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The following table gives a good idea of the diversity of the exhibits 

 and also gives the number of exhibitors and the number of entries in 

 each department of the fair, compared with the 1913 fair: 



D^artment 



1914 Fair 



1913 Fair 



Horses 



Cattle 



Swine 



Sheep 



Poultry 



Agriculture 



Pantry 



Dairy 



Horticiilture 



Floriculture 



Textile, China, etc. 



Graphic and Plastic Arts- 



School exhibits 



Farm implements 



Totals 



142 



103 



159 



30 



104 



175 



169 



78 



39 



14 



297 



31 



104 



327 



1,772 



2,413 



1,670 

 2,491 



771 

 1,612 

 1,606 

 2,130 

 78 

 1,106 



293 

 1,843 



224 

 1,200 



17,437 



148 



74 



117 



24 



117 



158 



144 



89 



49 



18 



220 



99 

 341 



1,598 





2,028 



1,330 



1,590 



G47 



1,636 



1,612 



2,206 



89 



976 



277 



2,779 



16,170 



The exhibit in the horse department was made by 142 exhibitors, who 

 entered 1,152 head of horses, ponies and mules. A commendable feature 

 of the horse exhibit, and one that is growing each year, is the number 

 of horses owned and exhibited by Iowa breeders. Of the 142 exhibitors 

 in the horse department this year, 106 were Iowa breeders, 23 Illinois, 

 9 from Missouri, and 1 each from the states of iWisconsin, South Dakota, 

 Nebraska and Kansas. 



The National Draft Horse Breeders' Futurity for yearling stallion 

 and filly foals, which has been contested at the Iowa State Fair for the 

 past four years, was again a feature of the draft horse division of the 

 show and brought out some excellent specimens of the four breeds. The 

 Iowa exhibitors clearly demonstrated their ability as breeders in the 

 futurity divisions, by winning four out of the eight first prizes. 



A feature of the horse show classes was the One Thousand Dollar 

 Saddle Horse Stake, which attracted fourteen entries. Twelve of these 

 horses, including the very best specimens from the leading stables of 

 Missouri — the home of the saddle horse — competed for the prizes. 



Another educational feature that was added to the horse department 

 this year was the horseshoeing contest. This was conducted in a tent 

 near the horse barn, and, while the list of contestants was not large, it 

 proved to be a very interesting contest and one that merits consideration. 



The Horse Shoers' Journal, in commenting upon the contest, stated: 

 "It was the first of its kind ever held in the United States, but from the 

 interest aroused they were of the opinion that one would be held in con- 

 nection with all of the larger fairs, and should be held at every small 

 fair, in the future." 



