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Show FAIRS AND SHOWS About 1912, John K started showing a few choice rams and ewes at the annual Sanpete County Fair in Manti, and at the Utah State Fair in Salt Lake City. Competition was great on both the state and local level but from the first he won a fair share of top prizes; he proudly displayed his growing collection of ribbon awards, while the prize money helped to defray expenses of exhibiting. Show animals received an unusual or special fitting to appear at their best in a show or fair. And gradually, through observation, study, and experience, John K learned the right or near right answers to his needs. He held a strong belief that proper care and feeding were important in the production of first grade animals. He was a good feeder, not necessarily of quantity, but of quality food. A favorite saying of his was "the best is none too good for my sheep." As his flock grew, both in size and prominence, he found it necessary to buy a lot of hay for winter feed. The hay raised on his ranch provided but a small part of his feeding materials. He also bought cottonseed meal and corn. (Ten years later soy bean pellets became available, and cottonseed meal in pellet form). The amount of money he spent on supplemental feed was exorbitant, but necessary. When one of his competitors, John H. Seely, imported a fitter (Bill Miller) from Scotland, Millar offered some of 118 |