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brother, Beau Fairfax, from the same herd, who won first in the two- 

 year-old class. He failed, however, to win grand championship honors, 

 being defeated in this race by the senior yearling and junior champion 

 bull. Repeater 7th. Here is a remarkable young bull with great depth, 

 length, thickness, quality and finish. Showing as he does in yearling 

 form, he gives the appearance of a mature bull, and it seemed to be the 

 universal opinion at the ringside that he was entitled to the honor 

 accorded him. Some of the young bull classes gave Professor Kinzer a 

 difficult task, and placing them took a great deal of time. The appear- 

 ance of these young animals in the pavilion was really a feature of the 

 cattle show. 



In the aged cow class, Perfection Lass was early picked as winner, 

 but the real contest in this class seemed to lie between Nora Fairfax and 

 Disturber's Lassie 4th for second place. The latter is a thick animal, 

 but is inclined to be a trifle patchy. The smoothness and the straight 

 back of the latter finally won her the second place. 



The junior yearling heifer, Miss Repeater, winner in her class and 

 junior champion female, was defeated for grand championship honors 

 by the cow, Perfection Lass. The young female classes aroused con- 

 siderable interest and the judging work was watched with keen interest 

 which may be an index to the returning interest in beef growing. 



GALLOWAY. 



The entire Galloway exhibit, consisting of thirty-eight head, was 

 shown by three exhibitors, two of whom came from Kansas and one from 

 Iowa. Mr. Chas. Escher, .Jr., of Botna, Iowa, placed the animals and 

 gave universal satisfaction. As a whole the quality of the showing was 

 good and while there was lack of quality in some of the young bull 

 classes, there were some excellent female classes shown. 



C. S. Hechtner, of Chariton, Iowa, succeeded in carrying off the great- 

 est number of blue ribbons in the classes. His aged bull. Imp. Optimist, 

 won first in class and was made senior and grand champion bull of the 

 show. The junior yearling bull, Ivan's Favorite, won in class and junior 

 championship competition. In female classes, Daisy Dimple, from Capital 

 View Ranch, Kan., was first in the aged cow class, and won senior and 

 grand championship honors. Hechtner's Lassie 2d, of Maples, a senior 

 yearling, was made junior champion of the show. 



BED POLLED. 



There was a really representative showing of the dual-purpose breed 

 at the Des Moines show, and a great many of the good individuals testi- 

 fied to the marked improvement that has been made in the breed in the 

 last decade. The one-time high tail, head and weak back, points too 

 common among these cattle, are rapidly disappearing and are discredited 

 in the show ring. Among the cow classes there appeared some really 

 good double-purpose cows that approach the farmer's idea of useful ani- 

 mals. Three exhibitors, all of whom come from outside the state of 

 Iowa, made the showing of forty-nine head led before Prof. Andrew 

 Boss, of the Minnesota Agricultural College, who made the awards. 



In the male classes, Teddy's Best, a long, deep bull of useful type was 



