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a compact form, carried on short legs. Among the two-year-olds Vinola 

 4th of Maples came out in better form than last year, clearly surpassing 

 Lily May, which stood above her last season at this time. 



THE POLLED DURHAMS. 



The Polled Durham show was an all Iowa affair with only herds from 

 within the state competing, and L. G. Shaver, Kalona, la., experienced and 

 successful as a showman of the breed, judging the entries. Numbers were 

 not large but most of the classes furnished distinctly toppy material for 

 the leading places although some poor ones trailed along behind. The 

 breed is firmly established in Iowa on good foundation stock. The breed- 

 ers are loyal to their interests. Some of the herds represented this year 

 have suffered from pink-eye this summer so that it was impossible to put 

 their cattle in the best form, but as Mr. Huntley explained, they came 

 along anyway to sustain the show. The judge knew the thick-fleshed, 

 strong smooth type he wanted and adhered to it clearly. Quick work and 

 accurate placing marked his judging. 



Sugar Hill Marshal clearly merited the distinction of heading the 

 aged bulls. He was brought out in excellent form and carried a wealth 

 of flesh evenly and smoothly. The judge considered him the best bull 

 of the show and made him champion. He had to be good to beat Amity 

 Prince, a short-legged three-year-old with strong level top and good char- 

 acter, but lacking a bit of the flesh he might have carried. No two-year- 

 olds were shown. Lord Vellum, a big lusty roan headed the yearlings 

 and looks the making of a good breeder. Only two cows were brought 

 out but they were good ones. Scottish Belle 4th is a smooth, square ended 

 big cow. Last year she stood second here. She is of a strong type combin- 

 ing size with quality. Buttonwood Glade 3d is a beautiful yearling, thick 

 and meaty, close to the ground and smoothly finished — a good kind for 

 the championship. 



THE KED POLLS. 



Red Polls were represented by some of the best dual purpose types ever 

 seen and by some of the kind that look trashy and cheap in good company. 

 As is unavoidably the case with this breed there was great variation in the 

 amount of flesh carried in the aged cow class due to the effects of lacta- 

 tion. But this in no way excuses the poor bloom in which some of the 

 bulls and younger heifers were presented. Prof. Wayne Dinsmore did the 

 judging with painstaking attention to the dual-purpose type of the breed. 

 It is difficult to follow between the two extremes of type without strik- 

 ing either one, but there was a general feeling that this attempt was quite 

 successful. The massive deep-chested Durock placed at the top of the aged 

 bulls was criticised by some for being beefy. He was in better bloom than 

 .his competitors, one of which Logan stood above him here last year, but 

 his outlines, long rib and open twist suggest unmistakably that he is the 

 kind of sire that gets good milking heifers. He is a good dual purpose 

 pattern. Logan was thinner and lacks the depth of barrel carried by the 

 champion. The strong-backed bull Rutland has indications of carrying 

 good milk producing blood. 



