498 EXPERIMENT STATiON RECORD. 



Nebraska, Missouri, and Iowa also received other prizes in this class. The 

 champion herd of the show from all breeds was, as last year, from the Minnesota 

 Station. The grand championship of the show again went to a calf, this time 

 a grade Shorthorn, Roan King, exhibited by James Leask of Ontario. The sec- 

 ond choice was the Angus two-year-old Andy of the Minnesota Station, which 

 received the same position last year. 



In the slaughter tests of fat cattle the Iowa College won a first for two-year- 

 olds and a second for yearlings. In the former class Ohio University was third 

 and Kansas fourth, and in the latter Nebraska won a third and a fifth. 



Two of the stations, Purdue and Missouri, participated in the exhibits of 

 carload lots of cattle. Missouri sent a drove of grade Herefords typical of the 

 stock procurable in that section, and Purdue a load of " short fed " Herefords 

 fed by a Purdue senior, which received the first premium in its class. Com- 

 plete data as to kind and cost of feeding and actual profits were available, 

 and the demonstration was regai-ded as of great value. 



With horses the Iowa College was particularly successful, receiving first for 

 light draft horses in harness, third for aged stallions, first and fourth for aged 

 mares, and fifth for two-year-olds in Clydesdales, and first and third for aged 

 mares, second for three-year-olds, and fifth for two-year-olds in Shires. Ohio 

 won fourth place in Clydesdale yearlings. 



In the special classes for college and station stock the competition was keener 

 than ever before. In the cattle classes Minnesota won first on two-year-olds, 

 cattle one to two years old, and the championships for a single steer and a 

 pen of 5. Colorado was second for two-year-olds, Kansas third, and Iowa fourth. 

 For calves Ohio was first, followed by Missouri, Iowa, and Kansas, and for cat- 

 tle one to two years old Kansas was second, Nebraska third, and Purdue fourth. 

 Wisconsin won all the prizes for sheep except first on wether lambs and third 

 on wethers one to two years old, which went to Iowa. i)hio won third for 

 barrows, the remaining prizes for hogs going to Iowa. For the best general 

 exhibit of 5 each of cattle, slieep, and hogs Iowa was first and Ohio second. 



The large attendance of students elicited the remark from Breeders' Gazette 

 that " the agricultural college has made the International one of its elective 

 courses." Delegations were on hand from Illinois. Missouri, North Dakota. 

 Cornell, Texas. Ohio, Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Washington, and 

 Ontario, and teams from 10 of these colleges were entered in the various judg- 

 ing contests. The corn-judging trophy, valued at $1,500, was permanently 

 awarded to Iowa, it having won the trophy for 3 successive years. Iowa also 

 secured permanent possession of the valuable horse-judging trophy, while that 

 for work in judging cattle, sheep, and swine was awarded to Ontario. It is 

 expected that new trophies will be offered for future competitions. 



The Armoiu' scholarships contingent upon these contests and the prize win- 

 nings of the colleges and stations have been awarded as follows: To Iowa 7. 

 to Missouri 3, to Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin 2 each, and to Pur- 

 due and Kansas 1 each. Of the Rosenbaum prizes for the greatest aggregate 

 prize winnings of exhibitors from the respective States, the first prize of $500 

 was awarded to the Illinois University, the second of $.300 to the Iowa College, 

 and the third of $100 to Wisconsin. 



Southern Commissioners of Agriculture. — The Southern States Association of 

 Commissioners of Agriculture and Other Agricultural Workers held its annual 

 meeting at Columbia. South Carolina, November 19-21. During the sessions As- 

 sistant Secretary of Agriculture W. M. Hays discussed agricultural education, 

 reviewing the rise of the agricultural colleges and advocating the centraliza- 

 tion of the rural schools, the establishment of agricultural high schools, and the 

 closer organization of farmers for mutual benefits. 



