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close figuring in placing the first place upon August 112th. Many at the 

 ringside who watched the placing were in favor of the heifer, Silver 

 Mysie, an unusually sweet heifer from the herd of G. H. Burge, Mt. 

 Vernon, Iowa. 



ABERDEEN AXGUS. 



The "Doddie" show at the 1913 Iowa State Fair will go down iu his- 

 tory as one of the best Angus shows ever staged at Des Moines. While 

 there may have been shows that were more replete with numbers, there 

 has not been a show at Iowa in recent years so remarkable for general 

 good quality and fitness, taking the classes throughout. Iowa may well 

 feel proud of her Angus breeders who furnished the most of the winners 

 of outstanding merit at the 1913 fair. Of the eleven exhibitors who 

 led the ninety-six head of these cattle before Judge E. T. Davis, of Iowa 

 City, Iowa, only one appeared from outside the state of Iowa. 



In both male and female classes, animals in good condition and 

 well forward were led into the ring. Erwin C. was an outstanding win- 

 ner in class, and easily fought his way up through senior championship 

 and grand championship honors. Prof. W. ,T. Kennedy of the Iowa 

 College, who has seen the best of the breed on both sides of the water, 

 considers him the best Angus bull he has ever seen. 



There were many hotly contested classes among the females. In the 

 aged cow class there was keen competition and close figuring between 

 Blackcap McHenry 84th, and Thickset Myra, the former finally winning 

 by a narrow margin. Thickset Myra is a cow of great depth and thick- 

 ness and is showing in good condition, while the former is a cow of 

 remarkable smoothness and finish. Blackcap McHenry fought her way 

 to grand championship honors in female classes. 



Among the younger classes there was much hot competition, and it 

 is seldom that one has the opportunity to see such universal uniformity 

 among cattle classes. The senior yearling bull. Ebony of A. 3, is a bull 

 of much merit and was made junior champion of the show. In female 

 classes the senior yearling heifer, Queen of Rosemere 2d, was made 

 junior champion female of the show. The best of the prizes went to 

 Iowa breeders, W. A. McHenry being the heaviest winner. O. V. Battles 

 followed him quite closely in many of the older classes and in some of 

 the younger classes there was quite a distribution of the awards. 



HEKEFORDS. 



The least one could say of the Hereford show at Des Moines is that 

 it was excellent. Too much could not be said in its favor. In general 

 quality it was above par. The best the breeders of the country had to 

 offer were forward and showed in good form. One or two of the bull 

 classes were short in numbers, but what was lost in those classes was 

 more than offset by the appearance of some of the young bull classes 

 and by all the female classes. All told, 117 head were led into the ring 

 and passing judgment upon them gave Prof. .1. C. Kinzor, of Moscow, 

 Idaho, a difficult task in many of the classes. 



In the aged bull class Fairfax 16th had everything his own way. He 

 is still showing in good form and his remarkable depth, thickness and 

 finish made him winner of senior championsliip honors against his 



