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ones. Wellington & Spring's Lady Walk Over 2d was a good first, and 

 in the windup was champion sow bred by exhibitor. Watson's second 

 place sow was about as good, with symmetry, quality and finish that stamp 

 her as a great sow. Later classes of sows were of the same order, 

 with little to be said for any one that would not apply to all. The herd 

 shows brought out an aggregation of true breeding animals that means 

 much for the future advancement of the breed. 



TAMWORTHS. 



Mr. Wilson Howe, of Ames, found that he had a task on his hands 

 when he started in to judge the Tamworths. There were practically the 

 same number exhibited as were exhibited in 1908, but there was an im- 

 provement in the quality. This breed attracted no small amount of at- 

 tention during the entire week. 



SHEEP. 



From the standpoint of numbers the sheep department last week at 

 the Iowa State Fair was not a marked success, though in all classes 

 there was found as good material as will be shown at any of the fairs 

 this fall. 



FARMERS' TRIBUNE. 



SIOUX CITY, IOWA. 



Another lo.wa State Fair — the fifty-fifth annual — has passed into his- 

 tory. Another magnificent live stock and agricultural exposition has 

 once more testified to the progress the Iowa farmer has made in recent 

 years. The management of this fair has again demonstrated its well- 

 known ability to hold a successful large show. The farmers, as well as 

 those indirectly dependent upon agriculture for support — and that in- 

 cludes nearly everyone living in the state — have again realized that the 

 money the state has spent in building up a great fair is well invested. 

 The exposition was a great advertisement for Iowa. It bore witness 

 to the fact that Iowa from an agricultural point of view is the peer of 

 all ner sister states. To praise the management for the splendid man- 

 ner in which they handled the large crowds of visitors, the exhibitors and 

 the concessionaires would be superfluous; everyone seemed to be satisfied. 

 Financially, too, the fair was a sucoss, though the net profits were some- 

 what below those of 1908. In that year receipts amounted to $136,100, 

 while this year they amounted to $135,800. Had it not been for the fact 

 that it rained nearly all day on Thursday, the" attendance would have 

 been a great deal larger and the profits correspondingly greater. As 

 it was, the attendance totaled 216,000 for the week, as compared with 

 207,000 last year. 



The 1909 exposition had perhaps a greater educational value than 

 any show ever held in the state of Iowa. The Iowa State Fair has 

 always been an educational institution of great value, the superior live 

 stock, the large display of farm machinery, and other features having 



