TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI 713 



INFORMATION WAS SOUGHT. 



In every department among both superintendents and exhibitors alike 

 there were men experienced in their particular lines and ready to answer 

 questions which the true follower of agriculture is on the alert to ask. 

 Considerable information on dairying was at hand. The largest and 

 best exhibit of dairy cattle in the history of the state was entered this 

 year. There is an increase in Guernsey dairy cattle in Iowa and the 

 merits of this breed of dairy cattle were fully attested at the fair. Then 

 there were Jerseys and Holsteins and Ayrshires in larger numbers than 

 at previous fairs. There v/ere 74 Guernseys, 56 Jerseys, 45 Holsteins 

 and 28 Ayrshires on exhibition. There was a big creamery exhibit. 



LIVE STOCK SUPREME. 



Although last year's live stock exhibit was one of the largest ever 

 shown in this country, the exhibit this year was still larger and better. 

 There were 922 horses this year as compared to 765 last year. There 

 were 888 cattle, as against 816 last year and 422 sheep as against 350 

 last year. The number of swine entered, however, was less than a year 

 ago for the reason that the fair management would not permit the use 

 of space for hogs which were brought only for sale purposes and not for 

 exhibition or competition. Last year with the new swine pavilion, 

 covering six acres, there was not enough room for the swine, largely 

 because so many swine breeders brought a great many hogs to sell. In 

 order to have sufficient room for the exhibition swine, this practice will 

 no longer be permitted. The poultry show was a big one. The poultry 

 house has been remodeled and the new exhibition pens were put in 

 £0 that the poultry showed up well this year. The poultry industry is 

 one of the important industries in the state, as testified to by the 

 exhibit. 



PREMIUMS LARGE. 



The premiums paid amounted to $57,578. Of this sum $15,500 was 

 paid in the speed department, $12,414' in the cattle department, $8,599 

 for horses, $3,203 for swine, $3,090 for agi'iculture, $2,413 for sheep, 

 $1,835 for poultry, $2,000 for the farm crop exhibit and the remainder 

 was paid out in the various other departments. 



THE CAMPERS. 



The tented city on the hill — the delightful camping grounds high up 

 on the sloping hillside with the beautiful shade trees all about, w-as the 

 largest in the history of the fair. More than 10,000 people camped 

 there this year. They came from all parts of the state, family groups, 

 neighborhood companies and parties of friends. The camping grounds 

 were laid off in streets and the lots were numbered and then each 

 camper was registered so that visitors wanting to look up their camp- 

 ing friends could ascertain the street and the number where their 

 friends were camped by looking up the proper authorities. The city 

 water mains now reach the camping grounds providing the convenience 

 of plenty of water. Aggressive merchants and dairymen supplied the 



