114 TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART III. 



came to see what Iowa breeders are doing, whether they too have sensed 

 the upward trend of the horse business. Practically every exhibitor, 

 they found, is increasing his holdings preparing young stuff to meet the 

 demand. Men acquainted with the horse situation have contended for 

 the last several years that there would be a near horse famine in this 

 country when present stocks come to be replaced. It took breeders a 

 good while to see this future condition in the face of a slow market two 

 or three years ago, and it is doubtful if they started restocking soon 

 enough. 



The state fair draft show is a pretty good indicator of horse breeders' 

 activities. The better show this year, especially the increased entries 

 and larger number of exhibitors, evidently means that breeders have 

 felt the stimulus of an awakening demand. Of course there are a number 

 of established breeders who show as a matter of policy every year and 

 since Iowa is a great draft horse state there is always a good show, but 

 this year there were many young breeders and new exhibitors, which 

 is a favorable indication. 



Iowa furnished most of the entries. In one or two of the breeds only 

 a few head from outside the state were shown. 



SWINE 



The hog show at the Iowa State Fair was nearly as large in numbers 

 but surpassed in uniformity and quality any previous swine exhibitions 

 at Des Moines. It was composed of 625 Hampshires, 510 Duroc Jerseys, 

 454 Poland Chinas, 317 Spotted Poland Chinas, 292 Hampshires and 13 

 Berkshires. In the boys' pig club classes there were 117 Poland Chinas, 

 81 Duroc Jerseys, 81 Hampshires, 54 Spotted Poland Chinas, 26 Tarn- 

 worths, 25 Chester Whites, 20 Yorkshires and four Berkshires. There 

 were 2,550 shown by breeders and 408 by pig club boys or a grand total 

 of 2,958 head on exhibition. The capacity of the swine division is a few 

 over 3,000. The pig clubs won a new national record. Last year they 

 exhibited 300 head. Previous to that the record for numbers was held 

 in Atlanta, Georgia, where 245 head were exhibited in 1919. 



Three breed associations established new national records for numbers 

 exhibited at state fairs — Tamworths, Hampshires and Spotted Poland 

 Chinas. The Tamworths exhibited 65 head last year at Iowa State Fair 

 and 255 head at the National Swine Show in Peoria, 111. Their exhibit 

 this year was larger than the Chester Whites, which for many years 

 held third place at the Iowa State Fair. 



The swine show this year might well be called a quality exhibition 

 throughout. All of the breeds displayed improved quality and a uni- 

 formity that made every ring a contest. There was missing the out- 

 standing individuals of former shows. The grand champions of the breeds 

 were all good specimens in type and quality. Probably the most out- 

 standing feature of the show was the exhibit of Tamworths. The aged 

 herd of sows and the aged herd owned by exhibitor were outstanding 

 exhibits and probably the best ever shown of that breed. 



