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were products of his loins, iia either the immediate or second genera- 

 tion progeny. Cavalier's Lord Rosberg. a son that won junior cham- 

 pionship, is a big stretchy bull of excellent type, that has not ripened 

 into the bloom of some of his rivals, but that promises much in the 

 future. 



The seven aged cows made an excellent line up as far as type was 

 concerned, but one or two had suffered slight disabilities in the milk- 

 ing machinery as a result of strenuous showing. Imp. Kilnford Bell 

 4th assumed the fore with little difficulty, in spite of the fact that 

 she had just calved twins, and was not yet down to working shape. 

 May of Hillcroft, the wearer of the red, was a different stamp of cow, 

 more compact and broader sprung, with nearly as nice a mammary 

 system as her rival. The three-year-olds and two-year-olds were hoth 

 pretty rings, the scale and forwardness of the latter being particularly 

 appealing to the rural American eye. Perhaps the most attractive 

 class of all was the senior yearlings, from which came the junior 

 champion Nora Spencer. This youngster was the sweetest and most 

 attractive of all the Ayrshires shown, but, although a most forward 

 type for her age, she was forced to yield grand champion honors to her 

 more experienced rival, Kilnford iBell 4th. 



THE BROWN SWISS. 



Competition in the primal breed of dairy cattle was limited to two 

 herds and the stress of remunerative toil in the dairy sat heavily on 

 several of the older entries. Merney's 2d Son, at the head of the 

 Ayers herd, was an outstanding winner among the older bulls, and de- 

 cisively vindicated his position when his son Merney's Nephew drew 

 the junior purple. Several two, three and four-year old cows showed 

 that buxomness of line that portrays the continental bovine ideal, 

 but the quality and tempered dairiness of Ayers' Browney B finally 

 achieved the supreme award. Hefty gained the purple for junior 

 championship with a particularly well nourished and developed junior 

 yearling heifer, Maud 2d. The ratings were made by Hugh G. Van 

 Pelt, Waterloo, la. 



THE SWINE SHOW. 



The show in the swine department was affected somewhat adversely 

 by the National Swine Show which will come later at Omaha. There 

 was an unmistakable feeling that many of the best hogs were being 

 held up for this later exhibition and that breeders were taking care to 

 have their "first lines" in fine fettle at that time. In spite of this 

 there was a good show on the grounds, an official count checking 

 3,018 hogs. 



In spite of the hot summer the hogs came forth finely fitted. Even 

 the sale hogs were in attractive clothes. Evidently breeders foresaw 

 the keen demand which would exist and made special arrangements 

 to accommodate it. 



It was an ideal week to show hogs. The cool Wind on several days 

 together with moderate temperatures during the others tended to make 



