70 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



In other years a large part of the space in Machinery Hall was 

 devoted to biig^gies and other lighter horsedrawn vehicles. Even 

 last year a considerable number were to be seen, but this year 

 pretty nearly marked their passing, only a scant half dozen or so 

 being shown along with a few farm wagons. In their stead the vis- 

 itor found farm trucks, trailers and accessories in endless array. 



The auto show, made up of half a hundred different makes, oc- 

 cupied the large show room under the grandstand and a temporary 

 annex built along the south side of this room. The show was made 

 up of 1918 models and included all the leading makes of pleasure 

 cars. 



An excellent idea of the progress being made in dairy matters 

 was presented in the exhibits of cream separators, churns and but- 

 ter-making appliances of all kinds ; also in stable fixtures for dairy 

 cows, which mean comfort and sanitation with increased milk pro- 

 duction to correspond. There seemed to be no end to the number 

 of engines, big and little, and of various types for the application 

 of the power on the farm from running the chum and washing ma- 

 chine to the thresher and road-grading machine. A wonderful and 

 convincing demonstration of the revolution in m.ethods that enables 

 the farmer to accomplish a maximum of results with a minimum of 

 labor. 



LIVE STOCK SHOW SATISFACTORY 



If the stock show slumped slightly in numbers certainly there 

 was no impairment of quality to be found in the thousands of 

 choice animals on exhibition. The extremely high prices for feed 

 which prevail in all parts of the country, together with the 'diffi- 

 culty of obtaining competent help for fitting show animals, pre- 

 vented a good many exhibitors from making the shows this fall 

 and explains why most big fairs have fewer entries this year than 

 in 1916. Even at that with more than 5,000 fine animals on exhi- 

 bition in the various departments there was enough to occupy the 

 average visitor's time to the limit. A very plain and gratifying 

 fact, easily discernible to the most casual observer, was the in- 

 creased number of Iowa exhibitors, mostly young men. 



MANY IOWA HORSES SHOWN. 



For obvious reasons many of the big importers formerly to be 

 seen at the Iowa State Fair were missing. The hundreds of stalls 



