296 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



DAIRY CATTLE. 



HOLSTEIN. 



The Holsteins at the Iowa State Fair this year were represented 

 by approximately 150 head, practically all of which had quality and 

 type to an unusual degree. There were very few mediocre animals 

 shown and competition was very close in all classes. Dr. O. P. Thomp- 

 son, of Waterloo, Iowa, who judged this breed, and several prominent 

 breeders agreed that the Holsteins this year surpassed any previous 

 showing made in Iowa. The herd groups especially made a good 

 showing and gave evidence of the careful work Holstein breeders are 

 doing. Every animal in the herds shown was a good one, instead of an 

 outstanding individual shown with several average animals, as is 

 sometimes the case. In the group exhibits competition was close be- 

 tween the Galloway-Messer Farms, the lowana Farms, and R. E. 

 Haeger. The Galloway-Messer Farms carried away the prizes for 

 grand champion bull and grand champion cow on Hengerveld King 

 and Jewel Walker Gerben, of Cedarside. As Prof. Thompson states it, 

 "the strongest point of both these individuals is that they had no 

 weak points." While some animals may be superior on some par- 

 ticular points, there are seldom found individuals which are equally 

 strong in all points. The junior champion bull was Roberts Abbekirk 

 Pontiac, owned by Dr. David Roberts. He was an excellent type of 

 Holstein, possessing plenty of size and bone yet not lacking in quality. 

 The champion heifer, lowana Pauline, owned by the lowana Farms, 

 Davenport, Iowa, showed good dairy type with good size and constitu- 

 tion, that is characteristic of the breed. Holsteins are getting stronger 

 every year in Iowa and the progress made during the last year has 

 been rapid indeed, if we may judge by the improvement in this over 

 last year's showing. 



JERSEYS. 



Four exhibitors furnished the entire showing of fifty-two Jerseys at 

 Des Moines this week. While the exhibit of these Island cattle was 

 not large, Mr. Forbes in his judging ran across some really excellent 

 animals which would have been able to have given an account of them- 

 selves in stronger competition. Stockwell's Champion, H. C. Young's 

 aged bull, was the outstanding bull in the show and easily made his 

 way through the grand champion honors. The aged cow class 

 brought out Manor's Blossom, as good a Jersey cow as has been seen 

 at the Iowa State Fair in recent years. Among the females she was 

 easily in a class by herself and had no difficulty in gaining senior 

 and grand champion female honors. While the show was small, no 

 real poor ones were brought out. 



GUERNSEYS. 



The showing of Guernseys at the Iowa State Fair this year was pro- 

 nounced by Prof. H. G. Van Pelt, Waterloo, Iowa, who judged this 

 breed, as the best lot of Guernseys ever shown at this fair. The 

 number of animals competing in practically every class was greater 



