522 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



In the college sheep classes the University of Wisconsin won first, second, and 

 third prizes for pure-breds, grades, and crossbred wethers a year old and under 2 

 years. It also took first, second, and third prizes for wether lambs, and a special 

 prize for the best 5 wethers under 2 years old, and showed the champion wether. 



In the college swine show the Iowa Agricultural College won first and third prizes, 

 and the Minnesota Experiment Station second, for barrows under 12 months old, 

 while the former institution also received a prize for the best 5 barrows under 2 years 

 old, and the barrow championship. 



The colleges and stations also won a number of prizes in the classes open to all 

 competitors. In the fat-stock class the grand championship was for the third con- 

 secutive year awarded to a college or station exhibitor, the University of Minnesota 

 winning with the 2-year-old Aberdeen-Angus steer, Clear Lake Jute No. 2, which was 

 last year reserve champion, and was champion over all breeds as a calf. As noted 

 above, he was also champion in the college exhibit. He was bought at auction by 

 the Minnesota Station for about $600, and was fattened at the station, the ration con- 

 sisting of grain with roots and coarse fodder and pasturage during a part of the time. 

 His weight on December 1, 1903, was 1,620 lbs., and on October 11, 1904, it was 

 1,790 lbs. 



Of the prizes for steers of different breeds and ages, the Iowa College won a first and 

 a fifth prize for Shorthorns, a first for Herefords, and a third for Galloways. The 

 Minnesota Station won a fifth prize for Herefords and Purdue University a fourth 

 for the same breed. In the grades and crosses class, the first prize for 2-year-olds 

 was awarded to the Indiana Station, second to the Nebraska Station, and fifth to the 

 Iowa College. In the senior yearlings class the Nebraska Station won fifth prize. 

 In junior yearlings, the first and second prizes were awarded to the Iowa College. 

 In the junior calf class, the Iowa Station received first and the Minnesota Station 

 second prize. 



In the dressed-carcass lots, the second, third, and fourth prizes for 2-year-olds 

 were awarded to the Minnesota Experiment Station and the first prize for yearlings 

 to the Iowa Agricultural College. 



For pure-bred fat sheep, the University of "Wisconsin received a second prize for 

 Shropshires; a second, third, and fifth for Southdowns; a second for Hampshires, 

 and 2 firsts and 1 second for Cheviots, as well as the championship for a wether of 

 this breed. In the grades and crosses class the same institution received 2 first 

 prizes, 4 seconds, 2 fourths, and 2 fifths, as well as a first prize and the grand cham- 

 pionship for a pen of 5 wethers. In this class the Minnesota Station received 2 

 fourth prizes. The Iowa College received a prize for a carload lot of native wethers 

 1 to 2 years old. 



In the display of fat barrows, the Iowa Station took first, second, and third prizes 

 on Berkshires, as well as all the prizes for which it competed in the Chester White 

 class, and prizes for large Yorkshires, of which it was the only exhibitor. This 

 station was also awarded a grand championship in the Berkshire class of barrows of 

 300 lbs. or over. This hog was later made grand champion of all breeds, and 

 was shipped back to the Iowa College to serve as a model in class work. The Minne- 

 sota Station won a third prize in the Berkshire class, as well as prizes for Tam- 

 worths, in which class it was the only exhibitor. The Iowa Station won three 

 second and the Minnesota Station a third prize for pens of 5 barrows in the Berk- 

 shire classes. The Iowa College won first and third prizes for dressed carcasses 

 weighing 300 lbs. or over and a second prize for carcasses weighing 200 to 300 lbs. 



The University of Illinois did not enter live stock for prizes, but showed a special 

 exhibit of market classes of cattle, which was a collection of carefully chosen animals 

 illustrating all the classes of cattle definitely recognized in the current market quota- 

 tions. Above each animal was a placard showing its class and giving a description 

 of the type. This exhibit excited much interest. 



