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many a man toward dairying and the breeding dairy animals. There is 

 a large place in the corn belt for the dairy cow and many a man is today 

 recognizing the fact. There is more downright dairy enthusiasm in the 

 corn-belt states now than there has ever been before, and the cow culture 

 movement is, as yet, scarcely more than nicely started. It requires no 

 gift of prophecy or no exceptional intimate acquaintance with conditions 

 to anticipate an unparalleled growth of interest in dairying and dairy 

 stock. Admiring crowds lingered long at the ringside when classes of 

 Ayrshires, Guernseys, Jerseys and Holsteins were being judged. The in- 

 terest manifested in the exhibits made by the breeders of Iowa, Kansas, 

 Illinois, Wisconsin and Massachusetts was not of an idle curiosity sort, 

 but rather a manifestation of genuine appreciation. The dairy cow is, 

 in reality, gaining her rightful recognition in the great corn and clover 

 belt. The initial performance at Iowa last w^eek w'as a good beginning; 

 let the good work continue. 



THE GUERNSEYS. 



There was not a poor class of Guernseys entered the ring at Des 

 Moines last week, and in nearly every instance representatives from at 

 least four herds were presented. In all there were six exhibitors in this 

 department of the show — four from Iowa and two from Wisconsin. The 

 largest exhibits were made by Fox Bros., of Waukesha, Wis., who showed 

 twenty-four head, and Major Howard Greene, of Genesee Depot, Wis., 

 who had eighteen entries on the ground. In the aged bull class there was 

 chance for an honest difference of opinion. The noted cow culturist, Mr. 

 W. W. Marsh, of Waterloo, low'a, had Lord Mar in the ring. He is, every 

 inch of him, a show bull and from a strictly show ring standpoint would 

 be hard to beat. His carriage and general appearance are something 

 wonderful, and then, in addition, he has a long, well-rounded body which 

 shapes neatly into his fore and hind quarters. An abundance of quality 

 and a beautiful coat combine to finish him off into an animal hard to turn 

 down. There were other grand individuals in the ring, however, and 

 Professor Van Pelt, the judge, had far from an easy task in keeping them 

 out of first money. Major Greene's Glenwood's Stranford and Fox Bros.' 

 Golden Bee, considered from the production standpoint, were unquestion- 

 ably the best sires in the ring, but neither bull had the show ring qualifica- 

 tions of Lord Mar. Mr. Greene's bull was wholly out of condition, having 

 entered the ring from the hospital, and so showed entirely to a disad- 

 vantage. If he does not have another setback this son of Glenwood Boy 

 of Haddon and Stranford's Princess will be heard from on this season's 

 circuit. In the cow and heifer classes the Wisconsin breeders had first 

 choice of the assortment of ribbons, although in Iowa exhibitors presented 

 only extremely classy animals. Fox Bros.' Duenna B. stood above Mr. 

 Marsh's Glow of Rose Farm in the aged cow class by reason of her superior 

 Guernsey character. A two-year-old daughter of Galaxy Sequel and Finan- 

 cier, and a right good one, too, had to give place to Laura of Brook Hill 

 of the Greene herd. This young thing is really the very embodiment of 

 things washed for in the dairy animal. Messrs. Quarton and Wilcox & 



