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cattle, sheep, and swine. Teams of live students each from the Ohio, 

 Iowa, Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and Ontario agricultural 

 colleges took part in this competition, which was in charge of 

 Prof. W. J. Black, the president of the new Manitoba Agricultural 

 College. The utmost fairness characterized the contest. A some- 

 what different method was followed this year than in past years, the 

 hoys appearing singly before the judges after they had completed 

 their work, and giving the reasons for the order in which they had 

 placed the animals, instead of presenting papers to be marked 

 subsequently. While this was something of an ordeal for the boys 

 it enabled the result to be known within a day or two. 



The horse-judging trophy, held by Iowa, was won this } T ear by the 

 Ohio team; and the one for cattle, sheep and swine, held by Ohio, 

 went to the Ontario team. The Ohio boys led in work with cattle as 

 well as horses, Texas on swine, and Ontario on sheep. The latter, 

 however, scored the largest combined number of points in judging 

 cattle, sheep and swine, with Iowa second. The corn-judging team 

 from Iowa won the Cook bronze trophy, held by the Kansas Agricul- 

 tural College, Nebraska ranking second, and Kansas third. 



The spirit of good-natured rivalry which this competition engenders 

 is a healthy one and is something of a stimulus to both students and 

 instructors in their work. Considerable college spirit is developed, 

 and the opportunity to measure swords w T ith another institution is 

 helpful to the boys and those responsible for their instruction. The 

 experience of taking part in such a contest is a valuable one, helping 

 to develop confidence, self-reliance, and decision. 



Properly managed, the students 1 judging contest becomes an attractive 

 and valuable feature of this shoAv. Incidentally it attracts consider- 

 able attention to the colleges and to the practical nature of their work. 



The agricultural colleges and experiment stations were a notable 

 feature of the show, aside from the student representation. The 

 official catalogue showed no less than two hundred and seventy -five 

 entries l:ry them in ninety -five different classes. While some animals 

 were of course entered in more than a single class, this summary indi- 

 cates the wide range covered by their exhibits. The entries were 

 largely in the fat stock, sheep and swine classes, although there were 

 several in the breeding classes and among the horses. Iowa, Michigan, 

 Nebraska, and Cornell University also showed in the dressed carcass 

 classes for cattle, Wisconsin in those for sheep, and Iowa, Cornell and 

 Ohio in those for swine. Seventy-three of the entries mentioned 

 above were in the colleg'e and station specials, seventy being in those 

 provided through the generosity of Clay, Robinson & Co. 



The grand championship of the fat stock show was won by the 

 Iowa State College, with an Angus steer selected by Prof. C. F. 



