600 KXPEKIMENT STATION KECOKI). 



Tht! entries of horses from the colleges were much less uunierous than those 

 of fat stock. With Clydesdales Iowa received fifth i)rl5ce for aged stallions and 

 third for yearlings. 



In the special class for college and station stock the competition was, as 

 usual, exceedingly close. With cattle, Purdue won first for two-year-olds and 

 the champlonshii) for single steers with Fyvie Knight. Kansas won second 

 place on two-year-olds, with Nebraska third, and Iowa fourth. For cattle 

 one to two years old, the winner was Minnesota, followed by Iowa, Nebraska, 

 and Missouri. For calves, Kansas won first, Minnesota second and fourth, 

 and Iowa third. The herd championship was won by Iowa. Wisconsin took 

 all the prizes for sheep except third on wether lambs which went to Iowa. 

 Purdue received second and Iowa third for barrows under 12 months, and tlie 

 remaining prizes for hogs went to Iowa. 



Tlie usual large attendance of students led to the remark from The Breeders' 

 Gazette that " more and more the International is becoming an elective course in 

 the curriculum of agricultural colleges." The judging contests were participated 

 in by teams from eight institutions and several others were represented in the 

 crowd of spectators and at the annual meeting of the American Federation of 

 Agricultural Students, which was held December 1. In the contest for the 

 trophy ottered for the highest total scores in judging horses, cattle,, sheep, and 

 swine, first place was awarded to the Iowa College, the remaining competitors 

 in order being, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Ohio, Ontario, find Min- 

 nesota. 



The Armour scholarships contingent upon these contests and upon the prize 

 winnings of the colleges and stations have been awarded, Iowa receiving 7, 

 Nebraska and Wisconsin 3 each, Purdue 2, and Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 

 Ohio, and Texas one each. 



National Dairy Show. — The third National Dairy Show was held in Chicago, 

 December 2-10. The cattle exhibits included 6 breeds from 10 States, the en- 

 tries being appreciably curtailed by the quarantine for foot-and-mouth disease. 

 The milk and cream contest held under the management of the Dairy Division 

 of this Department brought forth 70 entries, representing 20 States scattered 

 from New Hampshire to Utah, the number and quality of the entries showing 

 a marked improvement over those of the previous contest in 1906. There were 

 also extensive exhibits of dairy machinery. 



Special programmes were prepared for creamery and cheese-factory managers 

 and secretaries, milk dealers, and dairy farmers, with addresses by Chief E. H. 

 Webster and H. Rabild of the Dairy Division, E. K. Slater of the Minnesota 

 University and Station, several State dairy and food conmiissioners, and others. 

 A .students' dairy stock-judging contest was participated in by teams from 

 the agricultural colleges of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New 

 York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Texas. The sweepstakes trophy was won by 

 the Iowa College, with Nebraska second and Minnesota third. Special breed 

 trophies were also competed for, Nebraska winning for Jerseys, Cornell for 

 Holstein-Friesians, and Iowa for Guernseys and Dutch Belted stock. 



An informal meeting of the National Association of Dairy Instruetoi's and 

 Investigators was held in coimection with the show, with about 35 in attend- 

 ance. 



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