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Amos, valued at $200. $150, $100, and $25, respectively. Competition was 

 limited to boys under twenty-one years of age and to those wlio had not 

 been classified in college work or those who had never won above fifth 

 place in any previous state fair judging contest. Their work as a whole 

 was highly commendable. The total number of possible points to be 

 gained was SOO. The awards follow: 



1 — George W. Halstead, Ames 684 



2 — Aubrey Johnson, Cresco 681 



3 — Raymond McMillan, Mount Pleasant 679 



4 — Harry Farrington, Silver City 673 



5— Carl B. Bates, Newell ". 672 



The model garden plan worked out near the College Building, was a 

 new feature of the fair. Professor C. L. Fitch, of the Iowa Agricultural 

 College, had given supervision to the garden during the summer. It was 

 calculated to be of about the proper size for a farmer's family, and to 

 include the vegetables and small fruits which should be grown in every 

 farm garden. Hundreds of plans of the garden were distributed. Those 

 who failed to see the garden or to get a copy of its plan should write to 

 the college for one before planting next spring's garden. At the rear of 

 the garden, a cave for storage was erected, and a pit for storing vege- 

 tables suggested practical ideas. Gardens on most farms are managed in 

 a haphazard way, largely because farmers have given the subject little at- 

 t ntion. The idea of the worked-out-model plan was to encourage more 

 system and to show just about how much of each product should be pro- 

 duced to supply the family's needs as well as the arrangement of the 

 Viiious plats in the garden. 



A farm sheep demonstration exhibit in the sheep barn attracted a 

 great deal of favorable attention. It was put on by the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of interesting more farmers 

 in keeping sheep. The war has brought about high prices for wool, and 

 there has been money in mutton. The demonstration showed how a 

 160-acre farm could be arranged to accommodate a flock of about sixty 

 breeding ewes, and it pointed out the acreage of various crops the sheep 

 would need. The exhibit gave in a nutshell the history of the different 

 breeds, and fundamental principles of sheep management. The model 

 sheep barn, sheds and feeding troughs gave sheep breeders practical 

 ideas, which many will adopt. Attention was called to the new Iowa dog 

 law, which should make sheep raising in Iowa more profitablo. One of 

 the essentials in sheep breeding which was emphasized was to provide 

 fresh pasture for lambs frequently during the spring and summer. The 

 demonstration rounded out the sheep show in a splendid way. 



The school exhibit in the Exposition Building continued to be of in- 

 terest. It showed how each year more and more attention is being given 

 to industrial education along with the book material. The individual 

 school displays of sewing, fancywork, drawings, art work, etc., made a 

 strong collective exhibit, which drew its share of attention. 



Every year an increasing number of folks travel to the fair in auto- 

 mobiles, 'inhere were literally thousands of cars on the grounds every 

 day. Quite a number of thesei came from adjoining states, and every 

 county and neighborhood in Iowa was represented. In years past, special 

 excursion trains were put on by all railroads,' which hauled immense 

 crowds, but nowadays a few extra coaches on the regular trains are 

 sufficient to handle the state fair crowds who come by rail. Except for 

 the splendid police work done by the soldiers of the Iowa Ammunition 

 Corps, there would have been serious congestion in the automobile traffic. 

 These men, however, were all experienced automobile drivers, and there 



