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the fat classes. There was a special class for milking Shorthorns, 

 50 per cent being allowed for beef and 50 for milk production. In 

 the Shorthorn steers the Kansas college took first prize on calves 

 and fifth on 2-year-olds, and Iowa stood second on calves. In the 

 yearling class Minnesota took the first prize, Ohio the fourth. In 

 the Shorthorn Association special, Kansas stood first and Iowa sec- 

 ond in the senior calves class, and Missouri won two prizes in the 

 junior calves. 



The Anerus breed ranked next to the Shorthorn in the number of 

 entries and captured the single-steer championship, the reserve cham- 

 pionship, the champion herd, and the champion group, the get of one 

 sire, and also won 7 out of the 10 prizes ottered in the dressed-carcass 

 contest. The Galloway types exliibited indicated that much improve- 

 ment has been made in their quality as a beef breed since their first 

 introduction to this country, and 2 prizes in the slaughter test went 

 to this breed. The Polled Durham entries sliowed an increase to 52^ 

 and the Red Polls were also represented in greater numbers than 

 ever before. 



In the fat-stock classes there were a large number of exceptionally 

 good steers. The Kansas college won the grand championship with 

 a pure-bred 2-year-old Angus steer, King Ellsworth, bred in Illinois 

 and exhibited last year at the show, when he weighed 1,400 pounds. 

 He was purchased a year ago by the college and fed a ration of corn, 

 bran, oil meal, and alfalfa hay, increasing his weight to 1,750 pounds. 

 The reserve champion was also owned by the Kansas college. In 

 the Angus-steer contest Kansas won first on 2-year-olds, with Min- 

 nesota second, Ohio third, Nebraska fourth, and Purdue fifth, and 

 also first and fifth on yearlings, with Nebraska second, Iowa third, 

 and Minnesota fourth. On calves Minnesota was first, Nebraska sec- 

 ond, and Kansas third, the last named also taking the breed cham- 

 pionship and that for a pen of three. The colleges also took a large 

 number of prizes in the Galloway-steer classes, and in the Polled 

 Durhams Iowa won first in yearlings, calves, and herd, and second 

 in 2-year-olds. 



The gi'ades and crosses were judged from butchers' standards by 

 the championship judge, William Heap, of Manchester, England. 

 The standing of the colleges in these classes was also noteworthy. 

 On 2-year-olds Iowa won second and fourth, Missouri third; senior 

 yearlings, Nebraska first; junior yearlings, Iowa first and third, Ohio 

 fifth; senior calves, Missouri first, Purdue fifth; junior calves, Iowa 

 third and fourth ; pen of three, Iowa second and third, Missouri 

 fourth ; pen of three, get of one sire, Kansas first, Iowa second. 



The value of the car-lot exhibit was much increased by the feeding 

 data which were available. The Shorthorns won the championship 

 in both the fat and feeding cattle classes, and for the first time the 



