FIFTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV 265 



Ohiaas and Chester Whites made up the bulk of the show, and these 

 three breeds were of about equal strength numerically. It was the largest 

 Chester White show that the breed has made. The Hampshires, Berk- 

 shires, Yorkshires, and Tamworths were the other breeds represented. 



THE DUROC JERSEYS. 



For several years now the Duroc Jerseys have led the other breeds in 

 numbers at the Iowa State Fair. This year the breeders of this popular 

 red hog again engaged the most pens, but there was very little difference 

 in the number of reds, whites and blacks in the pens. The showing of 

 Durocs this year was strong, although it hardly excelled last year's show 

 for animals of outstanding excellence. The championships went to Walte- 

 meyer Bros. 



THE POLAND CHINAS. 



The Poland China exhibitors at the Iowa State Fair this year made 

 one of the strongest and most satisfactory exhibits this breed has ever 

 made. There were more good big ones than ever, and the indications are 

 that the big type Polands have made a place for themselves in the Iowa 

 shows, and made it on merit, for the big ones that are winning now are 

 not only big but are smooth and have show yard merit. The show 

 opened Monday morning with the aged boar class, and the merits of this 

 class called out as much favorable comment as any class of the entire 

 show. It came near being the sensational class of the show, although 

 there were good sow classes also. When the breed has as good herd boars 

 as are indicated by the herd boars at this show, it means much for the 

 future of the breed. We have heard of 1,000-pound herd boars, but it is 

 not often that they have been winning the prizes. In this show the first 

 prize aged boar actually weighed 1,000 pounds, and he had big company. 

 Mr. Marker did the judging, and the exhibitors and breeders present 

 gave him credit for doing a good job. 



HAMPSHIRE SWINE. 



The showing of this white belted breed of swine was good. Mr. Wilson 

 Rowe, of Ames, Iowa, who did the judging, and has judged the Hamp- 

 shires at the Iowa State Fair more than any other man, pronounced this 

 show the best he had ever passed on, and stated that the first prize win- 

 ners were especially good, and the competition in most of the classes close. 

 He considered the group classes strong competition for any breed. 



THE CHESTER WHITES. 



The Chester Whites have taken their place as one of the strongest swine 

 exhibits at the big Iowa State Fair. The exhibit ranked this year with 

 the Durocs and Polands in numbers, Avith the possibility that when the 

 actual count is made they will outnumber the other breeds. The Chester 

 White breeders are quite jubilant over the steady growth their breed has 

 been making. The judging was done by N. H. Gentry, of Missouri, and 

 in commenting on the show, he said that there were some very fine speci- 

 mens of the breed on exhibition, that were worthy of the best prizes, but 

 that there were some on exhibition that were not first-class. When asked 

 to state the chief fault he noticed in the latter class, that it might be 



