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she was a grand type of dairy matron, open-ribbed, mellow-slvinned and 

 long, level and capacious in the udder.. Some discussion arose in the three- 

 year-old heifers over the placing of this year's Highland champion second, 

 but the length, leveler rump and handling quality were sufficient to bring 

 the blue to her herd rival. 



BROWN SWISS. 



Each year sees refinement, utility and development in this breed, and 

 the present exhibition showed clearly the more distinct imiprint of the 

 American idea of dairy character. Allynhurst's champion My One Boy 

 is a most worthy son of their old campaigner Casper C, and enforces a 

 lesson in constructive breeding. The purple-bearing cow, Arlene, carried 

 productive lines worthy of emulation in any of our milk breeds. Ayers' 

 veteran Anna was placed third in the aged cow class. Born on the show 

 circuit, she is beginning her fourteenth consecutive year of campaigning. 

 The development in nervous temperament of all the animals shown is so 

 marked that it may be termed another milestone of progress. Hugh G. 

 Van Pelt made the allotments in a manner that evoked popular favor. 



DUTCH BELTED. 



All awards went to F. R. Sanders, Mesa, Ariz., as the sole exhibitor. 



AMONG THE SHEEP. 



Perhaps the most interesting feature in connection with the Iowa sheep 

 show was the fraternal feeling that exists among the exhibitors. This de- 

 velopment reached its culmination in the organization of an Iowa Shrop- 

 shire Breeders' Association Monday night. Prof. M. G. Thornburg of Ames, 

 superintendent of the sheep department, was elected secretary and treas- 

 urer, and a series of resolutions were passed commending his initial at- 

 tempt as sheep superintendent, and recommending that the board engage 

 him for the coming year. 



Three hundred and fifty entries stepped into the ring in the sheep de- 

 partment, 150 of which were Shropshires. The interesting feature of the 

 show in this case, as in many other departments, was the list of Iowa ex- 

 hibitors. Harry Eddingfield produced both the Iowa sweepstakes ram and 

 ewe. The ewe was pronounced by judge John Campbell of Ontario as one 

 of the nicest types of American animals that he had ever passed upon. She 

 was not in high enough flesh to defeat McKerrow's imported ewes in the 

 open classes, but her fresh femininity, pink skin; true Shropshire fleece and 

 wonderfully set legs made her very attractive. The good will among exhib- 

 itors reached its culmination on "Wednesday morning when judges, officials, 

 exhibitors and ringside "fans" held a fellowship meeting, and drank quarts 

 of lemonade from the beautiful sweepstake cups that were won by Edding- 

 field. 



In the Iowa Shropshires the rivalry was keen among G. A. Fawcett 

 (who won on his ram lamb in the open class, defeating McKerrow's im- 

 ported animals), E. L. Bitterman (who dipped deeply into the money 

 awards) and Eddingfield. In the open classes McKerrow had everything 

 his own way. A yearling ram carried away the championship. The Iowa 

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