PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 75 



Soy beans are rapidly becoming an important crop in Iowa for the 

 silo, but seed, for hay and for hogging and sheeping down purposes. 

 Attention was called by the farm crops department of the college to the 

 varieties best suited for these purposes. For hogging down and for seed 

 the Ito San and Manchu varieties were recommended — the former for 

 the northern part of the state and the latter for the southern portion. 



BEEF CATTLE. 



The beef cattle show was very fine from a quality standpoint. From 

 a numerical point of view, however, it was not so good as it was a 

 year ago but compared favorably with the 1919 show. Though few sales 

 were made on the grounds, breeders appeared to be in good spirits. 

 Most of them were of the opinion that better prices will soon begin to 

 appear as there seems to be a strong demand for good beef-breeding 

 stock throughout the state. The main trouble is that just now it Is 

 difficult for prospective buyers to command the money necessary to 

 stock up with the kind of blood many desire to add to their herds. There 

 appears to be a strong tendency toward securing better stock not only 

 among the farmers, but also among the breeders themselves. This, no 

 doubt, is directly traceable to lower prices for breeding stock; hence, 

 from the standpoint of building up better herds, present relative low 

 values will ultimately prove of value to the beef cattle industry. 



DAIRY CATTLE. 



The dairy cattle show this year fell short of previous years in the 

 number shown. Jerseys led in numbers, with Holsteins second. Only 

 one Ayrshire was entered. Of the 25 head of Guernseys exhibited, 18 

 were shown by Dairyland Farms of Storm Lake. Holstein breeders 

 from within the state did not hold their own in number of entries. 

 Only about one-half of the total exhibits were from Iowa herds. Iowa 

 Jersey breeders got into the competition much stronger and succeeded 

 in annexing a majority of the premiums. The Jersey show was easily 

 the highest quality exhibit among the dairy breeds and the most closely 

 contested. Practically all of the classes were well filled. The Brown 

 Swiss and Milking Shorthorn shows were largely confined to a few ex- 

 hibitors, there being only two entrants in the Brown Swiss and three 

 of the Milking Shorthorn division. 



SWINE. 



Iowa being the greatest hog producing state in the world has the 

 greatest hog show in the world. The showing at the state fair not only 

 is great in point of numbers, but in quality and in enthusiasm of 

 breeders. This year was no exception, although there were not nearly 

 so many animals on the grounds as a year ago. It costs more in freight 

 to get hogs about the country this year and many breeders who ordi- 

 narily make the fair remained at home. 



