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and progressiveness of manufacturer, jobber and farmer alike. Entire 

 families wander from one exhibit to the other, comparing fine points and 

 good qualities, asking eager and intelligent questions and taking literature 

 literally by the pound. Never were labor and time-saving mechanical aids 

 in such demand as on Iowa farms today. Never was the machinery 

 exhibit larger, better or more interesting than at Des Moines this week. 



Iowa is the foremost state in the Union in the matter of automobiles 

 proportionate to population, having one motor car for every eleven per- 

 sons, a record better than that of any other state. It was fitting, there- 

 fore,, that the automobile show at the fair this year should have been 

 larger and better than ever. Not only were more cars shown and more 

 space occupied, but the exhibits were striking proof that Iowa farmers 

 are buying a better grade of cars and are i,n the market for the very 

 best accessories. Something like 100 makes and styles were shown and 

 the automobile exhibit was always thronged with interested onlookers. 

 Car prices are expected to| rise in the fall, so that the market is now 

 quite keen, and many of the big concerns have difficulty keeping up with 

 the demand. Iowa has over 250,000 automobiles registered so far and 

 it is a safe guess that the show at Des Moines this week will increase 

 sales very materially, especially among farmers. 



Clifford Tague, of Kirkham, with a yearling Short-horn baby beef, was 

 the winner of the baby beef contest among boys of the Iowa baby beef 

 clubs. Donald Heil, of Corning, with a Hereford, finished second. George 

 Rosenfield, of Kelley, with an Angus, finished third. A total of fifty-six 

 beeves were entered by as many boys from all parts of the state. Other 

 winners in the order of their awards, were as follows: Homer Town, of 

 Oskaloosa ; Howard Anderson, of Ross ; Raymond McMillen, of Mount 

 Pleasant; Richard Siberling, of Mitchellville; Harold Labought, of Ne- 

 vada; Charles Strothman, of Yarmouth; Theodore Fricke, of State Center; 

 Earl Bickland, of Mapleton; Elmer McMillen, of Mount Pleasant; Neal 

 Bixter, of Corning; Ray Longfellow, of Elkton; Tom Evans, of Roscoe; 

 Otis Rash, of New Providence; John Field, of Paton; George Housman, 

 of Gilbert. The contest was spirited and the quality of the entries was 

 uniformly good, testifying to the interest taken by the boys and their 

 general efficiency. 



The usual statue or figure, molded of butter, which has adorned the 

 dairy exhibit for many years, was supplanted this year by a reproduction, 

 in butter, of Iowa's first creamery, located near Manchester, in 1872, by 

 Matthew Van Deusen, who passed away during the last year. The ex- 

 hibit was in the nature of a memorial to Mr. Van Deusen and was well 

 deserved. That splendid pioneer in the dairy industry in Iowa took first 

 prize on butter at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876 and 

 was active in the dairy work until his death. It is well to give such 

 credit to such men and to keep historical facts alive in the minds of the 

 young, as this reproduction of Iowa's first creamery can hardly fail to do. 



