FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART II 129 



Twentieth Century Farmer, Omaha, Nebraska: 



"The Iowa State Fair has again scored a record-breaking exhibition 

 and display of all that contributes toward making a great agricultural 

 and live stock show. Iowa is distinctly at the top in state fair and live 

 stock exhibitions. Its resources within itself are a factor that cannot be 

 easily overcome by any division of the United States. Iowa is great in 

 its herds of pure bred horses, cattle and hogs. It is not only great in 

 numbers, but has immense capital employed in the operation of producing 

 the best that human ingenuity, skill and breeding intelligence can 

 suggest. 



"The Iowa State Fair has become a national exhibition where large 

 numbers of high class show animals of America congregate. Owners of the 

 champions and grand champions of the live stock shows of the country 

 believe that nowhere can they be afforded greater honors than in occupying 

 a place in the show ring of the Iowa State Fair. 



"It is not in any spirit of placing one of our great live stock shows 

 above another that we say that noted expert authorities of live stock and 

 live stock shows have gone on record as pronouncing this the greatest live 

 stock show in horses and cattle that has ever been held in the United States. 

 When this has been established, the way is clear to make it world-wide, 

 since the international at Chicago has been freely pronounced by the 

 best of expert judges of Europe to surpass any held in that far-famed 

 land of pure breds. 



"This was not a two-breed exhibition of live stock. All breeds of 

 every kind of stock, horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, were fully repre- 

 sented, and the very closest competition prevailed throughout the classifica- 

 tions in each show. 



"Iowa is fortunate in having the natural layout in ground suitable for 

 every feature of exhibition. It has been taken up by competent engineer- 

 ing talent and planned into a most beautiful and fitting design for all 

 departments. The classification, or division, of all exhibits has made it 

 an easy matter for the fair visitor to find anything he desires to see with 

 the shortest possible expense of time. It is a fair grounds planned and 

 builded upon a business basis, yet with natural fitness that charms the 

 visitor with its beauty. 



"The agricultural and horticultural divisions at the state fair are 

 strong features. They are not planned solely for show and magnitude of 

 exhibit, but based upon the educational advantage that these exhibits may 

 contribute to the visitor who is seeking information." 



As the reports of these agricultural papers would indicate, the exhibit 

 at the 1914 Iowa State Fair was the greatest in the history of the fair. 

 The exhibit at the 1914 Iowa State Fair was made by 1,772 individual 

 exhibitors. They made 17,437 entries, exclusive of the machinery depart- 

 ment. This is an increase of 174 exhibitors over last year and about 

 1,000 additional entries. 



