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dairy products at the 1913 Iowa State Fair from the Breeders' 

 Gazette, one of the leading live stock journals of this country. In 

 fact, this paper is taken as authority everywhere. In speaking of 

 dairy cattle they say: 



"If state fair exhibits afford any indication of a common- 

 wealth's progress, the milch cows of Iowa are forging ahead more 

 rapidly than any other class of animals. A 13 per cent increase 

 in the number of entries afforded the largest exhibit of this sort 

 at any state fair west of the Mississippi." 



In speaking of the dairy exhibit, we quote from their comments 

 the following : 



"The dairy exhibit in this building is impressive but scarcely 

 adequate. The time is coming when this industry will ask and 

 deserve a separate building. The dairy and food commission 

 continues its valuable work of teaching by precept and example 

 the importance of modern methods of dairying and warning of 

 the latter-day adulteration of food stuffs. In the refrigerated 

 glass exhibit case the lesson of profitable production through 

 breed improvement was driven home. A square of butter repre- 

 sented the annual production of the average Iowa dairy cow — 

 140 pounds, which at 30 cents represented a gross income of $42. 

 Over against it stood a huge block of butter, representing the 

 yearly yield of the world's champion butter cow, Banostine Belle 

 DeKol, weighing 1,270 pounds and valued at the same price per 

 pound $381. It is the highest province of a fair to enforce just 

 such lessons." 



As further evidence of the wonderful and rapid development 

 of the dairy industry one only need to visit the Dairy Show held 

 at Waterloo under the auspices of the Iowa State Dairy Asso- 

 ciation and Dairy Cattle Congress. This great exposition is fast 

 attaining a national reputation. Among the 800 head of dairy 

 cattle entered in this show, were the best from ocean to ocean. 

 The cattle winning at this show were National Dairy Show 

 winners. 



Addresses were delivered at this convention by such noted 

 speakers as Governor George W. Clarke, Lieutenant Governor 

 William L. Harding, President Raymond A. Pearson of the Iowa 

 State College, while the Secretary of State, Hon. William J. 

 Bryan, and also the Hon. Maurice Connolly, Congressman from 

 the Third District, journeyed all the way from Washington, D. C, 

 for the purpose of addressing this convention. Besides the ad- 



