TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VL 2fi',) 



—1911 Fair— —1910 Fair- 

 No. of No. of No. of No. of 

 Breed. Exhib- Cattle Exhib- Cattle 

 itors. entered. itors. entered. 



Short-horns 27 204 25 231 



Herefords 16 237 14 215 



Aberdeen-Angus 8 108 11 119 



Galloway 4 63 4 47 



Polled Durham 8 82 5 46 



Red Polled 7 89 . 2 39 



Holstein-Friesian 5 34 2 28 



Jersey 7 96 4 52 



Guernsey 5 61 3 53 



Ayrshire 2 36 2 28 



Brown Swiss (new) 3 44 



Total 92 1,044 72 858 



The swine show was one of the old time Iowa shows. Every pen in 

 the swine barn was reserved before the show opened and the management 

 was obliged to refuse entries from eight or ten exhibitors for the reason 

 that there were no more available pens. The show was made by 206 

 exhibitors and by actual count there was 2,787 head of swine on exhibi- 

 tion, and they were divided among the seven breeds as follows: 



No. Exhib- No. 

 itors. Swine. 



Duroc Jersey 81 986 



Poland China 62 702 



Chester White 36 .186 



Hampshire 14 303 



Berkshire 9 120 



Yorkshire 2 68 



Tamworth 2 22 



Total 206 2,787 



The sheep show this year was a little larger than usual and clearly 

 demonstrated the need of better quarters to house this exhibit. The old 

 pens proved inadequate and the exhibitors worked to a disadvantage in 

 showing in the temporary quarters. Seven hundred eighty-two sheep 

 were shown by thirty-three exhibitors. 



The poultry show surpassed any in the history of the fair. One 

 hundred eleven exhibitors showed 2,200 birds of exceptional quality and 

 condition considering the season. A special feature of this year's show 

 Avas the Egg Laying Contest which was conducted just outside the build- 

 ing. This contest attracted a great deal of attention during the entire 

 week. Another new feature was the forenoon and afternoon programs 

 on Wednesday in the assembly tent devoted to the poultry problems and 

 topics of the day. 



