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ond ami fourth, Missouri third; senior yearlings, Nebraska first; junior year- 

 lings, 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 champion load, these being 

 yearlings weighing 1,190 lbs., and selling for $15 per hundredweight. This lot 

 was wintered on a ration of corn on the cob with some bran, a little oil cake, 

 and roughage consisting of clover, alfalfa, and timothy. They were carried 

 through the summer in a 20-acre feed lot, with oil cake as a supplementary 

 feed. Cotton-seed meal was tried at one time, but as it was not relished a re- 

 turn to oil cake was made. Six weeks before the show brown sugar was fed, 

 each steer being allowed 1 lb. daily, and 4 weeks prior to shipping they 

 were given a daily ration of oats. The prize car lot of 15 short-fed yearlings 

 were Angus, which made a gain of 5,025 lbs. at a cost of $9.59 per hundred- 

 weight. The feed consumed in addition to pasture was stated to have been 360 

 bu. old corn, 450 bu. new corn, 75 bu. crushed oats, 1 ton oil meal, and (5 tons 

 clover hay. The premium car lot of two-year-olds were Herefords which gained 

 4,900 lbs. at a cost of $9..30 per hundredweight. In addition to pasture they con- 

 sumed 3,785 lbs. snapped corn, 4,599 lbs. corn-and-cob meal, 2,095 lbs. linseed 

 meal, and 3,335 lbs. alfalfa hay. The prize winners in the car-lot feeding cattle 

 were mostly from Colorado. 



In the cattle slaughter test 7 out of 10 prizes went to the Angus breed, 2 to 

 the Galloway, and 1 to the Red Polled. The first prize in the class for animals 

 one year old and under two was won by the Universitj^ of Nebraska on a grade 

 Angus with a live weight of 1,390 lbs., dressing 65.8 per cent, and selling for 

 14.25 cents per pound. The first and second prizes for animals two years old 

 Mud under three were also wonby the University of Nebraska, and other prizes 

 in this contest were won by the Iowa College and the Ohio State University. 



The display in the fat classes of sheep w^as of high character and showed a 

 growing interest in mutton sheep in the corn belt. Many prizes were won by 

 the Wisconsin, Wyoming, and Ohio universities. In the dressed carcass contest 

 all the prizes were won by the Wisconsin University except the second prize, 

 which went to the Iowa College. The Southdown was the only breed repre- 

 sented in this test. The first prize yearling dressed 63.48 per cent of the live 

 weight and sold for 10.25 cts. per pound. The first prize lamb dressed 60.64 

 Iter cent live weight and sold for 51 cts. i)er pound. A notable feature of this 

 contest was the uniformity in rating on foot and on the block, the lambs that 

 won first and second in the carcass test having won first and second in the open 

 classes for Southdown lambs. The Wyoming University showed a novelty in a 

 Highland-Cotswold cross. This was cut for inspection, as were the best 5 sheep 

 in both yearling and lamb classes. The forequarter proved to be too heavy, 

 and the percentage of fat to lean far too excessive. The pea-fed lot of year- 

 lings submitted by the Wisconsin University won first as in the past 2 years. 



After an interval of several years the breeding classes for swine were re- 

 established this year. Prizes were obtained by the Iowa College and the Ohio 

 State and Purdue universities. In the dressed swine contest the prize went to 

 a Poland China, which dressed 87.42 per cent, the Iowa College winning third 

 on a Duroc Jersey that dressed 86.27 per cent. The Ohio State University had 

 the only exhibit of fat Large Yorkshires, and showed 3 barrows of the curly 

 coated Lincolnshire breed — the first brought to this country. Two of these 

 were slaughtered and dressed 77.8 and 77.11 per cent respectively. The Iowa 

 Station showed a number of pens of swine that had been used in experimental 

 work which illustrated the efi'ect of feeding different rations. 



