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GUERNSEYS. 



The keenest kind of competition developed in the Guernsey classes. No 

 breed illustrated the advancement that has been made in the dairy-cattle 

 showing as well as this one, and there were probably more high-class in- 

 dividuals of the breed shown than in any other exhibit. Beginning with 

 a sensational class of aged cows, in which there was not a cow which 

 could be called a poor one, the entire exhibit maintained an unusually 

 high standard in every class. The classes were all close, there was hardly 

 a walkaway for any single winner, but what was most pleasing of such a 

 show was that Professor Grout's awards were all received well. That 

 there is no division of the breeders as to types within the breed was evi- 

 denced in the group showings, especially when the aged herds were being 

 awarded ribbons. It was indeed a beautiful and instructive exhibit. W. 

 iW. Marsh, of Waterloo, Iowa, added greatly to the interest of the exhibit 

 by showing a few of the individuals imported from the English herd of 

 the late J. P. Morgan. Deanie 16th, first prize aged cow, senior and grand 

 champion cow of the show, is a specimen of Guernsey dairy type which 

 helps improve score cards. She has a most mellow quality, possesses 

 refinement which does not weaken, has a very well shaped and capacious 

 udder, shows digestive and mammary qualities which mark only the 

 better dairy types. Marsh's aged bull was also made champion and here 

 again in the masculine was demonstrated a high rank of type. He is 

 strong and shows character, but not the grossness so often seen, has good 

 lines, an excellent girth, and a great character-giving front. The Jones 

 cow, Daisy's Sequel Boy of Dunnach, which stood second to Deanie 16th, 

 is a cow which, although perhaps not so showy a type, is a producer in 

 looks, if barrel capacity and size, shape and quality of udder, together 

 with constitution and quality, can prove it. Chas. Hill, of Wisconsin, 

 A. W. & F. E. Fox, of Wisconsin, and Wilcox & Stubbs, of Iowa, had ex- 

 cellent entries and won a goodly share of the prizes. 



HOLSTEINS. 



Holsteins are coming to be quite numerous among the dairy breeders 

 of the corn belt, and, as would be natural to expect, there were a good 

 many exhibitors of the breed. The selections of Mr. W. J. Gillett, of 

 Rosendale, Wis., were seldom questioned, never seriously criticised, and 

 were made with good reasons in every instance, which he was very ready 

 to give to those who asked for the information. This manner of instruc- 

 tive judging is to be commended as an educational feature which an 

 institution like the Iowa fair can afford to develop. The bull-calf class 

 was judged by H. G. Van Pelt. 



BROWN SWISS. 



To a great many who have not been acquainted with the breed, the 

 individuals shown in the Brown Swiss competition furnished pleasant 

 surprises as to what breeders have done in developing dairy type. It is 

 only a few years since Brown Swiss breeders refused to follow that will- 

 o'-the-wisp, the dual-purpose type, and turned their attention to develop- 

 ing a strictly dairy breed, and the progress that has been made must be 



