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scrub cows was shown in comparison with those of scrub bulls and 

 scrub cows. In the Cow Test Association exhibit there were dis- 

 played charts giving the milk production and comparison of the 

 various cows on exhibition. In the pure bred sire exhibit, several 

 generations of animals on display showed marked improvements in 

 the type of beef qualities brought about by using the pure bred 

 sires. 



The Iowa boys and girls, as in 1920, produced a junior fair which 

 was notable both in size and quality. In the pig club classes there 

 were 204 boy and girl exhibitors showing 460 pigs. The boys' and 

 girls' calf club was likewise well represented and brought out keen 

 competition. One hundred and forty-five baby beeves, 47 pure 

 bred heifers, 35 pure bred lambs and 960 birds in the poultry de- 

 partment were shown by the junior exhibitors. The crowning 

 feature of the junior fair was the boys' and girls' club parade in 

 front of the grand stand on Wednesday afternoon, August 31. 

 This parade with its long lines of prize winners served better than 

 anything else as a testimony of the fact that the future of Iowa's 

 agriculture is in good hands. 



The Iowa State College of Agriculture at Ames staged a won- 

 derful exhibit in the large exhibition room under the grand stand. 

 This exhibit covered practically all activities of the College and 

 contained many interesting and educational exhibits. The new 

 booths which were provided by the fair management greatly im- 

 proved the appearance of the exhibit. In conjunction with this 

 exhibit, the Public Speaking Bureau of the Iowa State College 

 presented three plays daily in The Little Country Theatre. The 

 purpose of the demonstrations was to show how any community 

 might provide its own entertainment by putting on plays of this 

 nature. 



In spite of unfavorable business and predictions that the farm- 

 ers would refuse to purchase more new and modern farm equip- 

 ment until grain and live stock prices were higher, manufacturers 

 of agricultural implements and farm home conveniences staged 

 a monstrous show at the 1921 fair. The forty acre tract devoted 

 to farm machinery, etc., was well filled with gas engines, tractors, 

 silos, plows, mowers and practically every other known type of 

 agricultural implement. The majority of the firms represented de- 

 clared that they were inspired by the optimistic attitude taken by 

 the farmers in attendance. While the sales were not large, a num- 

 ber of sales were reported. This part of the exhibition was one 



