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published for the benefit of exhibitors and breeders who wanted to guard 

 against these faults, he mentioned the feet and legs as being the most at 

 fault, which can be guarded against by the selection of show animals with 

 short pasterns and good legs. W. T. Barr, of Ames, Iowa, was the win- 

 ner of grand champion boar, and was strong in the fight on sows. 



THE BERKSHIRES. 



The showing of Berkshires was better than usual, although not strong 

 numerically. The lowana herd, of Iowa, was especially strong in the 

 winning, as indicated by the awards. N. H. Gentry, of Sedalia, Mo., tied 

 the ribbons. 



THE SHEEP SHOW. 



The good feeling that pervaded the sheep camp at the Iowa State Fair 

 this year was very noticeable. The show was good, one of the best that 

 has been seen at a state fair, and the wool and mutton market is in 

 better shape than it has been for years, so there was no trouble for a 

 sheep man to "look pleasant" this year. The only complaint they had 

 was the crowded, unsatisfactory sheds that cover the sheep exhibit. The 

 management talked new quarters for sheep for some time, but the 

 $85,000 that went into the new Women and Children's building compels 

 the sheep men to wait until later. The fine wool breeds were offered more 

 class premiums than before, and consequently made a bigger showing. 

 The two silver cups for best Shropshire ram and ewe, home bred, went to 

 E. L. Bitterman, of Mason City, Iowa, and Fawcett & Son, of Springdale, 

 Iowa. The sheep on exhibition were owned by twenty-eight different 

 men, or firms, and were from Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Nebraska, and 

 Wyoming. The mutton breeds were judged by J. G. Hammer, and the 

 wool breeds by John Webb. 



(Issue of Septemier 11th.) 

 As indicated by our report in last week's issue, the Iowa State Fair 

 this year in most ways eclipsed all previous records. Had the weather 

 been less threatening, the attendance would very greatly have exceeded 

 the high-water mark and when the final count was made Friday evening, 

 it was but a few thousands short. Here are the figures: 



1914. 1913. 



Attendance 273,640 280,462 



Receipts $181,520.74 $185,616.12 



The following shows the attendance record by days: 



1914. 1913. 



Wednesday 4,464 3,829 



Thursday 8,916 8,608 



Friday 26,964 33,020 



Saturday 28,065 26,861 



Sunday 22,092 25,211 



Monday 40,839 58,045 



Tuesday 41,871 66,465 



Wednesday 46,761 40,972 



Thursday 31,329 17,431 



Friday 22,339 Closed 



Totals , , . , , , . , 273,640 280,462 



