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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
2
A South Dakota livestock meeting hears Koch's disputed stance on human and bovine tuberculosis. The speaker urges pasteurization of milk, tuberculin testing, and sanitary measures to curb transmission from dairy cows to people and hogs.
At a Brookings stockmen meeting the executive committee moved the annual stock show from Mitchell to Brookings for next year. The vote relied on a proxy, sparking questions about committee authority and the by laws. Mitchell residents express regret, noting the show’s long stay in their area and concerns over breeders’ locations.
The South Dakota Improved Live Stock Association adopts resolutions urging reciprocal foreign market access, stricter stallion import laws, hog cholera serum funding, and expanded state support. They commend Mitchell hospitality, request immediate stallion regulation, funding for serum distribution, new laboratories, and a larger State Fair budget, and ask Taft to keep James Wilson as Secretary of Agriculture.
The Mitchell Club rooms hosted a large South Dakota Improved Live Stock Breeders' meeting with a record turnout. Inspectors praised the finest cattle shipment at the Mitchell sale, three cows eliminated for not meeting standards, and papers on tuberculosis. Speaker P. F. Wickham delivered a strong farming method talk, stressing soil preparation, proper plowing, and higher yields per acre.
A crowd heard Secretary Wilson of Brookings discuss beef and dairy cattle at 10 30 this morning. He stressed beef and dairy as separate classes, noted no successful hybrid, and described beef as square and muscular while dairy cows are wedge shaped with strong udders.
Mr Wickham urged careful seed selection and thorough ground preparation to yield good crops, especially with generous rainfall. Dr Keller’s paper sparked interest, and the Mitchell Band entertained the Commercial Committee visitors, earning praise and a vote of thanks. The evening concluded with social time and cigars.
A poultry show for the President Losey silver loving cup drew strong competition. Will Scallin of this city won with White Wyandottes averaging 947.16 points, narrowly ahead of M. Thomas whose Black Langshans were just behind by one eighth of a point.
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