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capacity. The Maywood bull Juhanna Ondine Grahambohm Lad, excellent 

 in front, has not the hindquarters to rank above third. Messer Farms won 

 the other bull classes, save the senior calves, where they ranked below 

 Oak Dale Sprink DeKol and the Maywood entry. The winner here was a 

 strong-lined calf of beautiful type and won the purple, leaving the 

 grand championship to the senior claimant. The aged cow class was dif- 

 ficult to adjudicate. Springbrook Darkness lacks type in her head and 

 also in capacity, while Jewel Walker Gerben lacks scale and strength, 

 but she is wonderfully well-veined and has plenty of quality. Drooky 

 Sadie Vale Cornucopia was the be.st-bodied cow in the class, but deficient 

 in her udder, which is pendulous. Bracelet Clothilde Korndyke won 

 handily, while last year's junior champion Nellie Segis Pontiac won the 

 two-year class from Rose DeKol Wayne Butter Boy, the state champion 

 m butter production, and later the senior and grand championships. Cul- 

 ver showed the junior champion. 



THE JERSEYS. 



It was a most imposing show of Jerseys. In quality it excelled some 

 former years by a good margin, and the five herds showed a total of sev- 

 enty-five animals. The breed was fortunate in having no inferior stock 

 shown. Prof. H. H. Kildee, St. Paul, Minn'., made the awards. Golden 

 Fern's Silver Thread, embodying dairy form and temperament with, the 

 pronounced Island type, ranked above her stablemate. Fairy Lad's Wolff. 

 Toronos Iris, a large cow with lots of strength and capacity, was forced 

 into third place because she had not the type and quality of the first two. 

 Longview Farm also showed the first-prize three and two-year-old heif- 

 ers, but could take only one first in young females, that on the junior 

 calf. W. S. Dixon & Son showed the other firsts in the female classes, 

 winning junior champion on Oxford Majesty Maid, a junior yearling with 

 wonderful lines and quality and an udder remarkable for its symmetry. 

 She was compelled to cede the coveted purple in the female classes to the 

 aged cow; largely because the old cow shows her worth. 



In the bull classes Longview Farm was generally successful. Its aged 

 bull Viola's Majesty's White Sox was placed over Stockwell's Champion 

 because he was cleanercut and straighter-topped. Later he won the 

 highest honors. Mrs. Fabyan won first in the two-year-old class on her 

 lone entry. Combination Premium, Jr. Poet's White Heart headed the 

 six yearlings and later won over his stablemates the junior champion- 

 sliip. One of the sensations of the show was the senior calf Jolly Snow- 

 storm, marked like a\ Holstein save for his head. He won fifth in his 

 class. Competition was spirited and Jersey ribbons won at Des Moines 

 this year were coveted and prized. 



THE AYRSHIRES. 



The Ayrshire show, though somewhat smaller than in previous years, 

 was of uniform quality. Only three herds were present. The bull classes, 

 except those under two years of age, were hardly up to the standard of 

 the other classes. The most outstanding bull was Seitz's senior ye.arling 

 calf Cavalier's Lord Rosebery. He is a growthy youngster of exceptional 

 promise. In the aged cow class seven good entries were uncovered. Old- 

 hall Beauty 8th, an; imported cow that won the grand championship, is 

 an outstanding individual. The first prize two-year-old Nona Spence is 

 living up to the promise of success she gave in previous years, although 

 the junior championship was wrested from/ her by her full-sister Good 

 Gift's Nona. The Ayrshire show was altogether highly creditable. Will 

 Forbes, Waterloo, la., was the judge. 



THE GUERNSEYS. 



The Guernsey exhibit was disappointingly light in numbers and not 

 notable in quality. One of the features was the senior bull calf Rookwood 

 Cherub, a youngster of much promise, which Prof. C. F. Curtiss raised 



