TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI 



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1910 1911 



Short-horns 183 179 



Galloway 41 54 



Red Polls 36 61 



Holsteins 27 32 



Ayrshires 14 33 



Jerseys 57 91 



Guernseys 53 66 



Brown Swiss 46 



Totals 703 927 



SHOBT-HOENS. 



Short-horn competition has been keener at previous Iowa fairs than it 

 was at this year's show, though some of the younger classes were fought 

 out as closely as anyone would wish. More cattle have also been seen in 

 the ring competition than were led in this year. The Iowa breeders made 

 a good showing throughout with the added incentive of the Iowa special 

 prizes. The judge, Mr. J. L. Reid, again came from the other side and 



GRAND CHAMPION SHORT-HORN BULL 

 Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1911 



did his work in a thoroughly businesslike manner. He likes to see the 

 animals move and holds strongly to breed type as a requirement of his 

 winners. Perhaps the feature of the show was the great showing of 

 young Cumberland stuff from the Saunders herd at Manilla. One or 

 two other breeders had Cumberland-bred animals that were among the 

 leaders, but Saunders' herd was practically all of this blood. The aged 



