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not gain the general assent of the ringside. It took the judge a long time 

 to satisfy himself and even then he turned down Edwards' Queenstoa 

 Bellona and Tietjen Village Belle 3d with great reluctance. Both were 

 cows of good lines, but lacked the deep covering which the Elmendorf 

 entry possessed in an unusual degree. The junior yearling heifer class con- 

 tained one of the features of the show — Tietjen's Miss Marshall 2d. She 

 is as smooth a heifer as is often seen. Her main defect seemed to be 

 she fell away about the rump more than would be permissible to allow her 

 to beat out Sinnissippi Rose 2d for the championship. There were many, 

 however, who would have given the heifer the honor of the contest. All of 

 the heifer and calf classes were crowded and the entries were generally 

 well fitted and strictly representative. The total number of Short-horns 

 exhibited was, perhaps, slightly over that of last year owing to the in- 

 creased registration in the young stock classes. 



HEEEFOEDS. 



"It is a great show, a great show." That was what they all said about 

 the lineup of Herefords at the Iowa State Fair. Twenty-five senior year- 

 ling Hereford calves, uniformly marked as they are, well fitted and well 

 shown, is a sight that one cannot but enjoy. The struggle for the mastery 

 was a hard one from the start to the finish. The old-time rivals were 

 there making the contest a renewal of old friendly feuds in the ring. 

 Thomas Mortimer, of Madison, Neb., one of the judges at the 1908 Inter- 

 national, was the man to solve the puzzles presented by the white-face 

 line. When the competition is so strong and the classes so large there 

 will be disappointments. Someone has to lose out. Men cannot all see 

 alike when they are looking out through different eyes. Some differed 

 on the placing, but they were never dissatisfied with the judge. No one 

 can give more than his own honest opinion and winning or losing, the 

 exhibitors had faith in Mortimer. Cargill & Price, Van Natta & Sons, Ma- 

 kin Bros, and Harris fought for firsts with about equal success in the in- 

 dividual classes. The first round of the battle went to Van Natta & Son 

 when Prime Lad 9th captured the blue ribbon in the class of aged bulls. 

 In the class of two-year-old bulls, ringside opinion favored Bryant showing 

 his Curtis, but this animal was turned down because of lack in his hand- 

 ling quality and Makin Bros.' Principal 6th given first honors. It was 

 Harris' turn for a first in the class of senior yearling bulls when fourteen 

 splendidly even bulls of high quality lined the arena. Harris Prince led, 

 Cargill & Price could no longer stand the pace without a taste of victory, 

 so the senior yearling bull class went to them on their Bonnie Brae 15th. 

 Van Natta & Son won the aged cow competition on Margaret. The heifer 

 two years old and under three class was hard fought, Cargill & Price get- 

 ting the decision on their Princess 2d, she being slightly lower set and. 

 thicker than the close second found in Van Natta & Son's Iva. Seventeen 

 lined up under the head of senior yearling heifers. After much shifting 

 in the line Harris stood at the head with his Harris Princess 64th. While 

 this heifer lacked some in size and total width to her competitors she has 

 a wonderfully thick and smooth covering of flesh. Senior heifer calves 



