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Ingly donated their services to help sell the calves, after the sale was 

 over the boys and girls got up a purse of $20 and presented it to the men 

 as an expression of appreciation of their good work. 



DAISY CATTLE. 



Except for the annual Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress, visitors at the 

 Iowa State Fair had the opportunity to see the biggest and finest exhibit 

 of dairy cattle ever shown in the state. Three hundred and eighteen 

 head representing the five leading dairy breeds were carefully groomed 

 and fitted for the judge's discerning eye. Although the herds came from 

 several different states, Iowa was sufficiently represented to show that 

 she has enough foundation herds to maintain her reputation as one of 

 the foremost dairy states. Holsteins were present in the largest num- 

 bers but it would be hard to say which of the five breeds showed the best 

 general high quality. All the breeds were represented by some rather 

 inferior animals but as a whole they stood for a type which most breeders 

 are striving for. 



The Holstein men entered 134 animals, the Guernsey breeders 51, the 

 Jersey enthusiasts 53, the Ayrshire fanciers 31, and the Brown Swiss men 

 49 head. Three different judges passed on the merits of the dairy breeds 

 and the exhibitors seemed to be very well satisfied with the placings that 

 were made. 



HORSES. 



There was a total of 336 exhibits in the four leading breeds of draft 

 horses at the state fair. Forty-four Iowa breeders were represented in 

 the draft division. Illinois contributed five of its leading studs. Ne- 

 braska, Minnesota and Wisconsin horsemen sent a few entries, and one 

 breeder from Saskatchewan, Canada, was present. Superintendent Cur- 

 tiss declared the exhibits as a whole were up to the average for Iowa, 

 although not in any way extraordinary. Belgians numbered 74, Percherons 

 totaled 73, Shires had 64 entries, and Clydesdales were represented by 

 54 head. With nine entries in the ring for the aged mare class, the 

 Shire breeders made the best single class showing of any of the breeds 

 represented in the horse division. The Percherons, with five entries for 

 aged stallions, presented the best quantity showing for that breed. 

 Percherons, Belgians, Clydes and Shires staged some interesting spe- 

 cial futurity events for stallion and filly foals. Considerable interest 

 and educational value was attached to the entries in Class 5, draft geld- 

 ings and mares, which was limited to Iowa farmers except in the open 

 classes. 



SWINE. 



Iowa has this year set a record for the nation in the matter of great 

 swine expositions. No hog exhibition ever held in the Middle West, and 

 that means anywhere ever beat the one that the Hawkeye state put 

 across without any apparent effort last week. The mammoth swine 

 pavilion overflowed and several tents and barns had to be pre-empted 

 by the swine men. Hitherto there has been ample room for most of 

 the swine exhibits in the space provided, consisting of about 1,425 pens, 



