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Lad 38th, owned by Van Natta— were three strong contenders for first, 

 second, and third places. Both yearling classes were weak. Harris won 

 in the senior division with an outstanding calf in nearly every way, while 

 in the junior section Cargill & Price came out with another quite excep- 

 tional individual. The senior calves were exceptionally good throughout; 

 Missouri won first and second, Harris' calf being especially strong, low- 

 set, broad, and beautifully fitted. The junior calves were rather an uneven 

 bunch; Bryant, Stannard, and Cargill & Price had three fairly good ani- 

 mals which strongly contested for first place. 



A fine lot of Hereford stuff was out in all the cow classes. Twelve aged 

 cows came out, and for the most part they were a good, smooth lot. Car- 

 gill & Price's Miss Filler 2d, last year's grand champion cow, made a 

 strong bid for first, but the judge preferred Van Natta's Margaret, perhaps 

 a little bigger cow but apparently not as hard and smooth in flesh. The 

 two-year-olds were a beautiful lot. First went to Cargill & Price on Prin- 

 cess 2d, a very smooth, low-set cow. The senior yearlings were good well 

 down toward the foot of the line. The first two places went to Missouri 

 men, Harris and Makin Bros., on very low-set, smooth, deep heifers. The 

 junior yearlings was another well filled class of pretty young stuff, and 

 again Makin Bros, and Harris came in for first and second. Twenty-fi-ve 

 senior calves were shown, and most of them were good, although they tap- 

 ered down i)retty badly at the foot of the line, due to lack of fitting. Van 

 Natta took first on a big, grow thy heifer. Thos. Mortimer, of Nebraska, 

 awarded the ])rizes quite satisfactorily. 



IIIi; I'Ol.l. DIHIIAMS. 



The Polled Durhams were rather weaker than last year. It was an 

 all-Iowa show. Capper, Deuker, Huntley, Marti, and Williams, the exhibit 

 ors, all being Iowa men. The prizes were quite evenly divided among these 

 five. The Polled Durhams seems to gradually be getting stronger in the 

 state, and year by year their quality creeps up nearer to the best of the 

 Shorthorns. Mr. L. C. Shavei-, th(> well known breeder, made the awards. 



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The Galloways had but three herds, those of Hechtner and Bales of 

 Iowa and Straub of Nebraska. These three divided the prizes fairly evenly 

 with Straub getting a little the lion's share. Straub had the champion 

 bull and Hechtner the champion cow. Although the numbers were weak, 

 the quality was unusually good for the Galloways. Mr. E. T. Davis, the 

 Angus breeder gave the decisions. 



THE RKn POLLS. 



Red Polls were strong, Clark and Clouse of Iowa, Buchanan of Indi- 

 ana, Graff of Nebraska, and Hill of South Dakota, being the exhibitors. 

 The prizes fell quite evenly, Clark having a little the best of it in the 

 number of ribbons won. The quality of Red Polls is improving right 



