PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 101 



breeders shipped their prize Iowa herds to neighboring state fairs 

 and won high honors in competition with premier breeders from all 

 parts of the country. 



Many of the minor breeds which, heretofore, have been repre- 

 sented only in a very small way at state fairs in the past, were 

 present in strong numbers in 1922. 



As in the 1920 and 1921 Iowa State Fairs, the Pure Bred Sire 

 and Cow Test Association exhibits in the cattle barn attracted wide 

 attention among visitors. These exhibits are among the most con- 

 structive features of the exposition. They point out to the breeder 

 the greater production which he may have by using pure bred sires 

 in building up his herds and the economies to be achieved by reg- 

 ularly testing his milk cows and weeding out the non-producers. 



Iowa boys and girls, both in live stock and in other classifica- 

 tions, staged the greatest show of its kind held in the United States 

 at the 1922 fair. In the junior exposition there were 351 head of 

 baby beeves shown, 23 pure bred heifers, 487 pigs, 43 lambs and 

 564 birds in the poultry department. In mere numbers these marked 

 new records and were a source of amazement to thousands who 

 had not been familiar with the growing activities of boys' and girls' 

 farm clubs in Iowa. The quality of the animals shown was declared 

 by judges to be superior to anything they had ever observed in a 

 club show. 



Live stock was only one of the fields in which the junior farm- 

 ers and farm girls of the state presented unusual displays. All 

 activities of the boy and girl club work were represented at the 

 exposition. One hundred and twenty-two demonstrations were pre- 

 sented in the boys' and girls' club building and in the sale ring of 

 the cattle barn. Garment making, meal preparation, canning, home 

 furnishing, live stock judging, apple spraying, poultry culling, corn 

 judging and like activities were embraced in these highly interest- 

 ing demonstrations. The crowning feature of the junior fair was a 

 mammoth boys' and girls' club parade on Wednesday afternoon, 

 presenting in floats and exhibits all lines of club work carried on 

 in Iowa at the present time. 



On account of the large number of entries in the open cattle 

 and swine departments, it was necessary to provide temporary stalls 

 and pens in tents and the old cattle sheds for the boys and girls 

 calf and pig club exhibit. The temporary quarters were very unsat- 

 isfactory to the boys and girls exhibiting their stock and to the 

 public who wished to view these exhibits. 



