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Stubbs each had a smaller number of exhibits, and both succeeded in carry- 

 ing away a nice string of ribbons. 



HOLSTEINS. 



For a large part the war of the "black and whites" was carried on by 

 contending forces recruited from the herds of Messrs. W. B. Barney & 

 Co., of Hampton, Iowa, and F. P. Knowles, of Auburn, Mass., and Howell, 

 Mich. The Easterners put up a good fight, but in the majority of tJhe 

 engagements Barnej'- came out the victor. Mr. Frank White, also of 

 Hampton, Iowa, and E. M. Castle & Sons, of Joy, 111., had a limited num- 

 ber of entries which at times made things interesting for contestants sent 

 forward by the larger exhibitors. In the aged bull class Professor Van 

 Pelt, who tied the ribbons, found the Barney bull, Dijkstra -Beauty Lad, 

 had the necessary qualifications to entitle him to stand at the head of 

 his class and later to become the champion of the Holstein show. Although 

 he weighs better than 2,300 pounds, his closest rival, Artis Mercedes Posch, 

 was larger and heavier. The eastern bull, however, did not have the 

 quality nor the well-developed dairy conformation and general indicative- 

 ness possessed by the Iowa sire. It took much careful study and close 

 calculating upon the part of the judge to correctly place the aged cows. 

 The class was uniformly good throughout, but Parthenae Hengerveld, 

 Huntress C. and Lady Ona Hiljoard, of the Barney, Knowles and White 

 herds, respectively, had somewhat better developed and organized milk 

 producing plants than their six ring mates and so stood at the head of 

 the line in the order named. A yearling, Fokje Fontana, brought forward 

 by the Massachusetts breeder, proved a sensation in her class and handily 

 captured the blue without any hesitation. She is a remarkably well- 

 bodied heifer, has lots of quality and is already equipped with a system 

 of milk veins which would do justice to a female considerably older. 

 The remainder of the contest was well fought out, but was devoid of 

 anything spectacular. 



JEBSETS. 



Three firms, Hunkeydory Farm, of Pella, Iowa; Smith Bros., of Cam- 

 eron, 111., and J. B. Smith, of Beatrice, Neb., were the only Jersey ex- 

 hibitors. Dixon & Bruins, of Brandon, Wis., had expected to be on hand 

 with a nice string of imported animals, but finally failed to make con- 

 nections. The non-appearance of this herd of course seriously weakened 

 the show. The three herds, representing as many states, made a very 

 creditable showing, and Prof. Hugh Van Pelt had some problems to 

 solve placing the classes. Many of the animals, in at least one of the 

 herds, were making their first apearance in a large show ring and per- 

 haps did not show to their very best advantage. This breed, which in all 

 probability is one of the oldest of the dairy breeds, is meeting with more 

 favor in the corn belt than it ever has before. We hope to see the 

 state fair exhibits of this and other dairy breeds still larger another 

 year. 



