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do 25 or 50 per cent more work will be a lot better for profits and 

 for the farm generally than if we spent the money hiring extra men." 

 In general, this Iowa State Fair can fairly be said to have rendered a 

 more real service to the state than any fair in recent years. It showed 

 visitors and business men that the Iowa farmer has not been daunted 

 by hard conditions, but that he is coming back with all the old drive and 

 force to make his live stock show him the way out of the depression. 

 It gave the Iowa farmer himself a new realization of his own strength. 

 For thousands of farm families it made an inspirational vacation, a 

 beneficial change from the routine of farm work. It is safe to say that 

 many farmers who attended the fair have gone back home with new 

 hopes, new determination and new ideas that will be transmuted into 

 a revival of agricultural prosperity. 



THE BEEF CATTLE SHOW. 



Breeders of cattle turned out in force and brought their best produc- 

 tions to the 1921 Iowa State Fair. Despite the radical readjustment 

 which has taken place in the pure-bred business during the past twelve 

 months, the numbers of beef cattle exceeded the big show of 1920. 

 Shorthorns on the ground numbered 273, compared with 203 last year. 

 A total of 216 Herefords appeared, as against 202 in 1920. The Angus 

 show increased from 104 to 115. Altogether, the beef cattle interests of 

 Iowa may well be proud of the manner in which their breeders sup- 

 ported the show this year. The show was featured by a goodly number 

 of new breeders. A general tendency toward showing fewer highly- 

 fitted cattle was noted. The extreme heat of the summer and of the 

 past two or three weeks of the show season had left its marks upon the 

 cattle, and many of them lacked the bloom that they would have shown 

 under more favorable conditions. A very gratifying show of Red Polls 

 was out, and also a large exhibit of Polled Shorthorns. 



THE DAIRY CATTLE SHOW. 



From the standpoint of numbers the dairy cattle show was disap- 

 pointing, the count of animals in this division showing the most marked 

 reduction of any of the live stock departments. Some of the strong 

 herds customarily seen at the Iowa fair were absent from this year's 

 show. A situation which lent encouragement, however, was the pres- 

 ence in the competition of new breeders and new herds. For the most 

 part the cattle shown reflected great credit upon their showmen and 

 despite its limited numbers the show proved a source of gratification 

 to the dairy interests of the state. 



HORSES. 



The draft horse show at the Iowa fair was excellent in regard to the 

 individuality of the animals shown, but hardly as large as some of the 



