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honors. In the senior bull calf class, with seventeen in the ring, Saun- 

 ders won first with a very attractive calf of good type, but did not have 

 a walkaway. The junior bull calf class was a ring of twenty, with Saun- 

 ders again in the lead. From the showyard standpoint the aged cow 

 class, with an even dozen, was just fair, as some of the best had lost 

 their bloom. The two-year-old class made a much better showing, and 

 was a strong class. Tomson Bros., of Kansas, won first on a daughter of 

 Bampton Knight, but had close competition from Watts & Sons, of Iowa, 

 with a daughter of Sentinel. The senior yearling class brought out nine- 

 teen heifers that included several very strong numbers, and there was a 

 nice class of juniors. 



THE ABERDEEN ANGUS. 



The Angus show was wonderfully strong as it was, but scarcely came 

 up to the high mark of previous years in numbers. As ever, the qual- 

 ity was exceptional. Seven Iowa exhibitors competed for the prizes, four 

 less than last year. The competition simmered down to a three-cornered, 

 contest between Binnie, McHenry and Battles. McHenry had slightly the 

 best of the argument, securing the senior champion cow and scoring heav- 

 ily in the herd classes. Miller secured several firsts and the grand cham- 

 pion female, while Anderson, Arney and Baker occasionally landed well 

 inside the money. In the class of aged bulls. McHenry had things his 

 own way, with Quality Prince, a bull of great scale and excellent quality. 

 Owing to an injury. Battles' Oakville Quiet Lad was not shown this year. 

 He would certainly make the competition in the aged bull and champion 

 classes more interesting. In a class of four two-year-old bulls, Binnie 

 had an outstanding winner in Kloman, a bull of superb quality and ex- 

 cellent finish, which afterwards was made a senior and grand cham- 

 pion. In the aged cow class, McHenry was out again with his Barbara 

 McHenry 24th, who quite easily took first in her class. The younger 

 female classes were for the most part of beautiful quality, ranging very 

 uniformly throughout, the tails of the classes not being markedly inferior 

 to those at the top. The prizes were awarded by Dr. H. M. Brown of 

 Hillsboro, Ohio. 



THE HEEEFORDS. 



There was nothing in this year of drouth to foretell the magnificent 

 display of Herefords made at Des Moines last week, so the wonder is all 

 the greater that this show should be bigger and better than the grand dis- 

 play made by the Hereford exhibitors at the Iowa State Fair a year ago. 

 The Hereford enthusiam that prompted it must come from a revival of 

 the business, and is too strong to be seriously affected by such handicaps 

 as burned pastures. There were 248 head of Herefords on exhibition, 

 which was a 15 per cent increase over last year, and the exhibitors were 

 from five different states. Among them were some who had never ex- 

 hibited at the state fair before, but the list also included some veterans 

 in the business, among them Makin Bros, of Missouri, and Van Natta & 

 Son of Indiana, each continuous exhibitors of Herefords for more than 

 a quarter of a century. Robert Mousell, the well-known Hereford expert 



