264 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



for the study of approved types of animals in every important breed. 

 No better show of draft horses was ever brought together in this country 

 than that seen at the Iowa fair this year. 



The representative of Clark's Weekly News of the Harness Horse 

 became so enthused over the showing of yearling draft stallions for 

 the Futurity specials offered by The Chicago Daily Live Stock World 

 that he broke away from the harness horse end of the show for a few 

 minutes and paid the following compliment to the wonderful show of 

 yearling drafters: 



"A record-breaking display of yearling stallions of the Clydesdale, 

 Percheron, Shire and Belgian breeds crowned the efforts of The Chicago 

 Daily Live Stock World to establish show ring futurity stakes for year- 

 ling pure-bred drafters. As a starter the paper named opened four futuri- 

 ties — one for each breed named — making a substantial guarantee as to 

 money and offering to do all the work for nothing. The result of their 

 labors was that 53 yearling colts were lined up in the arena at Des 

 Moines, August 30, the largest display of the age ever made in the 

 history of the North American show ring. 



"As might have been expected eager buyers were on hand to skim 

 off the cream of this great aggregation and many sales were effected 

 that would not otherwise have been made. For instance, Wm. Crown- 

 over, of Hudson, Iowa, had the first prize colt in the Shire Futurity. 

 Before the showing he was bid $1,000 for the colt, Paramount Rex. 

 After the ribbon was tied the purchaser jumped his bid to $1,700, which 

 was accepted. This large sum of money, together with his winnings in 

 the futurity and the other classes at the Iowa Fair to which the colt 

 was eligible, gave Mr. Crownover something like $2,100 for a sixteen 

 months' old Shire colt — the largest price ever paid on this side of the 

 water for a home-bred colt of the age." 



Wallace's Farmer sees great benefits derived from the Iowa State 

 Fair and Exposition: 



"If some of those eastern financiers who have been lying awake nights 

 worrying over western agricultural conditions had spent last week at 

 the Iowa State Fair, they would have gone home tired but feeling better. 

 There is no better barometer of agricultural conditions in the corn belt 

 than the Iowa State Fair. The attendance this year and the temper 

 of the people ought to reassure the most pessimistic pessimist. Never 

 before has it been so large, and seldom has a more cheerful and satis- 

 fied spirit been so manifest. The railroads coming into Des Moines 

 were taxed to their capacity, while hundreds of farmers from all sections 

 of the state drove into the city in their automobiles. 



"There was no lack of entertainment features. In addition to the 

 aeroplanes, which made two flights daily and could be seen from all 

 parts of the grounds, there were the races and vaudeville stunts in 

 front of the grandstand by day, and an elaborate fireworks display at 

 night. In tihe stock pavilion a very good show was held each evening 

 while the seats were filled by an interested crowd which watched the 

 stock judging closely. There were the usual side show attractions on 

 the grounds, not particularly elevating but not of the distinctly repre- 



