 10 shown: get of one sire 2000 10000 00300 00000 Champion animal (giade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Shorthorn Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus Crampion animal under 1 year Abet deen- Angus Reserve animal under 1 year Hereford Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve herd of the show Hereford Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Giade Shorthorn 1909 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford Mixed TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS Angus rating rating ra'ing rating 12345 12345 12345 123 4 5 1 7 2 years and under 3 10340 02005 00000 00000 12 Senior yearling 2040 00305 10000 000 31 Junior yearling 10345 02000 00000 00000 20 Senior calf 040 00000 02005 *1 Oa3 12 Junior calf 02 3 40 00005 10000 00000 9 Herd 10 3 0b2 0c4 17 Get of one sire 12000 00000 003 00000 *Hereford-^fcerJeen-^ngus.. AHereford-Shorthoin. BMixed — 1 Shortho.n and 2 Aberdeen- Angus.. cMixed — 1 grade Aberdeen- Angus, 1 grade Hereford, 1 cross-bred Hereford-^fcerJeen- Angus. Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal under 1 year hiereford-Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal under 1 year Shorthorn Champion herd of the show ! Aberdeen- Angus Reserve herd of the show Hereford Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus 1910 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 20 several not shown: 2 years and under 3 02345 00000 10000 18 several not shown: senior yearling 02040 00000 10305 27 several not shown: junior yearling 1 2045 00300 00000 18 one not shown: senior calf 12000 0004 5 00300 16 junior calf 1 0000 02005 00340 7 several not shown : herd 1 2340 00000 00000 10 Get of one sire 2300 1 0000 00000 Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade AberJeen-Angus Reserve champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford- Aberdeen- Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Mereiord- Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Shorthorn Reserve animal 1 year and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal under 1 year Aberdeen- Angus Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Grand Champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus Reserve Champion single animal of the show Shorthorn 1911 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford TOTAL entries. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 16 Two years and under 3 12345 00000 00000 10 Senior yearling 12345 00000 00000 21 funior yearling 1 234 00005 00000 24 Senior calf 2340 00005 10000 9 Junior calf 12340 00000 00005 10 Herd I 2340 00000 00000 6 Get of one sire 10300 00000 02000 Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) •. Grade Hereford Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus Chamoion animal I year old and under 2 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Grade Aberdeen- Angus Champion animal under 1 year Grade Hereford Reserve champion animal under 1 year Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion herd of the show Shorthorn Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus 19 1912 Abeideen- Shorthorn Hereford TOIAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating ! 5 Two years and i ndsr 3 1004 5 00300 02000 9 Senior yearling 1 0005 02040 00300 29 Junior yearling 12345 00000 00000 7 Senior calf 10005 02340 00000 1 5 Junior calf 10045 00000 02 3 00 '0 Herd I 0000 00300 02040 1 1 Get of one sire 10300 00000 02000 Ctampion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Abeideen- Angus Reserve champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus Champion animal I year old and under 2 Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal I year and under 2 Pure-bred Shorthorn Champion animal under 1 year Pure-bred Shorthorn Reserve animal under 1 year Grade Aberdeen-Angus Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus Reserve herd of the show Shorthorn Giand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen- Angus 1913 Aberdeen- Shorthorn Hereford TOTAL ENTRIES. CLASS. Angus rating rating rating 12345 12345 12345 22 Two years and under 3 10345 00000 02000 20 Senior yearling 12000 00045 00300 28 Junior yearling 12340 00005 00000 16 Senior calf I 2345 00000 00000 12 Junior calf 12300 00045 00000 10 Herd 12340 00000 00000 27 Get of one sire 12000 00000 00300 Champion animal (grade or cross-bred Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen-Angus Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen- Angus Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Pure-bred Shorthorn Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve animal 1 year and under 2 Pure-bred Hereford Champion animal under 1 year Pure-bred Hereford Reserve animal under I year Pure-bred Shorthorn Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus Reserve herd of the show Shorthorn Grand Champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus Reserve Champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen- Angus 20 Summary of Smgle Steer, Spayed or Martin Heifer Competition GRAND CHAMPION SINGLE STEER AWARDS. ^ ear. Breed. 1900 Aberdeen-Angus per lb. $1.50. 1901 Hereford 50. \902 Aberdeen-Angus 56. 1903 Mixed Hereford-.4n§us 26. 1904 Aberdeen-Angus 36 . 1905 Aberdeen-Angus 25. 1 906 Hereford not sold . 1907 Shorthorn 24. 1903 Aberdeen- Angus 26 1-2. 1909 Aberdeen-Angus 18. 1910 Aberdeen-Angus 60. 1911 Aberdeen-Angus 90. 1912 Aberdeen-Angus 50. 1913 Aberdeen-Angus not sold. Exhibitor. Name of Animal. .Stanley R. Pierce. Creston. Ill Advance .Geo. P. Henry. Goodenow, III. ... Woods Principal . Iowa Slate College Shamrock .University of Nebraska Challenger .University of Minnesota Clear Lake Jute 2d . Iowa State College Blackrock . F. A. Nave. Attica. Ind Peerless Wilton's 39th Defender . Jas. Leask. Greenbank. Ont., Can Roan King .University of Indiana Fyvie Knight .Kansas Stale College King Ellsworth . Iowa Slate College Shamrock 2d . Iowa State College Victor .J. D. McGregor. Brandon, Man., Can. . Glencarnock Victor .J. D. McGregor, Brandon, Man., Can. . Glencarnock Victor 2d A complete analysis of a tabulated list of awards of the single steer or heifer competition reveals very forcibly the substantial steady growth the Aberdeen-Angus breed has made since the inception of the International Live Stock Exposition. A careful review of the awards in the classes in which single animals of all breeds competed should prove very interesting to admirers of Aberdeen-Angus because it shows very clearly that while the Hereford and Shorthorn breeds were conspicuous by their winnings the first few years of the show, it has become apparent during recent years that the Aberdeen-Angus bullocks have gained prizes in overwhelming numbers over the Hereford and Shorthorn. The actual proof of the superiority of the Aberdeen-Angus breed is set forth in the follow- ing brief synopsis of comparisons which covers fourteen International Live Stock Expositions. In competing for Championships, out of fourteen possible Championships for Grades and Cross-breds, Aberdeen-Angus won eight, Herefords two. Shorthorns three, mixed Hereford- Aberdeen-Angus one, and in the same classes only twelve Reserves were reported, which were won as follows: Aberdeen-Angus four, Herefords five, one mixed Shorthorn-Galloway, one mixed Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn, and one mixed Hereford-Aberdeen-Angus. Out of fourteen possible Grand Championships and fourteen Reserves (competition open to pure-breds, grades and cross-breds) Aberdeen-Angus won ten Grand Championships and nine Reserve Grand Championships, Herefords won three of each, and the Shorthorns one of each. Out of twelve Grand Champion steer herd prizes, Aberdeen-Angus won ten, Herefords one, and a mixed herd of Aberdeen- Angus-Shorlhorn-Galloway one. Only ten of the twelve Reserve Grand Champion steer herd prizes were reported, four being won by Aberdeen-Angus, three by Herefords, two by Shorthorns, and one by a mixed herd. Out of forty-two possible Champion awards by ages (pure-breds, grades ond cross-breds competing), Aberdeen-Angus won twenty-four, Herefords eleven. Shorthorns six, mixed Here- ford-Aberdeen-Angus one, and out of thirty-eight Reserves which were reported, Aberdeen-Angus won twenty, Herefords nine. Shorthorns seven, mixed Shorthorn-Galloway one, Hereford-Aber- deen-Angus one. Out of the grand total of one hundred and fifty-seven Champion and Reserve Champion av/ards. Aberdeen-Angus won ninety, Herefords thirty-seven. Shorthorns twenty-one, a-nd mixed nine. These facts should serve as conclusive proof of the superior merits of the Aberdeen-Angus breed in the single steer and heifer competition. 21 ^ H|^^^|Bv> v^HHP w ^^^^^HH f- ^m' \ -J f u '-^ ■ ■ ■ -- : lIMMi International I>iv KING ELLSWORTH An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Kansas. ■ Stock Exposition Grand Clianipion Steei and Exhibited by Kansas State College. all Breeds, Fed SHAMROCK II. An Aberdeen-Angus Product of Iowa. 1!»10 International Live Stock Exposition Grand Champion Steer o\er all Breeds, and Exhibited Ijy Iowa State College. Ames, Iowa. 22 CLEAR LAKE Jl'TE lM An Al). i I Shorthorn: 3 years and over 020 003 100 000 2 Aberdeen- Angus 3 I Hereford: 2 years and under 3 023 000 100 000 2 Herefords 3 I Mixed: 1 year and under 2 000 000 103 020 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Herefords. 26 1 1 2 3 1 2 1902 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 123 12 3 123 123 I Aberdeen-Angus 2 1 Breed unknown: North Central; 2 years and under 3. ...100 000 000 0*2 3 All AberJeen-Angus: North Central; 1 year and under 2. .123 000 000 000 I Aberdeen-Angus 2 I Shorthorn: South Central; 2 years and under 3 020 100 000 000 4 Herefords 5 1 Breed unknown: South Central; 1 year and under 2. ...000 000 123 000 3 All Herefords: Southwest: 2 years and unde. 3 00 000 123 000 2 Both Herefords: Southwest; I year and under 2 00 00 120 000 2 Both Shorthorns: Southern; 3 years and over 00 12 000 000 Mixed Load . Shorlhorn and Hereford: Southern; 2 years and under 3.. 00 00 000 100 3 Herefords •1 1 Shorthorn: Southern; i year and under 2 00 100 023 000 4 Aherdecn-Angus 3 Herefords 4 Shorthorns 12 1 Mixed: Eastern: 3 years and over 20 100 003 000 16 Aberdeen-Angus 1 1 Herefords !2 Shorthorns 42 3 Breed unknown: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 103 02 000 000 15 Aberdeen- Angus 7 Herefords 5 Shorthorns 33 6 Breed unknown: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 020 000 103 000 ^Bieed unknown. Chaivipion Fat Carloads by Ages 2 Both Shorthorns: 3 years and over 00 120 000 000 I Aberdeen- Angus 1 Hereford 3 I Shorthorn: 2 years and under 3 100 03 020 000 1 Aberdeen- Angus 3 2 Herefords: I year and under 2 03 000 120 000 Giand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 27 Here- ford Mixed rating rating 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0*2 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1903 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- of Entries Angus horn of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating 12 3 12 3 2 Both AberJeen-Angus: North Central; 2 y'rs and under 3 . . 1 2 1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years or over 00 000 9 Breed unknown: South Central; 2 years and under 3....0 3 5 Breed unknown: South Central; 1 year and under 2 003 000 1 Aberdeen- Angus 2 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 3 years or over 02 1 00 5 Breed unknown: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 003 000 6 All Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 000 000 I Hereford: Southern; 3 years or over 000 000 1 Hereford: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 000 2 Aberdeen- Angus 1 Shorthorn 21 18 Breed unknown: Eastern; 3 years or over 023 1 00 38 Breed unknown: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 I 3 020 Breed unknown: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 000 02 3 *A load of yearling Galloways won second prize in South Central District. Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 2 Herefords 3 i Shorthorn: 3 years or over 00 laO 023 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 3 2 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 3 -All Herefords: 1 year and under 2 00 000 123 000 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Herefords. 1904 3 All Herefords: North Central; 3 years or over 00 000 123 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 3 2 Herefords: South Central; 1 year and under 2 20 000 103 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 5 4 Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 2 3 All Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 1 Shorthorn: Southern; 3 years or over 2 Both Herefords Southern; 1 year and under 2 3 All Shorthorns: Eastern: 3 years or over 00 8 Aberdeen- Angus 1 Hereford 10 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 6 Aberdeen- Angus 8 Herefords 19 5 Shorthorns: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 103 000 020 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages Breed unknown: 3 years or over 020 100 003 000 9 Aberdeen- Angus 8 Herefords 18 1 Shorthorn: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 7 Aberdeen- Angus 12 Herefords 24 5 Shorthorns : 1 year and under 2 100 000 023 000 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 28 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 1905 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Heie- of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 123 123 123 123 1 Hereford: North Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 1 Hereford: North Central; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 2 Both Hereford: North Central; 1 year and under 2 000 000 120 000 1 Shorthorn: South Central; 3 years and over 00 100 000 000 2 Herefords 3 1 Galloway: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 120 0*3 2 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 5 1 Galloway: South Central; I year and under 2 10 3 0*2 1 Hereford: Southwest; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 1 Hereford: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 7 All Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 000 123 000 1 Hereford 2 1 Shorthorn: Southern: 3 years and over 00 020 100 000 4 Herefords: Southern; 2 years and under 3 00 000 123 000 4 Herefords 5 1 Shorthorn: Southern; 1 year and under 2 00 000 123 000 2 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 8 4 Shorthorns: Eastern; 3 years and over 20 003 100 000 8 Aberdeen-Angus 1 I lereford 10 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 7 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 13 4 Shorthorns: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 20 103 000 000 *A load of yearling Galloways won second prize in South Central District; also third prize in same District in 2-year-old class. Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 3 All Herefords: 3 years and over 00 000 123 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 3 2 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 00 2 Herefords 3 1 Shorthorn ? 1 year and under 2 00 020 103 000 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 29 Meie- ford Mixed rating rating 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 3 1906 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- of Eniries Angus horn of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating 12 3 12 3 2 Both Herefords: North Central; 2 years and under 3 2 Both Herefords: Norlh Central: 1 year and under 2....0 1 Heieford: •'^oulh Cenirai : 3 years and over 000 000 2 Both Herefords: South Central; 2 years and under 3. . . .0 2 Aberdeen-Angus 3 1 Hereford: South Central; I year and under 2 1 20 000 2 Herefords 3 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 000 020 7 Herefords 8 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 000 I 00 3 All Herefords: Southern; 1 year and under 2 000 000 6 Aberdeen-Angus 3 Herefords 3 Shorthorns i3 I Galloway: Eastern: 3 years and over 100 003 020 00 10 Aberdeen-Angus 4 Hciefords 15 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 7 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 10 Shorthorns 22 3 Mixed: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 100 020 003 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 1 Aberdeen-Angus 2 1 Hereford: 3 years and over 20 000 100 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 4 3 Herefords : 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 2 Aberdeen- Angus 2 Herefords 5 1 Shorthorn : 1 year and under 2 100 003 020 000 Gr^nd Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 30 1907 Total pnd No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 123 123 123 123 4 All Herefords: North Central; 3 years or over 00 000 123 000 1 Hereford: North Central; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 2 Herefords 3 Sl.orthorn: North Central; 1 year and under 2 000 10 023 000 3 Herefords 1 Shorthorn 5 I Aberdeen- Angus: South Central; 3 years or over 00 003 120 000 3 Herefords 5 2 Galloways: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 100 0*2 3 6 Herefords 8 2 Aberdeen- Angus: South Central; 1 year and under 2. ..000 000 123 000 2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 3 years or over 00 000 120 000 1 Hereford: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 100 000 8 Herefords 10 2 Shorthorns: Southwest; I year and under 2 00 100 023 000 2 Both Herefords: Southern; 2 years and under 3 00 000 120 000 2 Both Herefords: Southern; I year and under 2 00 000 120 000 4 Aberdeen-Angus 4 Shorthorns 12 4 Herefords: Eastern; 3 years or over 20 003 100 000 13 Aberdeen-Angus 3 Herefords 17 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 120 003 000 000 6 Aberdeen-Angus 10 Herefoids i° 3 .= |-orlforns: Eastern: 1 year and under 2 100 000 023 000 *Galloways won second and third prizes in 2-year-old class in South Central District. Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 4 All Herefords: 3 years or over 00 000 123 000 I Aberdeen-Angus 5 4 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 5 2 Shorthorns : I year and under 2 100 003 020 000 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 31 1908 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Heie- of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 123 123 123 123 3 Herefords 4 I Galloway: North Central; 2 years and under 3 00 000 123 000 1 Hereford: North Central; 1 year and under 2 00 000 100 000 1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years or over 00 000 100 000 2 Both Herefords: South Central; 2 years and under 3. ...000 000 120 000 3 Aberdeen-Angus 5 2 Herefords: South Central; 1 year and under 2 103 000 020 000 2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 120 000 1 Hereford: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 000 100 000 2 Both Herefords: Southern; 2 years and under 3 00 000 120 000 1 Hereford: Southern; 1 year and under 2 ....000 000 100 000 2 Aberdeen- Angus 3 Shorthorns 2 Herefords 8 1 Mixed: Eastern; 3 years or over 100 020 003 000 9 Aberdeen-Angus 10 1 Hereford: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 5 Aberdeen- Angus 3 Shorthorns 7 Herefords 16 1 Mixed: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 100 023 000 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages I Aberdeen- Angus 2 1 Hereford: 3 years or over 100 000 020 000 1 Aberdeen- Angus 5 4 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 2 Aberdeen-Angus 5 3 Herefords: 1 year and under 2 100 000 023 000 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 32 1909 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- of Entries Angus horn ford Mixed of each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating 123 12 3 123 123 1 Heieford: North Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 000 3 Herefords 5 2 Shorthorns: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 003 120 000 1 Shorthorn: South Central; 1 year and under 2 00 100 000 000 3 All Herefords: Southwest; 3 years and over 00 000 123 000 6 All Herefords: Southwest: 2 years and under 3 000 000 123 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 4 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 03 100 020 000 3 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 6 1 Grade or Cross: Eastern; 3 years and over 120 000 000 0*3 7 Aberdeen- Angus 8 1 Shorthorn: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 10 Aberdeen- Angus 5 Herefords 22 7 Shorthorns: Eastern; I year and under 2 23 100 000 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 1 Aberdeen-Angus 4 3 Herefords: 3 years and over 03 000 120 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 3 2 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 100 000 023 000 3 All Shorthorns: 1 year and under 2 00 123 000 000 Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Shorthorn. Reserve Grand Champion Carload — Aberdeen- Angus. *Grade or Cross. Breed unknown. 33 I9I0 Mixed Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- Gallo- and of Entries Angus horn ford way Cross- of each breed. District. Class. rating rating rating rating breds i Shorthorn 123 123 123 123 123 2 1 Heieford: Northwest; 3 years and over 00 100 020 000 000 3 Herefords 4 I Shorthorn: North Central; 3 years and over 00 000 123 000 000 2 All Herefords: South Central; 3 years and over. ...000 000 120 000 000 5 Aberdeen-Angus 3 Shorthorns 10 2 Herefords: South Central; 2 years and under 3 123 000 000 000 000 2 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Shorthorns 5 I Galloway: South Central; I year and under 2 100 023 000 000 000 3 All Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 000 123 000 000 2 Aberdeen-Angus 6 4 Hereford: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 23 000 100 00 000 7 Aberdeen- Angus 5 Shorthorns 2 Herefords !5 I Mixed He efo:d-Shorthorn: Eastern; 3 yrs. and over . 1 20 000 003 000 000 4 Aberdeen-Angus 4 Shorthorns 9 1 Hereford: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 23 100 000 000 000 9 Aberdeen-Angus 5 Shorhorns 17 3 Herefords: Eastern; 1 year and under 2 103 020 000 000 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 1 yiberdeen- Angus 3 2 Herefords: 3 years and over 100 000 023 000 000 1 Aberdeen-Angus 1 Shorthorn 3 1 Hereford : 2 years and under 3 100 020 003 000 000 2 Aberdeen- Angus 3 I Hereford: I year and under 2 103 000 020 000 000 Grand Champion Fat Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. Reserve Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. Short Fed Fat Carload Awards 3 Aberdeen-Angus 1 Shorthorn 7 3 Herefords: 2 years and under 3 120 000 003 000 000 I Galloway: I year and under 2 00 000 000 100 000 Grand Champion Short Fed Fat Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 34 1911 Total and No. Aberdeen- Short- Here- of Entries Angus horn ford of Each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating 12 3 12 3 12 3 2 Both Herefords: North Central; 3 years and over 000 000 120 1 Hereford: North Central; 2 years and under 3 000 000 100 2 Both Herefords: North Central; 1 year and under 2 00 000 120 3 Herefords 1 Galloway 5 1 Siiorthorn: South Central; 2 years and under 3 000 003 1 20 4 Shorthorns 8 4 Herefords: South Central; 1 year and under 2 000 000 123 2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 3 years and over 000 000 1 20 1 Shorthorn 3 2 Herefords: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 000 100 023 2 Both Herefords: Southwest; 1 year and under 2 00 000 120 1 Shorthorn 5 4 Aberdeen- Angus: Eastern; 3 years and over 1 20 003 000 2 Shorthorns 1 Hereford 1 1 8 Aberdeen- Angus: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 1 20 003 000 4 Shorthorns 1 Hereford 17 12 Aberdeen-Angus: Easlern; 1 year and under 2 I 20 003 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 2 Herefords 3 1 Aberdeen-Angus ; 3 years and over 1 00 000 023 1 Shorthorn 1 Hereford 3 1 Aberdeen- Angus ; 2 years and under 3 1 00 020 300 2 Herefords 3 1 Aberdeen- Angus; 1 year and under 2 1 00 000 023 Grand Champion Fat Carload of Show — Aberdeen-Angus. Reserve Grand Champion Fat Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 35 1912 Total and No. Aberdeen- Shorl- Here- of Entries Angus horn ford of Each Breed. District. Class. rating rating rating 12 3 12 3 12 3 1 Hereford 2 1 Aberdeen- Angus: North Central; 1 year and under 2 20 000 100 1 Hereford: South Central; 3 years and over 00 000 100 2 Aberdeen-Angus 2 Herefords 6 2 Shorthorns: South Central; 2 years and under 3 1 00 003 020 4 Aberdeen- Angus 4 Herefords I I 3 Shorthorns: South Central ; 1 year and under 2 120 000 003 4 Herefords 5 1 Shorthorn: Southwest; 2 years and under 3 00 100 023 1 Hereford 3 2 Aberdeen-Angus : Eastern; 3 years and over 23 000 1 00 2 Shorthorns 7 5 Aberdeen-Angus: Eastern; 2 years and under 3 1 23 000 000 17 Aberdeen- Angus 4 Shorthorns 1 Galloway 27 5 Herefords : Eastern ; 1 year and under 2 1 20 003 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 2 Herefords; 3 years and over 00 000 1 20 1 Shorthorn 3 2 Aberdeen-Angus ; 2 years and over 3 120 030 000 3 Aberdeen-Angus; 1 year and under 2 123 000 000 Grand Champion Fat Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. Reserve Grand Champion Fat Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 36 Here- Gallo- fo.d way Mixed la'ing. raling. rating. 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1913 I olal and Number Aberdeen- Short- Here of Entries of Angus horn Each Breed. Dislricl. Cass. rating. rating. 12 3 12 3 1 Merefords: North Central; 3 years and over..O 2 Merefords 4 2 Shcrlhorns: North Central; 2 years and under 3.0 3 1 Hereford 2 1 Galloway: South Central; 3 years and over. .0 4 Herefords 7 3 Mixed: South Central: 2 years and under 3. ..G 3 Aberdeen-Angus I Shorthorn 6 2 Herefords: South Central; 1 year and under 2. 103 020 000 000 000 I Hereford: Southwest; 3 years and over 000 000 100 000 000 1 Shorthorn 4 3 Herefords: Southwest: 2 years and under 3. ..000 000 123 000 000 3 Herefords: Southwest; I year and under 2 00 000 123 000 000 1 Hereford: .'^oulern: 1 yea a-d inVr 2 00 000 100 000 000 6 Aberdeen Anguf 5 Herefords I Shorthorn 1 Galloway 14 1 Mixed: Eas'ern: 3 yea s and ovpr 123 000 000 000 000 9 Aberdeen-Angus 3 Shorthorns 14 2 Herefo ds: Eastern: 2 yea s and vrder 3. ...123 000 000 000 000 9 Aberdeen- Angus 4 Shorthorn 16 3 Herefords: Eastern; 1 yea and ur.der 2 120 003 000 000 000 Champion Fat Carloads by Aces. Aberdeen- Short- Here- Angus hori; ford rating rating raling 12 3 12 3 12 3 3 Herefords 4 1 Aberdeen- Angus; 3 years and over 1 00 000 02 3 2 Fierefords i 1 Mixed 4 1 Aberdeen-Angus ; 2 years and over 1 00 000 02 3 2 Herefords 4 2 Aberdeen-Angus ; 1 year and under 2 I 20 000 003 Grand Champion Fat Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. Reserve Grand Champion Fai Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 37 Summary of Fat Carload Lot Competition Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot Awards Price Year. Breed. Per Cwt. Name of Exhibitor 1913 Aberdeen-Angus $13.25 Escher & Ryan, Botna, la. ]9\2 Aberdeen-Angus 14.00 E. P. Hall, Mechanicsburg, 111. 1911 Aberdeen-Angus 15.75 Escher & Ryan, Botna, la. \9]0 Aberdeen-Angus 13.50 E. P. Hall, Mechanicsburg, 111. 1909 Shorthorn 15.00 Keays & Oglesby, Elkhart, 111. ]908 Aberdeen-Angus 11.00 Funk Bros., Bloomington, 111. 1907 Aberdeen-Angus 8.00 Claus Krambeck, Marne, la. ]906 Aberdeen- Angus 17.00 Funk Bros., Bloomington, 111. 1905 Aberdeen-Angus 8.65 Claus Krambeck, Marne, la. 1904 Aberdeen-Angus 10.00 Claus Krambeck, Marne, la. 1903 Hereford 8.35 W. F. Herrin, Buffalo, 111. 1902 Aberdeen-Angus 14.50 C. Escher, Sr., Manning, la. 1901 Hereford 12.00 D. W. Black, Lyndon, Ohio. ]900 Aberdeen-Angus 15.50 L. H. Kerrick, Bloomington, 111. Chicago International Live Stock Exposition Comparative Average Prices of Fat Carload Lots at Auction by Breeds 1913 No. Av. NAME OF BREED. loads price Aberdeen- Angus 27 $10.56 Hereford 30 9.57 Shorthorn 13 9.98 Galloway 3 9.28 1908 No. Av. NAME OF BREED. loads price Aberdeen-Angus 18 $9.53 Hereford 25 8.84 Shorthorn 9 8.51 Galloway 1 8.00 Mixed, Texans and cows. . 1903 No. Av. NAME OF BREED. loads price Aberdeen-Angus 48 $ 5.96 Hereford 24 5.99 Shorthorn 23 5.61 Calloway 2 6.05 Mixed, Texans and cows. .22 5.64 1912 1911 1910 1909 No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. loads price loads price loads price loads price 30 $12.10 24 $11.37 31 $8.58 20 $11.98 14 11.56 20 10,92 23 7.86 25 10.45 12 11.63 13 10.68 23 8.10 13 11.24 1 11,10 1 10.75 1 7.80 1907 906 1905 1904 No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. loads price loads price loads price loads price 25 $ 6.66 27 $ 8.53 18 $6.71 21 $ 8.20 47 6.37 28 7.90 32 6.52 23 7.29 13 6.40 16 7.84 9 6.70 9 7.42 5 6.51 1 7.75 1 6.80 9 5.58 2 5.82 3 6.37 1902 901 1900 1900-1913 No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. No. Av. loads price loads price loads price loads price 17 $ 7.94 32 $ 8.22 18 $7.29 356 $ 8.88 1 1 7.48 22 8.23 1 7 6.29 341 8.07 1 1 7.45 10 7.74 13 6.25 2 6.45 187 8.22 18 7.68 2 7.22 12 7.60 1 6.00 51 6.32 38 Summary of Fat Carload Lot Competition The foregoing account of sales of carload lots at auction shows that during a period of fourteen years the Aberdeen-Angus have made an average of 81 c^nts per cwt. more than the Herefords and 66 cents more than the Shorthorns. These figures obtained from such a practical source show the degree in which the Aber- deen-Angus leads its rivals in establishing average top prices. A careful review of awards for fourteen years shows that the 'eading breeds were well represented. The feature, or point, however, that should interest and appeal not only to Aberdeen-Angus breedeirs but also breeders of all breeds and cattle feeders in general, is how much actual competition each breed had during the period of fourteen years. An analysis of the awards sets forth the following facts: Out of the total number of four hundred and twenty-three awards Aber- deen-Angus won forty-three firsts, forty-seven seconds and thirty one thirds; Here- fords ninety firsts, sixty-three seconds and forty-two thirds; Shorthorns, twenty- eight firsts, eighteen seconds and forty-four thirds; Galloways one first, four seconds and two thirds; mixed, five firsts, two seconds and three thirds. The interesting feature of the Fat Carload Lot competition is to learn how many prizes each breed won where its rivals were not represented. We find that Aberdeen-Angus won seven firsts, four seconds and three thirds where no Here- ford, Shorthorns, etc., were shown. The Shorthorns won nineteen firsts, nine seconds and seven thirds where no Aberdeen-Angus were shown. Herefords won seventy firsts, fifty-two seconds and twenty-seven thirds where Aberdeen-Angus were absent. By making the proper deductions from the actual awards and only taking into consideration the classes in which Aberdeen-Angus competed with Herefords or Shorthorns or both or other breeds, we find that the Aberdeen-Angus won thirty-seven firsts, forty-two seconds and twenty-eight thirds ; Herefords, twenty-one firsts, twelve seconds and fourteen thirds; Shorthorns, nine firsts, nine seconds and fifteen thirds. It will be noted in the competition for champions by ages there were one hundred and twenty-three possible prizes and the representation won by each breed for this competition by virtue of its winnings in the open district classes is as follows: Aberdeen-Angus, represented in thirty nine classes; Herefords, forty- nine classes; Shorthorns, twenty-one classes. While the Herefords. secured thirteen more chances than the Aberdeen-Angus, the results show that Aberdeen-Angus won twenty-six firsts, nine seconds and nine thirds; Herefords, nineteen firsts, thirty-one seconds and twenty-five thirds; Shorthorns, five firsts, six seconds and eight thirds ; mixed, one first, two seconds and one third. While deductions from the above facts show clearly that the Aberdeen- Angus is superior, as a climax it is only necessary to add that out of fourteen possible Grand Championships offered for best carload, Aberdeen-Angus have won eleven times, Herefords twice and Shorthorn once. 39 AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Cuts of 1910 Grand Champion Carcass over all Breeds at International Live Stock Exposition. Bred, Fed and Exhibited by C. L. Taggart. Washington, Pennsylvania. AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF IOWA. Grand Champion Carload of Fat Steers over all Breeds at Pittsburgh Fat Stock Show. Bred, Fed and Exhibittd by Charles Escher, Sr.. and Sold at World's Record Price, 21 %c Per Pound. 40 BiiS&~2. .lA ' hr iL^_j 5* '\^ • ^ IIM WMradTfybV^ M^hl-^ _;^. a* ■ 1 P^^H^BC^^^^^H H I 1 i Hj fc^4 '^F^B "vt' ^ 1 ^^^Hp" • , AX ABERDEEN-ANGUS' PRODUCT OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. 1910 Grand Champion Carload of Fat Steers over all Breeds at National Feeders and Breeders' Show, Fort T\'orth, Ti xas. Fed and Exhibittd by H. B. Johnson pnoio iiv (ouL'iesy of Bowles & Co. AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF MISSOURI. Champion Carload of Yearling Fat Steers at 190S International Live Stock Exposition. Fed and Exhibited by W. C. White. 41 Chicago International Live Stock Exposition Carcass Contest Awards 1 900- 1913 Competition Open to Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers Total Entries Ch 1 3 shown : 2 years and under . . 1 shown : 1 year and under 2 . Total Entries CU 33 shown : 2 years and under 3 . 13 shown: 1 year and under 2. . Total Entries Cla 1900 Aberdeen- Short- Here- Gallo- Angus horn ford way Mixed rating rating rating rating rating 12 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 12 3 4 5 12 3 1 2 3 1901. Aberdeen- Short- Here- Gallo- Angus horn ford way rating. rating. rating rating. 12 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 12 3 4 5 12 3 00000 00000 10000 00300 2 1902 Aberdeen- Short- Here- Gallo- Angus horn ford way Mixed rating rating rating rating rating 12 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 12 3 4 5 5 shown : 2 years and under 3 . 9 shown: I year and under 2. ,12000 000 000 000 Oa3b4c5 10045 000 023 000 00000 Total Entries Ajersey-Guernsey. Bjersey-Holstein. cRed Poll. 1903 Aberdeen- Short- Here- Angus horn ford Class rating rating. rating. Gallo- way Mixed rating. rating. 10 shown: 2 years and under 3 2 3 5 5 shown: 1 year and under 2 1 2 3 4 5 10 4 Total Entries. shown : shown : Class 2 years and under 3 . 1 year and under 2 . . 1904 Aberdeen- Angus rating. 1 2 3 ....1 2 3 ....0 3 Short- horn rating. 12 3 4 5 2 5 Here- ford rating. 1 2 3 Gallo- way rating. 12 3 4 4 Total Entries *Hereford-Holstein. ARed Poll. BShorthorn-Galloway. ^^ 1905 Aberdeen- Short- Angus horn Class rating. rating. 12 3 4 12 3 4 5 7 shown: 2 years and under 3 1034 00005 6 shown: 1 year and under 2 1000 00000 *Breed unknown. AShorthorn-Galloway. BRed Poll. 42 Here ford rating. 12 3 4 12 3 4 Gallo- way rating. Mixed rating. 12 3 4 5 0*4a5 si Mixed rating. 12 3 4 5 0*2 0*2a3 Ob5 Total Entries CIc 13 shown: 2 years and under 3 14 shown: I year and under 2 AMixed. *Gailoway-Shorthorn. 1906 Aberdeen- Angus rating 12 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 Total Entries. Cla 15 shown: 2 years and under 3 16 shown: I year and under 2 *Polled Hereford. ARed Pol .1 .00000 1907 Aberdeen- Angus rating. 12 3 4 5 .12 4 5 2 4 Total Entries. Clc 13 shown: 2 years and under 3 15 shown: 1 year and under 2 ARed Poll. *Hereford-Angus. .1 1908 Aberdeen- Angus rating 12 3 4 5 .02005 12 4 5 1909 Total Entries. Cla 7 shown : 2 years and under 3 . 14 shown: 1 year and under 2. . . Total Entries. Cl2 Aberdeen- Angus rating 12 3 4 5 6 shown : 2 years and under 3.1 0000 1 1 shown: 1 year and under 2.1 2 5 ARed Poll. *Galloway-Shortl-.orn. 1910 Short- horn rating 12 3 4 5 Short- horn rating 1 2 3 Short- horn rating. 1 2 3 Short- horn rating 1 2 3 Here- ford rating 1 2 3 1 2 Gallo- way rating I 2 3 Mixed rating 12 3 4 5 0*3 Oa5 Here- ford rating. 12 3 4 5 5 Gallo- way rating. 1 2 3 Mixed rating. 1 2 3 Oa3 0*3 Here- ford rating 1 2 3 Gallo- way rating 1 2 3 1 Mixed rating 12 3 4 5 3a4 000 000 0*3 00 Aberdeen - Angus rating 12 3 4 5 .10 3 Gallo- way rating 12 3 4 2 4 Red Poll rating 12 3 4 5 5 12345 00000 00000 Here- ford rating 2 3 4 5 Gallo- way rating 2 3 4 5 Mixed rating 2 3 4 5 00305 00000 02000 000 4a0 00000 00300 00000 000 4*0 Total Entries. 5 shown: 1 shown : ARed Poll. Aberdeen- Angus Class. rating 12 3 4 5 2 years and under 3.1 0000 1 year and under 2.1 0345 1911 Short- horn rating 12 3 4 5 4 1912 Here- ford rating 2 3 4 5 2 Total Entries. Ch 6 shown : 2 years and under 3 . 1 1 shown : 1 year and under 2 . . Aberdeen- Angus rating 12 3 4 5 12 12 3 4 5 Gallo- way rating 12 3 4 5 2 Shorthorn rating 12 3 4 5 5 Mixed rating 12 3 4 5 3aOa5 Red Poll rating 12 3 4 5 3 4 Total Entries. Cla 14 shown: 2 years and under 3. 16 shown: 1 year and under 2.. 1913 43 Aberdeen- Angus rating 12 3 4 5 .12 3 5 .12 3 4 5 Shorthorn rating 12 3 4 5 Galloway rating 12 3 4 5 4 CHUCK Oli^ ABERDEEN-ANGUS STEER EXILIO Bost Grand Champion Carcass of any Breed that has been Exhibited at International Ijive Stock Exposition. ROUND OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS STEER EXILIO. Best Grand Champion Carcass of any Breed that has been Exhibited at International i^ive Stock Exposition. 44 Grand Champion Carcass Awards, 1900-1913 YEAR NAME OWNER. RANK ON FOOT BREED 1900 Sam M. F. Bunker None Grade Shorthorn 1901 Elm Park Lad Mich. Agricultural Col. . . .Third Aberdeen-Angus 1902 Punch A. P. Grout None Grade Aberdeen-Angus 1903 College Lad Iowa State College Fifth Aberdeen-Angus 1904 Funk's Choice Funk Bros Not shown. . . .Grade Aberdeen-Angus 1905 College Lad Iowa State College None Aberdeen---Angus 1906 Exilio C. J. Off Fifth Aberdeen-Angus 1907 Squire Good C. L. Taggart None Grade Aberdeen-Angus 1908 Ben H D. Bradfute & Son Fifth* Aberdeen-Angus 1909 La Preto University of Nebraska. . . .Third Aberdeen- Angus 1910 Crown C. L. Taggart Third Aberdeen- Angus 191 1 Model Mart L. McCoy First Aberdeen-Angus 1912 Prince of View Point 5th. University of Nebraska .... First Aberdeen-Angus 1913 Star of the North University of Minnesota. . . First Aberdeen-Angus *A special class for carcass cattle. SUMMARY OF INTERNATIONAL LIVE STOCK EXPOSITION CARCASS CONTESTS, 1900-1913 A review of the carcass competition of the past fourteen International Live Stock Expositions reveals the fact that Aberdeen-Angus cattle and their grades have won seventy-six prizes out of a possible one hundred and thirty-two. This is 58 per cent, of all money prizes offered. Aberdeen-Angus have also won thirteen out of the fourteen possible Grand Championships for dressed carcasses. Analysis of the awards covering the period of fourteen years further shows the degree in which Aberdeen-Angus and their grades excel all other breeds on the block. The seventy-six Aberdeen-Angus winners were composed of thirty-seven two-year-olds and thirty-nine yearlings. Thirty-seven were pure-breds, thirty-seven were grades and two were cross-bred Hereford-Aberdeen-Angus. Further elaboration to establish the phenomena' merits of the Aberdeen-Angus is not needed because a glance at the results of the carcass contests clearly demon- strates the superiority of the Aberdeen-Angus over all breeds. 45 Aberdeen-Angus Cattle on the Range B^ GEORGE FINDLAY, of the X. 1. T. Ranches. Aberdeen-Angus cattle are not without a record in the United States under grazing conditions as they have existed and exist now beyond the Missouri River. The breed has been tried out in more than one section and in every instance the performance was satisfactory in every respect to those whose money was involved. My own experience with these cattle has, however, been on what are popularly known as the X. I. T. Ranches in Texas, owned by the Capitol Syndicate. Up to and including 1 892 there were purchased for the X. I. T. ranges, not far from 5,000 bulls, of which Aberdeen-Angus comprised not quite 14 per cent, Herefords about 50 per cent, and Shorthorns not quite 30 per cent. 1 he small proportion of Aberdeen-Angus was due to the fact that until a few years previous it was a breed comparatively unknown in this country. Its numbers were incon- siderable and bull were hard to get, seUing at much higher figures than those of any other breed. The owners and managers of the property were favorably dis- posed toward the breed and have continued m that attitude. Originally the X. I. T. Ranch comprised 3,000,000 acres of land in the Panhandle of Texas. The cattle with which it was stocked came largely from the country tributary to the Texas & Pacific Railway and were of better average quality than those common to the country. About the early nineties most of the bulls purchased were pure-breds, and after 1892, nothmg but pure-breds were bought. The range, averaging about 200 miles north and south and 25 miles east and west, and being all fenced and cross-fenced, offered good opportunities to test the three breeds under practically similar conditions and, after a few years, the pastures in which each was kept began to show the respective breed character- istics. Every year, by careful selection of breeding bulls and careful culling of undesirable females — undesirable owing to color or quality — the herds rapidly assumed, to all appearances, the quality and character of pure-breds. When this experiment was begun the Shorthorn breed was well known by reputation in the Southwest. They had been tried previously in the section from which the foundation she stock had been purchased and their reputation at that time was, whether deserved or undeserved, that they were good cattle, but not sufficiently hardy for the climate of the Texas Panhandle. At that time Herefords were be- ing introduced and had no prejudice to contend with, as few of the people there knew anything about them as ranging cattle. They were readily adopted by 46 ranchmen seeking something to improve their herds and were extensively intro- duced into the Panhandle. The Aberdeen-Angus came in after the Herefords, but at this time they were few in number in the United States and it was impossible to secure them to the number required at prices range men could afford to pay. Herefords were being pushed by a coterie of breeders exultant over con- flicts from which they had emerged with Shorthorn sponsors and were claiming "the earth and the fullness thereof" for their breed. As nothing succeeds like success, the Herefords soon became the dominant breed in the Panhandle. It was diligently published by interests antagonistic to the Aberdeen-Angus, and actuated either by ignorance or jealousy of the breed, that it was not suitable for range purposes, that the bulls would bunch together and stay away from the she cattle, consequently they did not get the percentage of calves possible with bulls of other breeds. Allegation was also made that the stock they did get did not exhibit sufficient improvement and that they could not stand the heat of summer or the rigors of winter. Thus it will be seen that the Aberdeen-Angus came into that territory at a rather unpropitious time and had to fight against ignorance, prejudice and jealousy for its foothold there. These sentiments were not lacking on the X. I. T. Ranch, but after the adoption of the three breeds each was given a fair trial and the result there dem- onstrated that no breed was better adapted to range conditions than the Aberdeen- Angus. They proved themselves prolific, hardy, good rustlers, early malurers and good sellers,, the steers of this breed being usually the first to be sold off the range and invariably commanding a premium over the others. With these results it is logical that as the land comprising the ranch was sold off, over 2,000,000 of the original 3,000,000 acres having now been disposed of to Northern farmers, necessitated se'lling cattle also, the owners decided to close out the other breeds and retain the Aberdeen-Angus herd. At the present time that range carries no breeding cattle of any other breed. This policy, shaped after probably better facilities for testing the breeds than have ever been afforded anywhere e'se, speaks more for the merits of Aberdeen-Angus cattle as a range breed than columns of theory and argument. Had the Aberdeen-Angus not given satisfactory results, they would have been the first to go. Actual results furnished convincing evidence that there is absolutely nothing to the claim that Aberdeen-Angus are poor breeders on the range. In 1 889 there were practically the same number of cows in the A'amositas X. I. T. pasture, in which Aberdeen-Angus bulls were placed, as in the Minneosa pasture where Hereford bulls were used. In 1 890 the calves branded in the Alamositas pasture numbered 3.064, those in the Min- neosa pasture 2,688, and there were branded in the pasture in which black bulls were kept during the years immediately following a greater number of calves than in the other pastures. Satisfactory results were also reached with Aberdeen-Angus cattle in Mon- tana, where they grazed on open range and among X. I. T. owners and man- 47 agers there exists no doubt regarding the fecundity of black bulls. Mr. A. G. Boyce, manager of the Texas ranch, reporting on the best results, said: "The more I see of the black cattle the more I like them and think they are the cattle for this country." It may be of interest to those seeking information regarding Aberdee.n-Angus cattle on the range to know that we have always considered steers of this breed — ■ both as feeders and beeves — the quickest and best sellers, and when time and conditions permit, we have always found it to our advantage to ship Aberdeen- Angus beeves by themselves, as there seemed to be a wider market for them at the stock yards and they have almost invariably realized better prices than the others. Probably 75 per cent of all the fat steers reaching market nowadays are without horns. Even on the ranges many dehorn their bulls. This dehorning practice is one of the strongest tributes to the value of the polled character of the Aberdeen-Angus that can be conceived. Aberdeen- Angus Cattle in the Feed Lot By A. W. Bragg of Tuscola, 111. My preference for black cattle in the beef making operation is the result of 40 years experience. The only complaint I have to make is the difficulty in securing them. I do not wish to be put in the position of disparaging the other beef breeds but an Aberdeen-Angus steer is always equal to a feed lot performance possible with no other. They are not only "good doers" but they are the most stretchy cattle I can get. They may be put on feed at any age with profitable results. Take an Aberdeen-Angus calf at weaning time and he may be converted into a choice yearling, or, if market conditions necessitate it carried along another year with good results. The Aberdeen-Angus never gets coarse or gobby. This accounts for its popular- ity at the market. I prefer them to any other breed in filling my feed lots. They are ideal in type, temperament, quality and gain-making capacity. 48 A Notable Market Event Market performance by Angus cattle is an every-day occurrence. The sales- man has merely to intimate to the buyer that he has a drove of "blackskins" to command attention. Dressing sheet resuUs and quahty on the hooks affords the exp'anation. But on the market session of July 23 at Chicago an incident occurred that de- serves mention in trade annals. On that date a drove of 73 head of 957-pound grade •\berdeen-Angus yearlings went over the scales at $9.95 per cwt., which was only 5 cents below the season's limit on aged long-fed cattle and 20 cents above the best previous performance by the babies. These were not pure-bred cattle, eligible to regis- try and picked out of the calf crop with the object of doing a pyrotechnical market stunt, but just a herd of every-day grade Aberdeen-Angus such as any feeder has access to. They were gathered in Howard County, Mo., in the fall of 1 91 3 at wean- ing time by officials of the Illinois Experiment Station for the purpose of a test of the comparative merits of corn silage and alfalfa in making economical gains. To give this experiment value the use of commercial catt'e was imperative. The drove dressed 63.2 per cent hot and the product went to high class eastern trade with which Aberdeen-Angus beef is always popular. Some of these calves more than doubled weight in the feed lot. They were put in Nov. 22, 1913, and were fed 238 days. For experimental purposes they were fed in seven lots and the data resulting is not uninteresting: Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot Lot 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Initial weight per steer 497.5 490.0 495.5 489.5 497.5 499.0 485.0 Final weight per steer 1005.0 975.5 1003.0 997.5 987.5 1015.5 952.2-9 Total gain per steers 507.5 485.5 507.5 508.0 490.0 516.5 467.2-9 Average daily gain per steer 2.13 2.04 2.13 2.13 2.06 2.17 1.97 Pork produced per steer. ... 32.8 47.7 46.1 45.4 42.0 29.3 41.4 Cost of gains per cwt $7.96 $8.94 $8.33 $8.66 $8.20 $9.07 $9.14 Necessary selling price $8.40 $8.90 $8.59 $8.75 $8.53 $8.87 $8.99 Profit per steer (pork in- cluded) $12.70 $9.27 $12.91 $12.13 $12.03 $8.86 $7.41 The figures afford a demonstration of the adaptability of the Aberdeen-Angus calf to put on weight at a profit even during a period of high-priced feed, not to speak of the premium to which they are eligible at the market by virtue of superior quality and salability of the beef and satisfactory dressing percentages. 49 H¥in0SMBiO. ^^^ ^w4^. AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF ILLINOIS. Grand Champion Carload Fat Sti-ers ovrr all Bn-eds. litOt! International Live Stock Exposition. Fed and Exhibited liy Funk Bros., and Sold at 17c Per Pound by Clay, Robinson & Co., which i.s the Record Price for a Carload at Chicago. AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF IOWA. Grand Champion Carload Fat Steers at 1906 American Royal Live Stock Show, Kans City, Mo. Fed and Exliibited V:>y the late Claus Krambeck. 50 South St. Joseph Inter-State Live Stock Show Awards Held at South St. Joseph. Mo. (This Show was instituted in 1906.) GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS. Competition limited to Steers. Spayed or Martin Heifers. GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS ON SINGLE STEERS AND FAT CARLOAD LOTS. Grand Champion Single Steer BREED 1906 Aberdeen-Angus 1907 Shorthorn 1908 Aberdeen- Angus 1909 Shorthorn 1909 Reserve, Aberdeen- Angus 1910 Shorthorn 1910 Reserve, Aberdeen- Angus 1911 Aberdeen-Angus Grand Champion Fat Car Lot BREED 1908 Aberdeen- Angus 1909 Hereford 1909 Reserve, Aberdeen- Angus 1910 Hereford 1911 Hereford Inter-State Fair, Sioux City, Iowa GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS ON SINGLE STEER AND STEER HERD, 1905-1912. (Awards, if any, of 1903 and 1904 could not be obtained.) Grand Champion Single Steer Grand Champion Steer Herd breed breed 1905 Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1906 Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1907 Shorthorn Shorthorn 1908 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1909 Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1910 Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen- Angus 1911 Shorthorn Hereford 1912 Hereford 1909 Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot, Aberdeen-Angus. Iowa State Fairs, 1895-1905 GRAND CHAMPION BEEF HERD AWARDS. BREED NAME OF EXHIBITOR 1895 Aberdeen- Angus W. A. McHenry. Denison, Iowa 1896 Aberdeen-Angus Wallace Estill. Estill, Mo. 1897 Hereford Ja?- A. Funkhouser, Plalfsburg, Mo. 1898 No fair held. 1899 Shorthorn T. J. Wornall. Moshy. Mo. 1900 Shorthorn T. J. Wornall, Mosby, Mo. 1901 Aberdeen- Ar ''us W. A. McHenry. Denison. Iowa 1902 Shorthorn G. M. Casey. Clinton, Mo. 1903 Aberdeen- Angus C. H. Gardner, Blandinsville, 111. 1904 Aberdeen- Anaus C. J. Martin, Jefferson, Iowa 1905 Hereford Cargill & McMillan, La Crosse, Wis. 51 American Royal Live Stock Show, Kansas City, Mo. 1906 Grand Champion Fat Carload, Aberdeen-Angus. 1910 Grand Champion Fat Carload, Hereford. 1910 Reserve Grand Champion Fat Carload, AherJeen-Angus. Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo. GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS ON SINGLE STEER AND FAT CARLOAD LOTS, 1906-1914. Grand Champion Single 5teer Grand Champion Carload Lot breed breed 1906 Shorthorn Sho. thorn 1907 Aberdeen-Angus Sho thorn 1908 Hereford Aberdeen- Angus 1909 Aberdeen-Angus Hereford 1910 Shorthorn Hereford 191! Hereford Hereford 1909 Grand Champion Steer Herd, Aberdeen- Angus. 1910 Grand Champion Carload of Feeders, Aberdeen- Angus. 191 I Grand Champion Carload of Feeders, Herefords. 1911 Reserve Grand Champion Carload of Feeders, Aberdeen- Angus. 1912 Grand Champion Carload of Feeders, Herefords. 1913 Herefords. 1914 Aberdeen-Angus. Fort Worth National Show, Fort Worth, Tex. GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS ON SINGLE STEER AND FAT CARLOAD LOTS, 1905-1913. (No Aberdeen- Angus shown prior to 1905.) Grand Champion 5incle 5teer Grand Champion Carload Lot 1905 Hereford Shorthorn 1906 Hereford Aberdeen-Angus 1907 Shorthorn Aberdeen- Angus 1908 Hereford He efo.d 1909 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 1910 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1911 Hereford Aberdeen-Angus 1912 Hereford Reserve, Aberdeen-Angus 1913 Hereford Hereford Rese ve, Aberdeen- Angus A berdeen-A ngus Brandon Winter Stock Show Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Grand Cha.mpion Single 5teer Grand Champion Steer Herd 1910 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1911 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1912 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1913 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen- Angus 1914 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus At the greatest Canadian Fat Stock Show held in Eastern Canada, at Guelph, Ontario, an Aberdeen- Angus steer won Grand Championship over all breeds in 1908 and Grand Champion Steer in 1912 and 1913. An Aberdeen- Angus also won Grand Championship over all breeds at Toronto National Fat Stock Show in 1913. 52 Pure Bred Cattle Sales COMPARATIVE AVERAGES OF AMERICAN PUBLIC SALE PRICES FOR TEN YEARS, AS REPORTED BY "BREEDERS' GAZETTE," 1904-1913. No. of Sales NAME OF BREED Aberdeen- Angus 15 Hereford 23 Shorthorn 48 Galloway I Polled Durham 3 Red Poll NAME OF BREED Aberdeen- Angus 13 Hereford 19 Shorthorn 53 Galloway Polled Durham I Red Poll NAME OF BREED Aberdeen- Angus 18 Hereford 25 Shorthorn 78 Galloway 2 Polled Durham 2 Red Poll 3 NAME OF BREED Aberdeen-Angus 18 Hereford 29 Shorthorn 84 Galloway 3 Polled Durham 3 Red Poll 3 NAME OF BREED Aberdeen- Angus 22 Hereford 24 Shorthorn 82 Galloway 5 Polled Durham I Red Poll 3 1913 1912 No. Av. No. of No. Av. Sold Price Sales Sold Price 797 $171.95 12 627 $138.95 1,311 259.30 15 957 180.40 2,175 220.35 45 1,882 177.40 24 162.00 106 131.70 2 1 83 30 132.85 107.25 1911 1909 1907 1905 1910 723 $143.60 19 995 $167.35 1,203 160.50 20 1,214 146.20 2,258 162.50 49 1 1,999 67 187.50 83.30 42 140.60 3 1 74 41 115.00 185.00 1908 935 1,398 $189.00 127.05 18 15 955 936 $165.10 116.15 3,30S 69 1 59.00 128.05 59 3 2,639 136 146.50 84.50 79 129.45 6 244 124.50 35 97.80 1 3 50.00 1906 1,119 $134.75 25 1,259 $154.90 1,358 123.70 21 1,122 121.15 3.608 160.15 95 4,210 144.90 123 139.05 1 49 108.85 106 130.35 3 81 143.40 7 83.65 1 30 121.00 1904 1,0S4 1,179 $130.35 115.35 21 28 932 1.481 $132.80 117.10 3.512 139.75 65 2,755 101.25 190 103.85 3 133 143.55 34 231.75 7 286 100.00 94 109.80 1 48 70.00 53 AN ABERDEP:N-ANGUS product of COLORADO. Grand Champion Carload Fat Steers over all Breeds at 1908 Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo. Fed and Exhibited by H. W. Moore. AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OP COLORADO. Grand Champion Carload of Feeders over all Breeds at 1910 Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo.. Bred and E.xhibited by George F. Lucore. 54 Why the Aberdeen- Angus Cattle are Popular with Breeders, Feeders, Packers, Butchers and Consumers In an exhaustive review of the beef houses of the leading packers of Chicago, covering a period of several years during which time the packers, wholesale beef market managers, and salesmen were systematically and minutely consulted, the following terse and unanimous opinions were obtained: The form and quality the Aberdeen-Angus breeders of Great Britain and America have succeeded in perfecting, in a large degree through the educational medium of such shows as International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, and Smithfield Show, London, England, in their breed in a comparatively short time, have been instrumental in greatly raising the average standard of beef. Since the systematic use of pure blood has been established in this country, a period which is scarcely worthy of consideration beyond the dates which the Aber- deen-Angus and the packing industry were substantially introduced, the quality or grade of beef animals that have come to market has shown a distinct and constant improvement. The breeder, packer, butcher and consumer are getting closer together as time advances to the mutual benefit of everyone concernd in production and con- sumption of beef. The Aberdeen-Angus bullock is a prime favorite with the packer's buyer because he possesses the desired form, being as a rule exceptionally well developed in loin, crops, back, thigh, twist and rump, the parts from which the high-priced cuts are secured. The wholesale market popularity of the Aberdeen-Angus has been brought about by the sheer merit the carcasses of well-bred animals of the breed have invariably exhibited on the hooks. The packers' salesmen like the Aberdeen- Angus because their carcasses fill the eye of the butchers and therefore command ready sale at top prices. 1 he inherent early maturing characteristics of the Aberdeen-Angus bullock bring him to market very young at a time when the quality of beef is at its best to cut up economically for the butcher's trade and satisfy the most fastidious con- sumer. The Aberdeen-Angus invariably bangs up a well proportioned caicass on the hooks which shows a large proporticn of lean meat, with just enough fat interspersed to give proper flavor and juiciness. The Aberdeen-Angus carcass is invariably characterized by compactness, smoothness and fineness of bone, attrib- utes which are constantly sought by the butchers. The Aberdeen-Angus bullock matures or ripens evenly at any age and is always free from exterior gobs of fat, which is known in beef house circles as "'soap stock." We predict an unprecedented future for the Aberdeen-Angus bullock, even greater than he has enjoyed in the past, which everyone is familiar with, because 55 he matures at the right age or any age and produces a quality of beef that always finds a ready outlet at top prices. Although the quality of beef has been greatly improved by the systematic efforts of breeders, packers and butchers, it is never- theless true there is and always will be "plenty of room at the top" for improve- ment. The demand for high class beef such as the Aberdeen-Angus bullock pro- duces can never be overdone, thus it behooves every farmer and producer of beef to raise or produce Aberdeen-Angus bullocks or animals that possess their form and quality, which are considered the most economical and remunerative for the breeder, packer, butcher and consumer. The Aberdeen-Angus Leads All Other Breeds in Point of Early Maturity Much has been written pro and con about the merits of the leading beef breeds on the point of early maturity. The zealous advocates of their respective breed have claimed everything and made assertions that could never be substan- tiated because of the lack of conclusive facts. The promoting policy of the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Associa- tion has been and is at present to obtain all the actual results of the leading Fairs, Shows and Expositions of the country, especially the results of the leading Fat Stock Shows of Great Britain and America as well as the results of the investi- gators in all research work pertaining to the beef breeds of cattle. The conclusions of Jas. A. B. Watson and Ernest Harrison bear so accu- rately on the point of maturity that every Aberdeen-Angus breeder should fortify himself with, and spread among his neighbors, the following significant facts: "In comparing the rate of growth in the different breeds the Aberdeen Angus attains its full weight more rapidly than does the Shorthorn or Hereford. This IS true of both sexes." The above statement and proof of the superior early maturing merits of the Aberdeen-Angus breed were obtained after an exhaustive and thorough investiga- tion. The practical and scientific significance of the above conclusion should be the means of enlightening breeders and feeders of beet cattle throughout the country, because Professors Watson and Harrison have spent their entire lives in practical and scientific study of farm animals. They received their degrees as Bachelors of Agriculture at Edinburgh Uni- versity, Great Britain, took additional work at the leading universities in Germany, and later finished at the Iowa State College, where they received degrees as Masters of Agriculture. They are now holding responsible positions in agri- 56 cultural colleges in Great Britain, and because of their unusual training and famil- iarity with live stock in Europe as well as in America, their conclusions are unusually valuable. The results of Professors Watson and Harrison corroborate the unanimous opinions and statements of the experienced beef buyers and salesmen of such packing firms as Armour & Co., Swift & Co., Morris & Co., Cudahy & Co., Pfaelzer & Co., etc. The leading packers are unable to allow their buyers and salesmen to give out signed statements concerning the comparative merits of the leading beef breeds. If it were possible to secure signed statements of the experi- ences of beef salesmen and buyers the degree in which Aberdeen-Angus lead and excel their rivals in point of early maturity could be more forcibly demonstrated. The popularity of Aberdeen-Angus as baby beef is chiefly due to the inherent early maturmg qualities of the breed. The attractiveness of the Aberdeen-Angus baby beef carcass on the packers' beef house hooks and the economical and profitable manner the carcass cuts for the butcher has made the Aberdeen-Angus baby beef extremely popular. The size and quality of the Aberdeen-Angus bu'Jock makes him the most popular beef animal and it seems reasonable to predict the Aberdeen-Angus will long continue to lead all other breeds in point of early maturity and in the popu- larity the breed has gained among packers and butchers as the most perfect beef animal that the world has yet produced. 57 Progressive Agriculture Extracts from *'The Country Gentleman," May 2, 1914 George M. Rommel, Chief of the Federal Division of Animal Husbandry, Washington, D. C, has been heralding the possibilities of the South as a beef producer for many years, and while the work of the Department of Agriculture, especially Bradford Knapps Division of Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration Work, has borne much fruit the past few years, the greatest strides in the cattle industry have been made the past year. A realization of the possibilities of the South as a beef producer has been in evidence for many months in a measure greater than the most optimistic anticipated. Chief Rommel, when recently interviewed by "The Country Gentleman," stated as follows: "The South is the coming catt'e country. The South is full of native scrub cows that are good breeders. The tick is being annihilated. The pasture grasses are rich and I have produced beef in that country at a cost of less than five cents a pound. What the South needs is better breeding stock and more of it." Then Mr. Rommel, presenting his idea of facilitating the pure-bred cattle industry in the South to a representative of one of the beef breeds of cattle, said: "\ou get your breeders' association to hold sales of pure-bred breeding stock in the South and you'll sell every good animal you offer. The South wants these animals and it is deluging us with inquiries as to where they can be had. Will your association back up the soundness, breeding and genera^ quality of any breeding stock it would offer at such sales? If so, then you and I can talk business." "Of course," replied the man. "Our association will stand behind the rep- resentation made by any and all of its members." "That won't do," declared Mr. Rommel emphatically. "If your associa- tion and the Department of Agriculture are going to co-operate you've got to do better. You've got to guarantee every animal offered — the association as a body must make this guarantee and stand responsible." "Can't do that — never have done it." Mr. Rommel proposed this altogether new and revolutionary scheme to other breeders and got the same answer. He kept going, however, and at last an officer of the American Aberdeen-Angus Association jumped at the chance. But the enthusiasm didn't enthuse the individual members of the association as it did the officers. Who ever heard of an association holding sales in the South, the land of scrubby cattle and the cattle tick? It would be a waste of money to attempt it! 58 So the Association did this: It took the money right out of its own treasury and bought a good herd of top-notch breeders. It sent those breeders to Mont- gomery, Alabama, and tried the experiment. In the mean time Mr. Rommel had explained the situation to Bradford Knapp, in charge of Farmers' Co-operation Demonstration Work in the South, and had asked him to have his demonstration agents advertise the sale to all the farmers. The result was that when the sale was held every farmer who wanted good blood for his beef herds was there to outbid his neighbor. Every farmer rested assured that he was getting the worth of every dol'ar he spent. Here was a breeders' association guaranteeing every animal offered; here was the Department of Agriculture advertising the occasion and doing everything to make it a success. The association offered thirty-six head at this sale in Alabama, and thirty-six head were sold at topnotch prices; and before this article appears in print the American Aberdeen-Angus Association will have held another sale in Memphis, Tennessee, conducted under identically the same co-operation arrangement with the department. "The best part of it all is that the Aberdeen-Angus Association has set a precedent," said Mr. Rommel. "It is the first time that an association has pledged its own name in connection with such a sale, and it is the first time that an asso- ciation has gone down in its official pocket to furnish money for purchasing the animals offered. "I can see a great deal more in these sales at Montgomery and Memphis than satisfied purchasers, satisfied sellers and better stock for the South upon which to build its cattle industry. I can see the beginning of the day when breeders' associations will co-operate with the Department of Agriculture in all lines of its work. And when that day comes the South and every other section of the country will be on a bedrock foundation so far as the livestock industry is concerned. "I look for the other breeders' associations to fall into line as soon as the success of this initial experiment has become well known. Why shouldn't the Jersey breeders, the Shorthorn breeders, the Hereford breeders, the Percheron breeders, meet the department half way? We advocate better stock and more of it ; we have the machinery to advise would-be purchasers as to where the stock we advocate can be had. All we want is that associations and not individuals stand sponsor for every animal sold, and they will find that the department can practice co-operation as we'jl as preach it. " That this move will open new fie'ds to the established breeders' associations and will prove a blessing to the men in the South who are beginning to realize the value of their lands and their scrub cows, is not debatable. It is self-evident. A year ago Mr. Rommel sounded a warning against the wholesale shipments 59 of scrub cows from the South to the West for breeding purposes. He begged the original owners of these cows, which were being sold for from fifteen to twenty dollars a head, to hold on to them. "It isn't the initial value of the cow that you must consider," he argued. "You are depleting the breeding stock of this section of the country and you will never be able to get it back. Your scrub cows are invaluable as breeders. "In this country of natural and abundant pasturage you can breed these cows to pure-bred bulls and produce calves that at twelve or thirteen months of age will weigh 400 pounds more than the mothers. "In this natural grass belt you can produce feeders cheaper than in any section of the United States. You can produce them at a cost of less than five cents a pound. In our feeding experiments in Alabama we have produced them at a cost of three cents!" 60 Recapitulation of American Fat Stock Shows A comprehensive review of the foregoing pages gives a concise, accurate survey of the beef cattle industry in general and the results and progress of the leading recognized pure-bred beef breeds in particular, in America. A careful study of the results of American Shows for the fourteen years should convince every cattleman that the Aberdeen-Angus breed is justly entitled to the honor of bemg termed the Premier Beef Breed. With the axioms set forth in the foregoing tables supplemented by the unbiased opinions of such able authorities on the various phases of the cattle industry as James E. Poole and George Findlay, the editor fee's it is useless to burden these pages with more elaboration, because the field has been covered thoroughly, the merits of all the rival beef breeds justly considered and the supremacy of the Aberdeen-Angus accurately and sufficiently established. The average market top prices established in the past by Aberdeen-Angus at International and other leading Shows clearly and very forcibly demonstrate the degree in which the doddie leads all other breeds. The Aberdeen-Angus hold the record for top prices by a margin of 81 cents per cwt. more than the Here- iords and 66 cents per cwt. more than the Shorthorns, covering a penod of fourteen years. 7 his IS an age of progress and it can be truly said of the Aberdeen-Angus breed that it is keeping pace with the rapid development of agriculture. The sphere of Aberdeen-Angus cattle operations has been greatly enlarged the past few years. In addition to the unequaled laurels the breed has won at International Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, and its growth in popularity in the leading corn- belt states, the breed has conclusively demonstrated its ability to adapt itself to every condition that has been found in the various cattle districts of America. The substantial manner in which the breed has popularized and fortified itself in the most fertile cornbelt states is borne out by the records of the Aberdeen- Angus Association and the daily receipts of the leading markets. The dissemi- nation of the breed and its rapid growth on the ranges of the North, West and Southwest have been forcibly illustrated to the public by the achievements of the breed at Winter Fair, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado; and National Breeders' and Feeders' Show, Fort Worth, Texas. Since the Aberdeen-Angus breed has been exhibited in the West and range country, it has been greatly in the minority; nevertheless, it has won the Single Fat Steer, Fat Carload Lot, Feeder Carload Lot and Carcass, etc., championship honors a greater number of times than any other breed. This is a feat worthy of careful consideration by range men, because these Shows have been conducted along practical lines, thus their results are entirely practical. 6! This is not only an age of progress in this country, but of expansion that has scarcely ever been approached during the history of any other country. While there has been great activity in nearly every kind of agriculture there has, natu- rally, been lack of enthusiasm in the pure-bred cattle industry until recently. The pronounced shortage of beef cattle reached its climax durmg the past year and at present farmers and breeders in every part of the country have felt the stimulus of necessity and are now clamoring for pure-bred cattle with a vengeance that has made the pure-bred trade the best that has ever existed in America. The universal superior merits of the Aberdeen-Angus breed give it a coveted position of prestige, thus it behooves every Aberdeen-Angus advocate at this particular time to lend his enthusiastic efforts in order that the doddie may accom- plish greater achievements. The cornbelt states have been liberal importers from Great Britain since the introduction of the breed to this country. During recent years the cornbelt has l)een an exporter to Canada and during the past year more Aberdeen-Angus cattle have been shipped to southern states from the cornbelt than during the entire history of the breed in America. 1 he co-operation of the United States Government has educated the southern farmer to a point where he is now fully aware of the vastness of the southern states as a beef catt!e breeding field. The price beef is now selling for and the assurance by conditions that prices will continue more steady and as favorable and in all probability become more favorable under improved methods of feeding make it logical to predict beef production in the south is only in its infancy. Many able authorities have already stated the south will eventually be the great beef producing section of this country and will need all the surplus pure-bred cattle the cornbelt can produce. Every indication points toward greater activity and success in beef produc- tion, not only on the high priced land of the cornbe't, but also in the southern states and ranges of the west. Beef production has been a success for centuries in Great Britain on all kinds of land, thus there is every reason to believe it can be made successful in a much larger measure and scale in this country. The population of this country is constantly on the increase and the demand for beef becomes greater every year. The constant change from careless, slip- shod methods of farming to a systematic, intensive form presents a very favorable condition for the Aberdeen-Angus breed because it not on'y thrives under rather adverse conditions, but responds most favorably to those intensive and ideal. Every condition is ripe for an unprecedented revival in the beef cattle business, and the foregoing pages set forth the overwhelming evidence the Aberdeen-Angus breed has in its favor and the manner and degree in which it leads all other breeds in the production of high-class beef, thus it behooves eve!ry Aberdeen-Angus breeder or advocate to exploit the superior merits of the famous market toppers (Aberdeen- Angus) to every cattleman and farmer in the country. 62 Results of British Fat Stock Shows Held at London, England Birmingham, England Edinburgh, Scotland Aberdeen, Scotland Dublin, Ireland 63 VIOLET 3d OF CONGASH, Breeding Matrdn, Grand Champion Cow of Great Britain, 1909. Imported in 1910 and owned by Jas. D. McGregor. Grand Champion Cow of Canada and Champion Cow at International Live Stock Exposition. Chicago. r-^v^ BEAUTY OF WELBECK. 1913 Grand Champion Fat Animal over all breeds at Smithfield Fat Stock Show, London. England and Birmingham Fat S'tock Show, Birmingham, England. Bred and exhibited by the Duke of Portland. 64 Introduction A section of this pamphlet has been devoted to the principal Fat Stock Shows of the British Isles for the purpose of presenting the results of the past decade in simple, concise and accurate form, and incidentally to show the material growth and advancement the Aberdeen-Angus breed has made in its native land. Every American cattleman that has handled beef cattle fully realizes how much the Britons have contributed to Americans and other peoples by their prac- tical and scientific work in the production of animals that have made the cattle industry of this country the greatest in the world, and one of the chief sources of America's agricultural wealth. A study of the history of the breeds in the British Isles reveals the fact that the Shorthorn interests were stimulated at an early date and swept over, even the habitat of the Aberdeen-Angus. The Watsons, McCombie, Sir George McPher- son Grant and the stanch pioneer promoters of the Aberdeen-Angus breed, gave it such an impetus about the middle and latter part of the past century, that the tide of progress of the Aberdeen-Angus breed has swept far beyond the borders of the British Isles. We must confine these brief remarks, however, to Scotland, England and Ireland. A half or even a quarter of a century ago, Aberdeen- Angus interests were chiefly confined to Northeast Scotland. Since the merits of the breed have become universally known it has forged its way into the South of England, leaving, as it were, a path of permanent black beasts the entire length and breadth of the United Kingdom. There has also been a steady migration of Aberdeen-Angus to Ireland. This keen demand has been especially noticeable during the past decade and has great'y curtailed the operations of Americans. The Shorthorns have been the strongest rivals the Aberdeen-Angus have had to contend with in every part of the British Isles, but after a perusal of the follow- mg tables it must be admitted the Aberdeen-Angus have outstripped the Shorthorns. The Hereford is a conspicuous rival of the Aberden-Angus in America, but does not furnish much competition or win many prizes when pitted against the Aberdeen Angus and its crosses in the British Isles. In connection with British shows we also give a review of 1913 as it was published by the Banffshire Journal which, we believe, studied in connection with tables, forms a recapitulation of points that should suffice to enlighten every cattle- man of the progress the beef breeds have made in Great Britain and Ireland. 65 Aberdeen- Angus and Their Crosses Review of 1913 British Fat Stock Shows. By J. R. Barclay, Secretary. Breeders of Aberdeen-Angus cattle have every reason to feel proud of the renewed proof which the bred has afforded during the past fat stock show season of its superior properties in regard to beef production. Scarcely a show of any importance has passed which has not seen Aberdeen-Angus animals or crosses of that breed occupying the places of honor, and to a greater degree than ever before perhaps has the cross between Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn lines of breeding dominated the cross-bred classes at the various shows. Both in England, in Scot- land, in Ireland and at the greatest of America's fat stock shows have the superior merits of this great beef producing breed been proclaimed, for at all the leading shows of these countries pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus anima's or crosses of that breed carried off every honor for which they could compete. The season began as usual with the fat stock show at Norwich, and here ihe breed and its crosses made a debut which was in keeping with the marvelous record which was to be set up during the following three weeks. At this show the question of relative breed merits is given full scope to, as the principal section is for animals of any pure breed with the exception of Red Polls. In the young steer class no fewer than the first four in the list were pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus. Similarly in the section open for cross-breds, steers of Aberdeen-Angus breeding and type were first and third, while in the two-year-old class the leader was a first cross, being by a Shorthorn bull and out of an Aberdeen-Angus cow. In the class for heifers of any pure or cross breed other than Red Polls a first cross of Aberdeen Angus type was first, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus second and a cross from the Aberdeen-Angus third. Even more notable were the wins of the breed and its crosses in the champion awards. The best beast bred and fed in Suffolk was a black steer. The best steer in the show was a cross-bred, as was also the reserve best steer, while the best heifer in the show was a cross-breed and the reserve a pure Aberdeen-Angus. The last two also carried off the championship and the reserve championship of the show. Thus at the initial show of the series cattle of Aberdeen-Angus breeding or crosses of the breed carried off every possible award. Next in order came the show at Horsham, and naturally the Sussex breed won on their own ground. The reserve for the championship, however, was an Aberdeen-Angus heifer, which was also the best beast in the show other than Sussex, the reserve for this honor also going to a cross-bred heifer of Aberdeen- Angus type. Much interest as usual centered round the Birmingham show, and although Scotch cattle do not now appear there in such numbers as in former years, prior 66 to the institution of the Edinburgh fat stock show, the north country breed was exceedingly well represented. In the classes for cross-bred cattle Aberdeen-Angus blood predominated, leading both in the two-year-old and yearling classes for steers and the two-year-old and yearling classes for heifers, the cup for the best cross- bred and the reserve going to first crosses of Aberdeen-Angus breeding. The championship of the show was won by a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus heifer and a black-polled cross-bred was reserve, while a steer by an Aberdeen Angus sire won the cup for the best yearling in the show. At the Edinburgh show there were again revealed the superior qualities of the breed and its crosses in regard to the properties of beef production, for in the lour classes for cross-bred cattle, containing in all thirty-nine entries, there were only three cases in which Aberdeen Angus breeding was not represented, while in every case the leading awards went to animals largely bred to Aberdeen-Angus blood. The champion of the section was a yearling by an Aberdeen-Angus sire, while the reserve was a two-year-old by a Shorthorn sire and out of an Aberdeen- Angus dam, another proof of the fact that whether introduced through the sire or through the dam, the prepotency of Aberdeen-Angus blood in beef production never fails to tell. The yearling Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn cross steer, already indi- cated, won the championship of the show and a pure bred Aberdeen Angus steer was reserve. The championship for the best heifer was also won by a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus, the reserve being a black-polled cross-bred. An interesting show is always held at Redhil', and even here where the breed could not be expected to be so largely represented as at some of the other centres, it managed to hold its own, the championship being carried off by an Aberdeen- Angus Sussex cross, while it was noted that in the course of the fat stock shows held in the adjoining county of Kent the Aberdeen-Angus had more than ever dommated the shows, some wonderfully fine Aberdeen-Angus Sussex crosses being shown. There was a large display of well-finished cattle at the Forres show, and here again a black polled bullock won the championship, and entries of similar breeding carried off the other leading awards. Smithfield is of course the most important show of the kind held in Great Britain and there always exists amongst the followers of the different breeds a keen and healthy rivalry to excel at this great gathering. Of recent years no breed has produced more champion winners at Smithfield than has the Aberdeen-Argus, indeed over a period of the last dozen years or so it has provided more champions than all the other breeds combined. This year's show added fresh laurels to the Smithfield record of the breed. A pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus heifer was champion of the show and a black poMed heifer by a Shorthorn sire and out of an A-berdeen- Angus dam was reserve champion. Then the best steer of the show had in him a good deal of Aberdeen-Angus blood, while the reserve to him was a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus. A blue-grey by an Aberdeen-Angus bull won the championship 67 lor the best yearling, and a purebred Aberdeen- Angus was reserve. Then as regards the carcase competition the championship went for the carcase of an Aberdeen-Angus heifer, which was pronounced by butchers to be as near perfec- tion as is ever likely to be attained. The depth of roasting meat was extraordinary and the proportion of the cheaper qualities remarkably small. The dressed carcase Nveight was 65.4 per cent, of dead to live weight. The reserve for the champion- ship went to the carcase of a cross-bred bullock combining Shorthorn and Aberdeen- Angus blood, It is interesting to note that in the various classes for cross-bred cattle there were in all seventy entries. Of these no fewer than fifty combined Shorthorn and Aberdeen-Angus blood, while Aberdeen-Angus blood was also shown in combination with Devons, Red Lincolns, Sussex, Red Polls, &c. Of the twenty-four money prizes, however, every one was won by animals either by Aberdeen-Angus bulls or out of Aberdeen-Angus cows, Devons and Lincoln Reds being also successfully shown in combination with Aberdeen-Angus. That the breeding of high-class butcher's cattle from Aberdeen-Angus founda tions is also being largely and successfully followed in Ireland was again shown by the successes of Aberdeen-Angus crosses at the winter show of the Royal Dublin Society. The supreme championship of the show went to an Aberdeen-Angus steer and a byre companion bred on the same lines was reserve for that honour. At Aberdeen, the centre of perhaps the largest cattle feeding district in Scotland, the breed again gave an exceedingly good account of itself. It won the reserve championship of the show; the cup given for the best car load of eight cattle, as also reserve for that honour; the special prize for the best butcher's animal, and the reserve; and the special prize for the best heifer in the show. Other shows may be briefly noted. At the Suffolk show the championship went to a black polled cross heifer, while at Watford the champion was an Aberdeen-Angus, and at Exeter the leading award of the show was won by an Aberdeen- Angus heifer. Of the Aberdeen-Angus breed at the International show at Chicago it was remarked that the Aberdeen-Angus story was a marvellous recital of the super- lative in beef production. The display of the breed outstripped any of the previous records, startling though some of them are, and all of which augurs weU for the solution of the absorbing problem of the future of America's beef supply; the Aberdeen-Angus breed is ready to furnish the greatest common divisor. The ripe Aberdeen-Angus steer, further rem.arks the greatest of America's live stock journals, has no superior as a finished product. It has a vastly important role in furnishing beef for the eager markets of the world and in finishing the raw product of corn- belt farms. In a grade Aberdeen-Angus steer — Glencarnock Victor 2nd — there was found the grand champion of the show. In the carload competition the three year-olds, two-year-olds, and yearlings were all of Aberdeen-Angus breeding, and so as a matter of course was the champion carload. Then in the carcase competition the breed scored a notable victory, securing four out of the five prizes for carcases 68 of two-year olds, and the whole five prizes for yearlings. The champion steer was an Aberdeen-Angus, which gave a dressed carcase return of 66.97 per cent. Other shows might be dealt with in further evidence of the season's successes of the Aberdeen-Angus and its crosses, but the above may suffice, for wonderful indeed is the record which it establishes. That record may be briefly epitomized as follows: — Norwich — Best Animal bred and fed in Suffolk; Best and Reserve Best Steer; Best and Reserve Best Yearlmg; Champion and Reserve Champion of Show. Horsham — Reserve Champion of the Show. Birmingham — Best Cross-bred and Reserve; Best Yearling. Champion and Reserve Champion of Show. Scottish National — Champion Cross-bred and Reserve; Champion and Reserve Heifer; Champion and Reserve of Show. Redhill — Champion of Show. Forres — Champion of Show. Smithfield — Best Steer and Reserve Best Steer; Best Yearling and Reserve Best Yearling; Champion of Show and Reserve Champion; Champion Carcase and Reserve Champion. Dublin — Champion and Reserve Champion of Show. Aberdeen — Champion of Show; Best Carload; Best Butcher's Animal; Best Heifer. Suffolk — Champion of Show. Watford — Champion of Show. Exeter — Champion of Show. Chicago — Champion Two-year-old; Champion One-year-old; Grand Champion of the Show; Champion and Reserve Champion Carload; Champion and Reserve Champion Carcase. 69 Smithfield Fat Stock Show Cross-Bred Champion and Reserve Champion Awards, 1 900- 1913 STEER OR HEIFER. I Champion — Shorlhorn-Polled-Shorlhorn ( Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-ShoYlhorn-Aberdeen- Angus 1 Champion — Polled-Shorthorn-Polled ( Reserve Champion — Shorthorn--Shorlhorn->lterJeen-y1 ngus 1900 1901 1902 1903 IQfl/l i Champion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus I Reserve Champion — Shorthorn-^5erJeen->lngu5-Shorthorn IQ^. 1 Champion — Shorthorrx- Aberdeen- Angus I Reserve Champion — Shorlhorn-y4fcerJeen-.^ngus-Shorthorn J Champion — Shorthorn-Shorthorn-^ fcerJee;i-v4ngu5 ( Reserve Champion — /lierJeen-^lngus-Shorlhorn-^lterJeen-y^ngus Champion — A berdeen-A rigu5-Shorthorn Reserve Champion — ^fcerJeen-^ngus-Shorlhorn 1906 r Champion — Shorlhorn-y^terJeen-^lngus Li Reserve Champion — Aberdeen- Angus- Aberdeen- Angus-Dexter lOfiT i Champion — Shorthorn-^ fcerJeen-^ngus I Reserve Champion — ^fcerJeen-y4ngus-Shorthorn 1908 \ Champion — Shorthorn-^ berdeen-A ngus I Reserve Champion — ^terJeen-^Jngui-Shorthorn lOno i Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorihorn-Aberdeen-Angus I Reserve Champion — y4fcerJeen-/lngu5-Cross 3 Champion — ^fcerJeen-y^ngus-^fcerJeen-yilngus-Shorlhorn ( Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorlhorn-Aberdeen-Angus J Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorihorn-Aberdeen-Angus I Reserve Champion — /IfcerJeen-y^ngus-Shorthorn-Blue Cross ( Champion — ^fcerJeen->lngus-Shorlhorn / Reserve Champion — /4fcerJeen-y4ngu5-Shorthorn _ j Champion — Shorthorn-^ fcerJeen-^ ngus j Reserve Champion — Shorthorn-v4fcerJeen-^ngiis Smithfield Grand Champion Awards Grand Champion Steer or Heifer Reserve Grand Champion Steer or Heifer BREED breed 1900 Hereford Cross-bred Shorthorn-Polled-Shorlhorn 1901 Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred Polled-Shorthorn-Polled 1902 Aberdeen- Angus Cross-bred Shorthorn-Shorthorn-^lterJeen- Angus 1903 Cross-bred Shorthorn-^ terJeen-^ ngus Aberdeen-Angus 1904 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 1905 Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn 1906 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 1907 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 1908 Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred y4fcerJeen-/lngus-Shorthorn 1909 Aberdeen-AnPus Cross-bred y4fcerc/een-/ingus-Shorthorn-/4ter- Jeen-^ngus 1910 Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn 1911 Shorthorn /lterJeen-^ngus-Shorthorn-yifcer£/een-/4ngus 1912 Shorthorn Shorthorn 1913 Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus 70 Summary of Smithfield Fat Stock Show Awards, 1900-1913 The Smithfield Fat Stock Show in the sphere of Fat Stock Shows can be justly called the Supreme Court, and its decisions without question represent a true index of the best that has been produced and exhibited on the British Isles. Among the stockmen of the British Isles the Smithfield Show of London holds the same position of prestige as the International Exposition of Chicago holds among the stockmen of the United States and Canada. Further comparison would not be in order at this point; however, suffice it to say the Smithfield Show has been in existence for over one hundred years and without question has the most complete detailed classification worked out for finished fat stock, considering the field it has to perform its operations, and presents the results in the most concise and method- ical manner of any Show. A review of the past fourteen Shows reveals the bare, terse facts and shows that 267 prizes were awarded, constituting 539 different combinations of blood of the different breeds, which were won as follows: Aberdeen-Angus, 232; Short- horns 240 ; Galloways, 2 1 ; Devon, 1 8 ; Herefords, 3 ; Highland, 1 ; Dexter, 2 ; Ayrshire, 1 ; Polled, 16; Sussex, 3; Blue-Grey, 2. In competition for Grand Championship honors, out of fourteen possible places, pure-bred Angus won seven times and a cross-bred Shorthorn-Aberdeen- Angus once, pure-bred Shorthorn five times, pure-bred Hereford once. Pure- bred Aberdeen-Angus also won four Reserve Grand Championships and five of the other Reserve winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus or polled blood, while a pure-bred pure-bred Shorthorn won three times and seven of the other Reserve winners possessed Shorthorn blood. These results show that the Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns have furnished the bulk of the prize winners with Shorthorns a trifle in the lead in open classes. To put the results in common phraseology, other breeds have simply not been in it as far as Smithfield results are concerned. It is in competition for the highest honors. Grand Championships, that the Aberdeen- Angus breed is distinguished and shows superiority over the Shorthorn. The de- cisions of the Grand Championship honors show that when the pure-bred Shorthorns and their crosses, together with other breeds, were pitied against the Aberdeen- A.ngus and their crosses, the Aberdeen-Angus have overwhelmingly triumphed in gaining supremacy over the Shorthorns, as well as a\\ other breeds, in the pro- duction of high-class beef. 71 SHORT LOIN OF A (",RAXD CHAMPION CARCASS'. RIB ROAST OF A GRAND CHAMPION CARCASS. 72 Smithfield Fat Stock Show Carcass Contest Awards, 1 900-- 1913 A w I § « 5 »o |^« 1.2 I ^5 ^2 ^^ ^ ^ ^g a 2 g ^ I , I gs^ gr g1 g>. gi §1^ ^1 §1 l^s g ^ ifc i i§ «. k 2 « « sJ 5 S'^'" $^ ^Vi ^h iit: ^tli^»- ^^ -^^1 c ■" -^^ ^ti 2 ^^^ c Su =3 fl S-H^ 11 ill il lii ^ il ii^ 1^ iss pi I ^ ii 1 il I il I I I pi 19^4^ \7U^ 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12345 12343 12345 12345 12345 12345 12 3 4 5 , , , ,J11 nonm OOGOO 00000 00000 02000 00000 OOOCO 00000 00000 00000 00040 00000 00000 00300 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 1900 ,teer 2 years and under 3 lOUUU UUUUU wuuu u ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^2000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOCOO 00 000 1900 sleer under 2 years OOUOU UWUU uuuuu .^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ qqqqq qqqqq qq^qq qq^^^q qqq^q ^2000 00000 00000 00000 00000 0x3 1900 heifer under 3 years..... OUOU UUUUU wuuu uuuw ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ q^^qq q^^qq q^^^qq qq^^q ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ 0b4 1901 steer 2 years and under 3 10000 UUUUU UULUU uut^u v ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ q^^qq ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ 000 00 1901 steer under 2 years 00000 00000 UUUUU UZUUU UUUUU ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ 0c3 1901 heifer under 3 years..... 10000 00000 OUUUU UUU4U UUUUU uu^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ P^^^q ^^0^^ ^qq^q ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ 000 1902 steer 2 years and under 3 02000 00305 OOOOU UUUUU UUU.U uuu ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ Od3 1902 Sleer under 2 years 02000 00000 00000 00040 UUUUU UUUUU U ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ q^^^^ ^^^P^q ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 00000 1902 heifer under 3 years.... 12000 00300 OOCOO 00005 00000 UUUUU UUUUU U ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ P^^P^ ^^^^^ P^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 0^40 1903 steer 2 years and under 3 00040 02000 00000 00000 OOOCO OOUUU UUUUU UU ^U ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^q^ ^^3^^ 1^^^^^ ^, ^^3 1903 steer under 2 years 00005 02000 OOCOO 00000 00000 00000 OOUUU ULWU UUUUU ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^3 000 1903 heifer under 3 years 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 OUULU UUUUU UUUUU ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ p^p^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^5 0*4 904 Sleer 2 years and under 3 02000 00000 00000 00000 00300 10000 00000 UUUUU IIUUU UUUUU ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^Pq ^^^^0^ 000 00 906 steer under 2 years ^uuu ^^^^^ ^^^^ Qp^p^ q^qqq qqqqq 00005 00000 00000 00U4U UUUUU uuwu ^^^^^^ 000 00 906 he.fer under 3 years OCWU UZUUU lUUUU UUU ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^q^q 000 00300 00000 00000 00000 UUUUU UU ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 907 steer 2 years and under 3 00000 1UU4U UUUUU UUUUU ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ P^^^q 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOU UUIUU ^^^^^ 00000 l1 Ot5 1907 steer under 2 years I^OOU UUUUU UUUUU UUU.U ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^,^000 00000 00000 00000 00000 mm uuuuu ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^q 1907 heifer under 3 years 02000 00000 GOOOO 00000 OUUUU ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^3^^ 00000 00000 00000 00000 OOOOU Ul ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ S ;;::; ^X2;tr.".".^:::::::::::^ = = o oo ooooo ooooo 0.00 oocoo .000 00000 00000 000 5 00 ^^^^^^3 ,,,^^^, >913 steer under 2 years 02000 OCOOO OOOOO OCOOO OOOOO 00300 OOOOO OUUUU It ^^000 02000 ooooo UUUUU Shorthorn. 1913 heifer under 3';ears 10340 00000 00000 OCOOO OCOOO OOOOO 00000 ooooo 00005 U ^^^^^^^ ^^^ Aberdeen-Angus-Shorjhorn^ (g^ ^.^^ ^^, • W Sire Aherdeen-An^s. Dam Sussex, (b) Sire Galloway Da. Highland, (c) S.e G 'lo - J^ (;) Sire Polled. Da. (F) Sire Black Polled. Dam Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn. (g) S re AHerdeen-An«us. Dam Shorthorn y >^^ ^^^ Highland. (h) S,re Aberde Polled. Dam Hereford. (v) Sire Galloway, Dam Ayrshire-Galloway. (r) S.re Aberdeen-Angus. HigWand. (k) Sire Shorthorn. Dam Highland. Summary of Smithfield Carcass Contest GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS. 1900 Cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus- i^ vv /— V1V1.^»_>. Hereford. 1900 Cross bred Shorthorn-Gallo- 1901 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus. way. 1902 Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus. 1901 Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus. 1903 Pure-bred Welsh. 1902 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus. 1904 Cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus- 1903 Cross-bred Black Polled Aber- Shorthorn. deen- A ngus-Shorthorn. 1905 Cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus- 1904 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus. Shorthorn. 1905 Pure-bred Welsh. 1906 Cross-bred Shorthorn-/ii>er- 1906 Cross-bred Shorthorn-zi /)er- deen-Angus. deen-A ngus-Shorthorn. 1907 Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus. 1907 Cross-bred Sussex-Shorthorn. 1908 Cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus- 1908 Cross-bred Galloway Ayrshire- Dexter. Galloway. 1909 Cross-bred Shorthorn-/! ^er- 1909 Pure-bred Highland. deen-Angus. 1910 Cross-bred Ab erde en- Angus- 1910 Cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn. Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn. 1911 Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus. 1911 Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus. 1912 Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus. 1912 Cross-bred Shorthorn-/4/)er- 1913 Cross-bred Shorthorn-/4^er- deen-Angus. deen- Angus. 1913 Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus. 73 Summary of Smithfield Fat Stock Show Carcass Contest Awards 1 900- 1913 T he table of results of the Carcass Contests of the past fourteen Smithfield Shows presents facts that are worthy of consideration by every cattleman, packer and butcher. During the fourteen years thirteen different breeds took part in the contests, and 204 prizes were awarded which consisted of 312 combinations. The number of combinations were represented by the various breeds as follows: Aberdeen- Angus, 127; Shorthorn, 88; Hereford, 6; Galloway, 23; Welsh, 23; Kerry, 9; Dexter, 12; Sussex, 6; Red Polled, 5; Devon, 3; Highland, 6; Pol'ed, 3; Ayrshire, 1 . In competition for Championships for fourteen years, a pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus won six times and seven of the other Champions possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. One Championship was won by a pure-bred Welsh, the only Champion- ship out of a possible fourteen that was won by an animal that did not possess Aberdeen-Angus blood. Five of the Champion winners possessed Shorthorn blood, one possessed Dexter blood, and another Hereford blood, and in each of the six cases there was a cross of Aberdeen- Angus blood. Out of fourteen Reserve Championship prizes, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus won five times and four of the other prize winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. Six of the crosses that were Reserves possessed Shorthorn blood, two of them Galloway blood, and the Ayrshire and Sussex were each represented once in form of a cross; a pure-bred Welsh won once and a pure-bred Highland once. Considering the four leading beef breeds that are chiefly recognized in America and Great Britain from a percentage standpoint, the table shows 40.7 per cent for Aberdeen-Angus, 28.8 per cent for Shorthorns, 7.3 per cent for Galloways, I per cent for Herefords. From the above deductions and a further realization of the fact that Smith- field and London are to the British Isles and Europe what Packingtown and Chicago are to the United States and America in regard to advancement in beef production and the formation of standards of quality for beef, there is but one conclusion that can be arrived at by all those of sound judgment and that is that the bullocks of other beef breeds are not in it with the Aberdeen-Angus bullocks when they reach the butcher's block, the final test of all animals bred and raised for meat. 74 Birmingham Fat Stock Show Awards 1900-1913 Birmingham, England Cross-Bred Champion Awards, Steer or Heifer BREED 1900 Shorthorn-^terJeen-^ngus-Shorthorn 1901 /iterJeen-^ngu5-Shorthorn 1902 Shorthorn-Shorthorn-^ fcerJeen->lngus 1903 Shorthorn-Galloway 1904 Shorthorn-ylterJeen-^ngus 1905 Shorthorn-^ terJeen-^ngus 1906 Aberdeen- Angus- Aberdeen- Angus- Dexter 1907 Shorthorn-.^ tertieen-^ngus BREED 1908 Aberdeen- Angus- Aberdeen- Angus Shorthorn 1909 A berd een- A ngus-S\\orl\\orn- Aberd een- Angus 1910 Shorthorn-y4terJee/i-/ingu5 191 I Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn-Aberdeen- Angus 1912 /}terJeen-^ngu5-Shorthorn 1913 Shorthorn-^ terc/een-/4ngus Grand Champion Awards Steer or Heifer 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred Pure-bred BREED Shorthorn Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen- Angus Devon Hereford Shorthorn Hereford A berdeen-A ngus Aberdeen- Angus 1910 Pure-bred Shorthorn 1911 Pure-bred Shorthorn 1912 Pure-bred Shorthorn 1913 Pure-bred ^fcerJeen-y4 ngus Reserve Grand Champion Awards Steer or Heifer BREED Pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus Pure-bred Hereford Cross-bred /iterJeen-^ngus-Dexter Cross-bred Shorthorn-Galloway Cross-bred Shorthorn->lfcerJeen-/lngu5 Pure-bred Shorthorn Cross-bred Aberdeen- Angus-T)exter Cross-bred Shorthorn-^ berdeen-A ngus Cross-bred A berdeen-A ngus-Shorthorn Cross-bred /4terJeen->lngus-Shorthorn- Aberdeen-Angus Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred y4fcerJeen-/ingus-Shorthorn- Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred /IfcerJeen-^lngus-Shorthorn Cross-bred Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus 75 Summary of Birmingham Fat Stock Show Awards, 1900-1913 The location of the Birmingham Show and the strongholds of the Aberdeen- Angus, Shorthorn and Hereford cattle should be borne in mind when making an analysis of the awards. Birmingham is located in the heart of England, at the very threshold of the Hereford breed and in a district where Shorthorns have been very popular for a long period of time, while the Aberdeen-Angus stronghold is located in the extreme northeast part of Scotland, thus the distance is compara- tively great, and no doubt tends to reduce the number of Aberdeen-Angus entries. The chief reason, however, why the Scotch Aberdeen-Angus breeders are unable to attend the Birmingham show in greater numbers is because the Scottish National Fat Stock Show at Edinburgh, Scotland, is held the same week. In spite of these features that have militated against the Aberdeen-Angus the past fourteen years, analysis show that out of one hundred and sixty awards con- stituting three hundred and fourteen combinations of blood of different breeds, the Aberdeen-Angus vs^on one hundred and thirty-six. Shorthorns one hundred and forty-six. Galloways twenty-one, Dexters four, Devon two, Blue-grey two, Ayrshire one. Grey Polled one, Herefords only one. Out of fourteen possible Grand Championshps (competition open to Pure- Breds and Cross-Breds) pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus have won six times, pure-bred Herefords twice, pure-bred Shorthorns, five times and a Devon once. Out of fourteen possible Reserve Grand Championships pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus won twice and nine other winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood combined with either Shorthorn or Dexter, while the remaining three Reserves were respectively won by a pure-bred Hereford, Shorthorn and cross bred Shorthorn-Galloway. It also will be noticed that in addition to one of the Reserve winners being a Short- horn, eight of the other winners possessed Shorthorn blood. In number of points for cross-breds the Shorthorn blood leads by ten. This, however, only represents the cross-bred division of the show and can not be con- sidered as the supreme verdict of a show that offers a classification in form of Grand Championship for the competition of pure-breds and cross-breds to determine the best products. It is in the final sift for Grand Championship and Reserve Grand Championship honors that the Aberdeen-Angus completely vindicate their claim of superiority over their rivals. 76 OOOOOOOOC>00'=>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOI-' s S "^ S ^ S" r ►ri o o — o o o o o o o ■= =■ o o o o o o o o o o o =■ o o I-' Sire Hereford )OOOo^^OOOOOOtwOOOO®00^OiSt >oooo^^oooooooi::^oc^©oooO'^c ^•_t:;-irw- ^ . ^ ^_^^^_, ^_-_, oooi^ Sihorthom rating. -.0, ° ^ " 5S-^:^'!^Q3 3. §^ oooooo=>^ooooootioooooooooooto Dam Shorthorn O !:^' ^ 3 ' ^ ^' » rft t i n J ''-"3—3' -^ f-1-— .^(^f-i— ,^(^^^.— ,^. -— ,^, .^.— ^^^t^,— ,&.— Of-1 — =.5 idllM Lr ti W w. O — . 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QQ gaS'C'^ 1 OOOOOOI-'OOOOO^^OMO^-'O^JO^-'OOOOO^J "l Q) Po":^ I ^„__^^_^„^„_„„_„^ ^_ ^_^ Sire Aberdeen- Angus O «^ S 3 05 2 -! a Dam Dexter rating, i-r" OOj"^-^ ooooooooooooooooooooooooootw I _ !5i3:i^ g m CO PD o 3p"rDP'^M ^ Sire Aberdeen-Angus C/) Jf p3si=H.-? ^ ooooooooooooooooooootooooooto Dam Kerry rating. 'O p3s1=H.-c 5 ^^^^-^^--^^^^^^^^oootooooooto Dam Kerry rating. 'O — OS-^SS'jr ." 0<=00 = 0=>0000300000000000M h-jH 5C"* l^^gM02 ^ C r CD ~ 5. ? "- ^ ooMoo = 0000000000000 OOOOOOOI-' sji-e Aberdeen- Angus - . -z n i. ^L^ a, 010 00000 00 000000 to to 000000000 10 Dam Shorthorn t"" ^7^ oS'lJoJcC '— oocoooooooooooooowcoooooooooco rating. Q Q ^x2=r»ao 3 G r^ ^ ^ a ooooooooooot-'oMooooooooo^ooM Cross- l^red '*'°SS''/-pS- £ ooooioo<=<=otootoooooooooooooooto Aberdeen- Angus »^ 3 3 '^ Vj ^ 13^ ^ "^ 0*ci*a -^pjo ?• oooooo^'^ooo>oooowoo'oooooooow rating. a - si 2 "'^s o S»a2 ^i? ^ 0000000 = 00 oooo ooooooocoooo.- Si,-e Galloway B-Ci352 oooooooooooooooooooootoooooto Dam Shorthorn C'-822c-^ "' r) oooooooooooooooo-oooooooooio rating. rr » M '■< O Hv m £. ^^S*^ ^'D T ooooooooooooooooooooooooooi-' & -. < ;5 ^ 3 J, o o o = o o = = o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o to Hereford ratin.g. > l-rl > •-^ ?D g n 1— < • in D OQ _^ =r o p p 3 sO »,*J n 3 OQ (U 13 a- Scottish National Fat Stock Show Awards Edinburgh, Scotland Cross-Bred Animals, Steers and Heifers Grand Champion and Champion Awards, 1897-1913 Grand Champion Steer OR Heifer BREED 1897 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1898 Shorlhorn- Aberdeen- Angus heifer 1899 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn steer Shorthorn heifer 1900 Aberdeen- Angus steer 1901 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn steer 1902 Shorthorn steer 1903 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn steer 1904 Aberdeen- Angus- Cross heifer 1905 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1906 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1907 Aberdeen- Angus Shorthorn heifer 1908 Shorthorn-^ terJeen- Angus heifer 1909 Aberdeen- Angus heifer 1910 Aberdeen-Angus 1911 Aberdeen-Angus 1912 Aberdeen-Angus- Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn 1913 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn Champion Steer BREED 1897 Shorthorn 1898 Shorthorn 1899 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn steer 1900 A berdeen-A ngus- Shorthorn steer 1901 A berdeen-A ngus- Shorthorn steer 1902 Shorthorn 1903 Aberdeen-Angus Shorthorn steer 1904 Highland steer 1905 Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus steer 1906 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn steer 1907 Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn steer 1908 Aberdeen-Angus 1909 Shorthorn 1910 Aberdeen-Angus 1911 Aberdeen-Angus 1912 Gallawoy 1913 Aberdeen-Angus- Shorthorn Champion Heifer or Cow BREED 1897 Aberdeen-Angus 1898 Shorthorn-^lterJeen- Angus heifer 1899 Aberdeen-Angus- Shorthorn heifer 1900 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1901 Shorthorn heifer 1902 Aberdeen-Angus 1903 Shorthorn-/ifcerc/een- Angus heifer 1904 Aberdeen-Angus- Cross heifer 1905 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1906 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1907 Aberdeen-Angus- Shorthorn heifer 1908 Shorthorn-Aberdeen- Angus heifer 1909 Aberdeen-Angus heifer 1910 Aberdeen-Angus 1911 Aberdeen-Angus 1912 Aberdeen-Angus- Aberdeen- Angus- Shorthorn 1913 Aberdeen-Angus 78 Summary of Edinburgh Fat Stock Show The National Fat Stock Show held at Edinburgh is the Supreme Court, as it were, of the Fat Stock Shows held in North Britain. The foregoing shows that during a period of fourteen years one hundred and sixty-five prizes were awarded, which consisted of two hundred and ninety-seven combinations by breeds. Out of these combinations Aberdeen-Angus won one hundred and fifty-four. Shorthorns one hundred and thirty-five. Galloways five, Herefords three. From these facts it can be readily seen that in the open classes Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns won about equal shares of the honors, with the Aberdeen-Angus a trifle in the lead. The list of Grand Championship honors shows that only the Aberdeen-Angus, and Shorthorns by virtue of their winnings in open classes gained entry for Cham- pionship competition. It will be further noted, however, that it is in competition for Grand Championship honors that the Aberdeen Angus breed distinguishes itself and presents to the public in the final test an illustration of the degree in which it excels even the Scotch Shorthorns. Aberdeen Fat Stock Show Aberdeen, Scotland Grand Champion Awards, 1905-1909 Grand Champion Reserve Grand Champion 1905 Aberdeen-Angus Not reported 1906 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1907 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1908 Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus 1909 Aberdeen-Angus-Cross Aberdeen-Angus Royal Dublin Society Show Dublin, Ireland Grand Champion Awards, 1896-1909 BREED Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred t/ue-grep Aberdeen- Angus Aberdeen- Angus Cross-bred, Aberdeen- Angus and Shorthorn Cross-bred, dam. a cross-bred Aber- deen-Angus by a Shorthorn Cross-bred Shor(horn->lfcerJeen-^ngus Detailed information of the Aberdeen Show, Scotland, and the Dublin Show, Ireland, could not be obtained. However, a sufficient number of the Grand Champion awards are given above to show that the Grand Champions of these two Shows have been Aberdeen- Angus or animals thai possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 79 BREED 1896 Cross-bred-fc/ac^ 1903 1897 Cross-bred black-whiteface. sire. 1904 A berdeen-A ngus 1905 1906 1907 1898 Shorlhorn- Aberdeen- Angus 1899 Shorlhorn-y4fcerJeen-^ngus -Mue-grep 1900 Polled Bullock 1908 1901 Aberdeen- Angus 1902 Cross-bred, sire, Aberdeen- ■Angus 1909 ESS OF LIVE STOCK CHICAGO LIBRfiRY OF CONGRESS II llill" I'l I ll ' 002 822 194 «