. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [February, 1919. THE GRAND CHAMPION STEER AT THE PEACE TABLE ChicagoâWhen Messrs. Lloyd- George. Clemenceau. Orlando, Wil- son, and the diplomats and poten- tates from every other civilized na- tion sit down to the big feed after the>- have settled the boundary fences of the world, they are going to eat the choicest beef steaks America could produce. Fyvie Knight 2d. grand champion steer at the recent Chicago International Live Stock Exposition, which sold for the rec- ord price of $ a pound on the hoof will furnish the "Pe
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [February, 1919. THE GRAND CHAMPION STEER AT THE PEACE TABLE ChicagoâWhen Messrs. Lloyd- George. Clemenceau. Orlando, Wil- son, and the diplomats and poten- tates from every other civilized na- tion sit down to the big feed after the>- have settled the boundary fences of the world, they are going to eat the choicest beef steaks America could produce. Fyvie Knight 2d. grand champion steer at the recent Chicago International Live Stock Exposition, which sold for the rec- ord price of $ a pound on the hoof will furnish the "Peace Meet ; Wilson & Chicago packers, who paid the big price for the Pur- due University pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus that won the highest live- stock honors of the year, have al- ready prepared the steaks and roasts of the grand champion and shipped it to President Poincaire of France, who will have it served at the ban- quet to follow the signing of . the peace terms. Dean Skinner of Pur- due University, from whose classic stables came the dusky Fyvie Knight, has sent word to President Wilson that this meat is the choicest product of the "Hoosier" State University. Dean Curtiss of Iowa State College of Agriculture, some years ago stated that the beef-fed nations of the world ruled it and would undoubtedly al- ways rule it. The fighting rations of the British "Tommy" and the U. S. Yank seems to bear out this assertion. In its anti-scrub cam- paign. Wisconsin has millions of acres }fet to develop that may be utilized for beef growing in spite of the fact that since the discovery of the Babcock test, dairying has been its chief agricultural item, farm ex- perts from Madison point out. The work with beef cattle in the last few years is now beginning to bear fruit, and farmers in all sections are taking more interest in the straight beef breeds as a means to cut labor costs, building expenses and market a prod- uct with a standard market at Chi-
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