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building. Any visitor who failed to spend an hour or two, at least, in 

 the college building failed in one of the most important parts of his 

 mission to the fair. The daily lectures on all sorts of topics, from the 

 administering of serum to cholera-infected hogs to the proper prepara- 

 tion of staple foods for the family table, with the care and training 

 of children and the growing and feeding of alfalfa thrown in for gooC- 

 measure, were of inestimable value. The state college is doing a splendid 

 work, in a most attractive way, at its annual fair exhibit. 



One hundred and five boys took part in the corn and live-stock judg- 

 ing contests, competing for the Ames college scholarship. First prize 

 went to Harry H. Meneough, of Grimes. The other prize winners were 

 Vernon Guthrie, of Newton; Harry H. Webster, of Runnels; J. Leo Ahart, 

 of Dow City, and Raymond Teachout, of Imogene. The following boys 

 won honorable mention: Arthur Meints, of Dixon; Leslie Turnbull, of 

 Brady ville; Fred J. Paulus, of Hampton; Chester Viers, of Swan, and 

 Lawrence Boyer, of Red Oak. The contestants were required to judge 

 two rings each of horses, cattle and swine and not less than two varieties 

 of corn. The first four prizes were scholarships in the Iowa State 

 College of Agriculture at Ames, ranging in value from $200' for the first 

 prize to $100 for the fourth. The fifth prize was $25 in cash. The annual 

 competition invariably arouses great interest among the farm boys 

 and is an all-the-year-around incentive for good work and careful study 

 of the scientific end of farming. 



All attendance records for Monday were broken this year when the 

 total for the day reached 53,368. This was 13,184 more than had passed 

 through the turnstiles on Monday of last state fair. The fact that 

 the passes had been cut down, together with the larger gross attend- 

 ance, made the day's receipts the largest for any Monday in the history 

 of the Iowa fair, over 11,000 more than for the same day last year. 

 Monday was given over to the implement dealers of the state, a fitting 

 recognition of the prominent part they are playing in the agricultural 

 development of Iowa. Tuesday was Old Soldiers' day and a large num- 

 ber of veterans of the civil war were present, enjoying a reunion and 

 a chance to talk over old times and to see the wonders of the new 

 times. Sunday was Music Day, splendid band concerts by Liberati's and 

 Henry's bands and a night program by the Philharmonic Choir bringing 

 a record-breaking Sunday crowd out to the grounds. Tuesday goes 

 down in history as another record breaker, there being 65,814 persons 

 on the ground, thereby exceeding the best day of previous years by up- 

 wards of 1,000 persons. 



By next year the fine new woman's building will be erected, occupy- 

 ing a conspicuous spot on the grounds. The last legislature provided 

 the funds, but the building could not be erected in time for this year's 

 fair. The future babies' health contests will be held in the new build- 

 ing, fitting housing for one of the most important and attractive de- 

 partments of the entire fair. This is the third year that Iowa has held 



