584 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Iowa State Fair next year. Splendid action and uniformly good quality 

 make this breed attractive to all lovers of good draft horses. Robert 

 Miller, of Ontario, made the awards. 



THE PONY SHOW. 



The pony show was the largest ever seen at Des Moines. Some of the 

 very best specimens in this country were on exhibition. Especially to the 

 children were the ponies attractive. R. P. Stericker placed the awards. 



THE MULES AND JACKS. 



It would be well if greater emphasis were placed on the mule and jack 

 show at the Iowa fair. The showing this year, though larger than that of 

 previous years, was still small. The prizes were well split up amongst 

 Cassidy & Thompson, T. J. Lee, J. L. Poling, Loren Dunbar, A. L. Foster 

 and F. D. Duff. Cassidy & Thompson secured the championship on Maud. 

 The 0. K. Jack and Horse Company was the only exhibitor of jacks. 



THE LIGHT HOUSES. 



The light horse exhibit did not amount to much. In the standard-breds, 

 Peak, of Illinois, secured the bulk of the prizes, although in a number of 

 classes Iowa breeders made quite a strong showing. Again, in the saddle 

 horses the best prizes went to one man, Thos. Ba?s, of Missouri. Here, 

 again, Iowa breeders did well in several classes. Amongst the Morgans 

 there was a small exhibit of good quality. 0. J. Mooers, Wild Rose Farm, 

 J. B. Baker and S. C. Mills divided the bulk of their prizes. Most of the 

 Hackney ribbons went to out-of-the-state breeders. 



THE HOG SHOW. 



There were forty more exhibitors and 800 more hogs entered in the hog 

 show of this year than that of last. The Poland show was large, with the 

 big, medium and small types all well represented. Prizes were quite well 

 scattered amongst the different types of the breed, small, high quality 

 hogs taking the championships. There was a strong showing of Durocs. 

 Iowa breeders secured the bulk of the prizes. In the Chester Whites the 

 Iowa breeders were again strong. Illinois and Iowa divided honors in the 

 Berkshires, with most of the firsts going to Corsa, of Illinois, although 

 McPherson, Rookwood Farm and other Iowa breeders secured good prizes. 

 The Hampshire showing was good, with Illinois and Indiana securing the 

 most of the awards. Yorkshire swine were shown by B. F. Davidson, 

 Menlo, Iowa, and B. F. Funkle, Redfield, Iowa, the former securing most 

 of the firsts and championships. Tamworths were exhibited by C. C. 

 Roup, Iowa City, Iowa, and G. M. Weighton, Audubon, Iowa, and the 

 former won the largest number of firsts and all championships except 

 junior boar. 



