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There were ten candidates for futurity honors and Crownover won 

 first, third, fifth and sixth on four roan fillies as tastefully made and finely- 

 mannered as only four Farceur sisters could be. The first one. Para- 

 mount Lulu, is the largest and there is not one serious fault in her make- 

 up. It took a really balanced and promising one to slip in among these 

 four, as the two roans did which were shown by Good in second and 

 fourth places. His red ribbon filly Princess B Is exceedingly deep-chested, 

 a brood mare kind and a serviceable appearing youngster also. Her mate 

 that won fourth is not so neat and well turned, over the tips as the 

 smaller Crownover filly that came just ahead of her. Eight filly foals 

 made an unusually large class for a state fair. One of Irvine's youngsters 

 sired by Alfred won first place. This is the same one that won first 

 with her dam Suzette as mare and foal. Her combination of pleasing lines 

 and acceptable bottoms stamp her as one to be reckoned with in future. 

 The Lefebure red-ribbon filly is well grown and of fine quality. 



The most wonderful feature of the Belgian exhibition and of the whole 

 draft horse department was the remarkable excellence and similarity of 

 eight fillies which Crownover showed in two groups as the get of Farceur. 

 They were all typical Belgians of their sire's pattern and every one stood 

 on the kind of legs and feet sought continually by all draft horse users. 

 It was the universal comment that this show proves Farceur to be a great 

 and tremendously prepotent sire. 



THE PONY SHOW. 



This state fair maintained well its reputation for overflowing classes of 

 Shetland Ponies, with some capital representatives of the Welsh and 

 Hackney Ponies. Shetlands were shown by Mrs. Adam Sterling, Des Moines, 

 la.; Bridgeford Farms, Joy, 111.; George Briedson, Panora, la.; C. E. Bunn, 

 Peoria, 111.; Welty Shetland Pony Farm, Nevada, la., and Hugh Hall, Des 

 Moines, la. Hackney Ponies and others were shown by Frank Briedson, 

 Bayard, la.; A. L. Champlin, Ames, la.; Oakland Stable, Oskaloosa, la.; 

 Mrs. Adam Sterling, Des Moines, la.; C. R. Wells and Bruce Robinson, 

 Washington, la., and Welsh Ponies by C. E. Bunn and Mrs. Adam Sterling. 

 Prof. W. J. Rutherford of Saskatchewan did the judging. Mr. Bunn was 

 the leader in ribbon-winning among the Shetlands in the breeding classes 

 and in harness, and Mrs. Sterling's pony won under saddle. The prizes 

 were well divided among the Welsh in the breeding classes, but Mr. Bunn 

 was most prominent with ponies in harness. 



IOWA STATE PAIR BREAKS ALL RECORDS. 



From Wallaces' Farmer. 



The Iowa State Fair for 1917 set a new high-water mark, exceeding in 

 total attendance all past high records by over 50,000 visitors. Total re- 

 ceipts also made a new high total of about $50,000 more than last year, 

 which itself set a new record for the fair. During the entire ten days, 

 the fair was favored with ideal weather — warm enough to be bringing 

 the corn crop along to maturity and cool enough to be pleasant for camp- 

 ing and to spend the days and evenings in the open air. A little shower 

 early in the week settled the dust and added to the comfort of the visitors. 

 The management will be able to clear off all indel)tedness and leave a 

 surplus in the treasury for improvements and emergencies next year. The 

 total attendance was just a few short of 3-50.000 for the ten days. 



Iowa has been wonderfully blessed this year with good grain crops, 

 which are bringing profitable prices. With the exception that corn is a 

 couple weeks late, Iowa crops were never better, Iowa farmers are feeling- 

 prosperous, and they came to the fair in goodly numbers for a few days 

 of rest and to study the exhibits, with a view to growing better live stock 

 and to using more up-to-date machinery, which will enable them to spread 

 the work of a single man over a larger acreage, and in this way cope in a 

 measure with the serious shortage of farm help that already exists. 



