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Alpine breed as show cattle, a refined stock which gains in producing 

 power in direct proportion to its refinement, will result. 



Only two herds were shown, the Allynhurst Farm herds, of Delavan, 

 Wisconsin, and the H. W. Ayers' herd, of Honey Creek, Wisconsin. 

 Marion T. Anderson, who exhibited last year, failed to reappear. But 

 these two herds, owned as they are by veterans of long experience in 

 breeding and showing, were of the type to make friends for the breed. 

 The wish was expressed several times in the ring that one or two of 

 the eastern herds could have been present, so as to form a roundup of 

 the best Brown Swiss herds in the country the Brown Swiss cattle being 

 grouped largely in Wisconsin and eastern states. 



My-One-Boy, the four-year-old son of Casper C, was given the senior 

 and grand championships, defeating the junior championship, Casper 

 Brown of Allynhurst, a calf of great promise. Zell A., a son of last year's 

 champion, was also a formidable contender for the honors. Among the 

 cows, Cuma, now a veteran of many shows, failed to repeat, being de- 

 feated by Belle of Grattan, a cow of considerable refinement. Arlene, 

 always dangerous, made a strong bid for senior honors, while the junior 

 ribbon was given to a calf, Ernetta G. 



DUTCH BELTED. 



Mr. Frank Reed Sanders, of Mesa, Arizona, who had entered an even 

 dozen of the belted cattle, was the only competitor for the ribbon honors. 

 His stock, considered from the Dutch Belted point of view, was almost 

 uniformly excellent, only a few really poor show individuals being dis- 

 covered while several were outstanding. Mr. Sanders by no means gave 

 Iowa the benefit of his entire herd, as he has sixty or more Dutch Belted 

 cattle making an eastern circuit. There are only a few bundred of this 

 breed in the United States, and these are distributed very largely in the 

 extreme Southwest, the corn belt and dairy farmers never having taken 

 kindly to the type. Axel Hanson, of Ames, Iowa, placed the ribbons. 



DRAFT HORSES. 



The importance of the Hawkeye state as a horse center is realized 

 when it is considered that a larger percentage of farmers in Iowa raise 

 horses than in any other state. This would indicate a great demand for 

 pure-bred draft stallions, as well as brood mares. Horse "soup" or a 

 general diffusion of nondescript equine blood is fatal to a healthy horse 

 breeding status anywhere; the market demands heavy horses of refined 

 quality, and this demand is met only by mating large mares with the 

 best pure-bred stallions. In the past, Iowa farmers have liad to import 

 many of their best from other states; the Iowa State Fair drew on out- 

 side studs for some of its best exhibits. In the natural order of affairs 

 Iowa horsemen should dominate their own fair in point of numbers 

 as well as quality, and lead any other similar institution in the country. 

 Perhaps one of the most potent influences to bring better horses to Iowa 

 and her fair is the futurity show. This year the futurity competition 

 brought from the Percherons, and to a slightly lesser degree among the 

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