PART XL 

 IOWA STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION, 1909 



Press Reports and Live Stock Awards 



Results in Boys' Judging and Girls' Cooking Contest 



PRESS REPORTS. 



Wallaces' Farmer, Des Moines, loica. 



The bone and sinew of Iowa was represented at Des Moines last week. 

 Nowhere can there be found a more representative gathering of the men 

 who have made the great Mississippi valley the most prosperous agri- 

 cultural section on the face of the earth. The Iowa State Fair is 

 distinctly an agricultural exposition and is attended by a typically agri- 

 cultural folk — intelligent, prosperous, happy, well read, well-fed, well 

 dressed — the people who stand for "good farming, clear thinking, right 

 living." It is because of the character of the people that exhibits of 

 practically everything needed on the farm and in the home may be found 

 on the grounds — the very best of the improved breeds of horses, cattle, 

 sheep, swine, poultry, vehicles, improved implements and appliances of 

 every description, seeds of the best varieties of farm crops, fruits, plumb- 

 ing and lighting systems, house furnishings, stoves, musical instrument* 

 — everything, in fact, needed on an up-to-date farm or of use in a well 

 ordered home. The man who makes anything or sells anything that will 

 lighten the work of the farmer and his wife or contribute to their com- 

 fort has found that there is no better place to display his wares than 

 at the Iowa State Fair. lov/a farmers are quick to recognize and appre- 

 ciate anything of real merit. 



Monday and Tuesday were ideal fair days, neither too warm or too 

 cold. Wednesday came with a clouded sky and a decided drop in the 

 temperature, but the attendance slightly exceeded that of Tuesday when 

 there were about sixty thousand people on the grounds. With Thursday 

 morning came the rain, which began eai'ly and continued until afternoon. 



