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gested as most suitable. For southern Iowa the same varieties of apples 

 were recommended, except that Jonathan and Grimes Golden should be 

 substituted for Malinda and Northwestern Greening. 



In. the way of cherries it was suggested that there should be three 

 trees of the Richmond and three of the Montmorency variety included 

 in the farm orchard. Also some Concord, Woden, Moore's Early and Ni- 

 agara grapes and some strawberries and a row or so of currants and 

 gooseberries. 



A large number of nuts were on display, to which Superintendent 

 Reeves pointed with considerable enthusiasm, saying: "Farmers in Iowa 

 are so much interested in corn and hogs that they never even give a 

 thought to nuts, which can be raised at a big profit in this state if given 

 proper attention. I hope that men who can forego an income from 

 part of their land for a few years will set aside a few acres for produc- 

 ing some of the many good nuts that can be profitably grown in the 

 state. They would be amply repaid for their efforts in a few years 

 when the trees would come into bearing." 



The state dairy and food commission had the largest display of high- 

 class butter ever seen at the state fair. No fewer than 111 of Iowa's 

 425 creameries had butter on exhibition, and all was of very high quality. 

 Nothing scored less than 87 points out of a possible 100, while the high- 

 est score was 98. Such a showing has never been made before. No 

 less than 83 diplomas were issued, and since the butter had to score 

 92 points or better to 'be entitled to this award it can readily be seen 

 that we have a lot of very efficient butter makers in the state. 



Iowa's dairy industry brings an annual income of about $150,000,000. 

 That at least was the estimate of State Dairy Commissioner Barney 

 for the year ending July 1, 1920. Owing to lower prices since then the 

 figure for the year ending July 1, 1921, will be somewhat smaller. How- 

 ever, dairy products have suffered less from deflation than any other 

 farm product. New York butter prices at the present time are only 

 about five cents a pound below those that prevailed a year ago. Other 

 dairy products have also held up comparatively well. 



A cow and a dairymaid, made of butter and kept in a refrigerator — a 

 real work of art — were admired by thousands of visitors. The cow, 

 especially, was well done. There was scarcely a moment during fair 

 week when this exhibit was not constantly observed by a score or more 

 persons at the same time. It took over 500 pounds of butter to make this 

 exhibit. The cheese display was very small and unimportant, but Iowa 

 produces only about 790,000 pounds of cheese a year, while she pro- 

 duces 96 million pounds of creamery butter and about 40 million pounds 

 of farm dairy butter. The state dairy council in cooperation with the 

 state dairy commission exhibited a model cow done in plaster of Paris. 

 The council also called attention to the high food value of milk. In 

 this booth, figures were also shown that the man who sold dairy products 

 last year received much better prices, relatively, than the man who sold 

 grain. The only lesson one could draw from these figures was that 

 dairying is still the safest enterprise on the farm. 



The Iowa Fleece Wool Growers' Association, which has rendered a 

 great service to its members in marketing their wool during the last 



