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Domestic News February 24, 1917

The Dickinson Press

Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota

What is this article about?

The North Dakota Live Stock Association held its first midwinter cattle exposition in western North Dakota at Mandan on Tuesday, exhibiting 66 head of purebred Shorthorn, Polled Angus, and Hereford cattle, and 42 head of Percheron, French draft, Clydesdale, and Belgian mares and stallions, valued at $75,000, to demonstrate the quality of local breeding to farmers.

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LIVE STOCK SHOW IS
BEING HELD AT MANDAN

Sixty-six head of Shorthorn, Polled
Angus and Hereford cattle, and forty-two head of Percheron, French draft,
Clydesdale and Belgian mares and
stallions were placed on exhibition at
Mandan Tuesday in the first showing
in western North Dakota by the North
Dakota Live Stock Association. The
animals are valued at approximately
$75,000.

All are pure bred, pedigreed stock,
and raised in North Dakota. While
the animals shown are offered for
sale, the main object of the midwinter
cattle exposition is to prove to the
farmers that North Dakota breeders
are raising just as good stock as
may be purchased outside the state.

What sub-type of article is it?

Agriculture

What keywords are associated?

Livestock Show Mandan North Dakota Cattle Exposition Purebred Stock Shorthorn Polled Angus Hereford

Where did it happen?

Mandan

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Mandan

Event Date

Tuesday

Outcome

animals valued at approximately $75,000; offered for sale

Event Details

Sixty-six head of Shorthorn, Polled Angus and Hereford cattle, and forty-two head of Percheron, French draft, Clydesdale and Belgian mares and stallions placed on exhibition by the North Dakota Live Stock Association in its first showing in western North Dakota. All pure bred, pedigreed stock raised in North Dakota. Main object to prove to farmers that North Dakota breeders raise just as good stock as outside the state.

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