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exhibited. As a further stimulus twenty prizes were offered at Des 

 Moines, ranging from $50 for first to $10 for twentieth and totaling 

 $400 for an exhibit of these animals. Only thirteen steers finally stood 

 in the ring before Prof. Pew of the Iowa State College, but they de- 

 manded a full forty-five minutes of attention. Seven Angus, five 

 Shorthorns (two of them purebred) and one Hereford foregathered 

 and the purebreds finally landed on top. Some excellent animals were 

 shown, as may readily be inferred from the fact that the eighth-prize 

 steer won fourth in the open class. 



THE DAIRY CATTLE SHOW. 

 THE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS. 



The breed of Holland made a show that rivalled both in quantity 

 and quality the leading beef breeds. One hundred and forty animals 

 met the scrutiny of Dr. O. P. Thompson, Waterloo, la., and some of 

 the classes were so large and so excellent that inevitable difference of 

 opinion arose. 



The aged bull class presented a strong contest between Hengerveld 

 King and Paul Calamo Korndyke, the strong back, evenness and clean- 

 cut frame of the former finally gaining ascendency over the satinly- 

 finished and open-framed character of the latter. A younger bull less 

 spread in middle, took third, Paul Calamo Korndyke 14th. The flashy 

 class was found in the two-year-old bulls, and was pronounced by dairy 

 cattle followers to be the strongest two-year-old class ever shown. 

 King Segis Johanna Ormsby not only showed the stretch and finish 

 necessary to win, but also captured the grand championship. The 

 second and third bulls were much of the same stamp, but fourth and 

 fifth went to two upstanding massive-framed but clean-cut lowana bulls 

 that would have been quite acceptable winners had their style been 

 favored by the judge. The winning yearling was a different type from 

 either of the older bulls, most of the ringside favoring the strongly- 

 developed, open-framed second-prize bull. King Burke Pontiac Segis. 

 The senior bull calves were numerous, twenty-one lining up for posi- 

 tion, and many excellent ones went back to the barn. Roberts Abbe- 

 kirk Pontiac is a large strong-framed fellow, not so smooth and breedy 

 as the second bull lowana Burke Fayne. The junior calves were only 

 nine, but their problems were nearly as difficult. Skylark Pontiac 

 Betting won the blue for the Galloway Messer Farm, a typical dairy 

 youngster of the stamp that suits Holstein breeders. 



The twelve cows made the finest show found in the dairy breeds. 

 Two National champions competed, both dry at present, but were able 

 to obtain only third and fourth. Beulah Shepard Empress and Princess 

 Hengerveld 4th, two young cows, were placed above them, their 

 superior finish and functioning mammary system giving them the pref- 

 erence. All of the winners had excellent veining, and any of them 

 would have proved most acceptable at the top. Still better character 

 was prevalent in the three-year-olds. Jewel Walker Gerben of Cedar- 

 side is the $2,000 cow purchased by Galloway Messer Farms from C. 

 B. Nelson, and as she captured the championship, she justified her 



