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ling bull, Roselawn Marshal, was made junior champion. Two good 

 cows stood at the top of the aged cow class with Achenbach's Sultana 

 showing an advantage. She had no great difficulty in winning senior 

 and grand champion honors. Stegelin's senior heifer calf, Queen's 

 Sultana, was awarded the junior female purple. Stegelin was especial- 

 ly strong in groups, winning all the blues. True Sultan and his blood 

 won strongly at Des Moines. 



RED POLLED. 



Red Polled cattle came into their own at Des Moines this year. No- 

 where else in the cattle department was there greater evidence of 

 marked improvement over some shows made by a breed in recent 

 years. The showing demonstrated what a few short years of good 

 selecting, breeding and feeding can do. There have been Red Polled 

 shows as large at Iowa, but no Red Polled judge ever worked over a 

 closer bunch of Red Polled females than did Mr. Elliott Davis, of 

 Lincoln, Nebraska, who made it evident that his type of a Red Polled 

 cow was not a special-purpose cow. The value of a sire in improving 

 cattle was well known in the show by the preponderance of the blood 

 of Teddy's Best. Two-thirds of the blue ribbon winners were des- 

 cendants or near relations of this bull. 



In the aged bull class Teddy's Best was placed second, his son, 

 Teddy's Charmer, carrying off the blue. Another son of the veteran 

 was third and a grandson stood fourth. Even though Teddy's Best 

 has seen almost ten complete years, there was considerable ring- 

 side comment as to the wisdom of placing him below his four-year-old 

 son, who naturally shows somewhat more bloom than his sire, but 

 leans very strongly to beef. Teddy's Charmer was picked for senior 

 and grand champion honors. 



The aged cow class brought out ten good cows and a contest was 

 ''ow, J. D. Brunhilde, a really remarkable cow with good depth of 

 body, an abundance of quality and the finest udder in the class. Too 

 much indication of dairy tendencies lost favor for her in the eyes of 

 the judge, who gave the blue to Constant, an extra good top-lined 

 on for the top places. Quite a following favored the Jean Duluth 

 cow carrying more meat and showing smoother covering even at her 

 ten years of age. 



The two-year-old heifer class brought out another strong class of 

 ten head. Caroline, a smooth, deep-bodied heifer, was placed first. In 

 second place stood an excellent heifer, J. D. Purity, smooth on the 

 back but not so deep as the Hill heifer, Caroline. The heifer — J. D. 

 Purity — has in four months produced 200 pounds of fat — something 

 of a record for a two year old, but leaned a little too strongly to 

 dairy for the type desired by Mr. Davis. Caroline later carried off 

 senior and grand champion ribbons. 



The younger female classes were uniform and typical; and all of 

 the blue ribbon bearers were granddaughters of Teddy's Best. In 

 fact the entire Red Polled show looked like a tribute to the value of 

 a good sire. 



