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two-year-old Oakdale Ruth 3d, but finally earned the championship. 

 Two very beefy daughters of True Sultan headed the senior yearling 

 and senior calf class respectively, the calf finally attaining junior 

 honors. Professor W. H. Pew distributed the prizes. 



THE RED POLLS. 



Somewhere there may have been better Red Poll exhibits, but never 

 any of greater interest. As a demonstration of blending bloocl ii^ies and 

 careful breeding, the progeny of Teddy's Best offered remarkable ad- 

 vantages. Over 60 per cent of the animals in the show were either 

 immediate progeny or second generation descendants of this bull, and 

 the different ideals developed in the different herds gave interesting 

 information on the hereditary possibilities transmitted by this sire. 



In the aged bull class Teddy's Best himself met two sons, Teddy's 

 Charmer and Teddy's Perfection, and a grandson Royal Charmer. 

 Teddy's Charmer finally came out on top, as a result of his smooth- 

 ness and superior bloom. The old bull himself stood second with 

 Teddy's Perfection third. There was considerable discussion over the 

 merits of the two top bulls each having had the decision at a previous 

 fair. The dual-purpose type was better illustrated by the older bull. 

 The junior champion was a grandson of Teddy's Best and a son of 

 Teddy's Perfection, a deep-lined, dual type of great scale and forward 

 development. 



The female competition was keen. Two excellent cows of the dual 

 standard came to the fore, and the ranking of Constant over Jean 

 Duluth Brunhilde evoked much ringside comment. Constant is a well- 

 balanced cow in every respect, but lacked the fit and milky character 

 of Brunhilde. The two-year-olds presented a similar proposition when 

 the strong-framed Caroline went above the more open-middled Jean 

 Duluth Purity. The differences were greater in this case, however, the 

 second heifer being quite dairy in makeup, with a record of over 200 

 pounds of fat in four months, thus far the highest two-year-old record 

 in the breed. In the younger heifer classes the progeny of Teddy's 

 Charmer had the lead, his senior yearling Louise gaining the junior 

 purple. Elliott Davis, Lincoln, Neb., made the allotments. 



THE STEER CLASSES. 



The boy came into his own as a cattleman in a special baby beef 

 competition designed not only to capture his attention but to reward 

 his efforts even more completely than those of the mature cattle 

 exhibitor. The Iowa Beef Producers' Association, in collaboration with 

 the extension department of the state agricultural college, instituted 

 last year a baby beef contest, in which each boy selected a seven 

 months steer, put it on full feed, kept records of its rations and gains, 

 and prepared reports on the results. The final decision among the 250' 

 entrants still remaining will come in November and will be based on 

 the rate of gain, economy of feeding, killing values and the written 

 reports. In order to give the widest publicity to the work several 

 county fairs have offered special prizes in order to have the cattle 

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