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exhibitor), Harding's King of Cols, and Tliomas' Proud Inventor fol- 

 lowing in close order. The whole seven ribbon winners were not far from 

 the first place. Twenty-seven boars answered the call in the class for six 

 months old and under twelve. The prize takers were a toppy lot. Baxter 

 & Comer led out with B. & C.'s Wonder, Harding with Critic's Model, 

 Allen with Allen's "Wonder, Browning with Chief Medicine Hat, Olson with 

 Golden Model Again, Allen with Crimson the Wonderful, and Baxter & 

 Comer with Wonder's Col., in order named. The first and last were litter 

 brothers, as were also the two Allen boars. Fifty-four boars under six 

 months made the biggest ring of the whole show. It was here that Sells 

 & Son opened up something sensational. They took first and second on 

 pigs by Crimson Wonder Again and out of H. A.'s Queen. Eight pigs out 

 of a litter of nine were in the show. Two of the sows took first and 

 second in class. This litter also furnished the pigs that took first on 

 young herd, first on young herd bred by exhibitor, second on get of sire 

 and first and fifth on produce of £ow. There were twenty-five aged sov.s, 

 a grand, good lot for those who admire real breeding sows, for that is 

 what nearly every one of them was. Hanks & Bishop had a cinch on first 

 place with Crimson Jev/el. She was also champion sow any age. Shafer's 

 Indiana Queen headed the senior yearling sow class, and also champion 

 sow bred by exhibitor. 



Tte remainder of the class were about all of a kind, with no more advan- 

 tages to any than enough to justify the action of the judges in placing 

 them. Other sow classes v.ere filled with good representative animals, 

 but nothing of outstanding merit. In all the herd competitions there were 

 strings of herds that made the judges exercise a good deal of discretion. 

 In aged herd Waltemeyer Bros, came to the front, and held to the lead on 

 herd bred by exhibitor. These brought the best things of the show into 

 competition on a new basis. In several cases first-prize winners suffered 

 because the other individuals in the herd failed to carry enough quality to 

 keep a winning balance. 



POL.VND CHINAS. 



The task of placing the ribbons in the Poland China classes fell to the 

 veteran breeder, W. Z. Swallow, of Waukee, Iowa, with Mr. James M. Stew- 

 art, of Ainsworth, Iowa as referee. Mr. Swallow's responsibility on the 

 occasicn was by no means light, but the ring arrangement made by 

 Superintendent Johnson lightened his task. Raised seats v/ere provided 

 for the onlookers at the ringside, leaving to the judges ample passage- 

 way in which to do their v.'ork. There was not a single case of "getting 

 lost" in the Poland classes, and Judge Swallow's half-century experience 

 in the Poland China business stood him well in stead. He looked for a me- 

 dium type v.ith finish and he held to this type consistently throughout. 

 The writer cannot recall a single case where all the Poland classes 

 were passed on at the Iowa fair with such uniform satisfaction resulting 

 as was the case this year. The Poland China show w-as about the best 

 ever, \nth an evenness of quality not before brought together. The aged 

 classes were better filled, both as to number and excellence, than ever 

 before. Nobody has seen the same number of high-class aged boars 



