418 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



good work go on. It is evident that Iowa breeders must hereafter be 

 considered a factor to be strongly reckoned with in the fight for suprem- 

 acy in the show ring, which is as it should be. No State has better 

 Shorthorns than Iowa. Why should she not take her proper rank in 

 the Shorthorn shows? While the Iowa entries were not as strongly 

 filled as the herds that make the circuit, nevertheless, they proved com- 

 petition of the worthy sort, and in a number of cases made the decisions 

 so close that it would have taken but little to turn the scale in their 

 favor. They were close up in all the classes, and deserve much credit 

 for the excellent showing made. 



Mr J. H. Miller of Indiana, breeder of Polled Durhams and Short- 

 horns, judged the classes, and his work in general gave good satisfac- 

 tion. 



THE BULL CL.^.SSES. 



The bull calves were rather better than usual, with the . bull calf 

 class deserving particular mention. In this ring tliere were as good 

 a lot of calves, take it altogether, as we ever remember seeing at a show. 

 Iowa exhibitors were particularly strong in this class, Mr. Daws landing 

 second, Mr. Akers sixth, and there were other entries clear outside the 

 money that were almost on a par. The leader in the aged bull class, 

 WTiitehall Marshall, the champion of last year as a tw^o-year-old, makes 

 his initial bow in the aged class in grand form. He is altogether a bull 

 that will be indeed hard to down this season showing in better form 

 than last year. Iowa scored second honors on Mr. Burge's Money 

 Musk, a four-year-old red bull of sterling worth that has been shown 

 ever since a calf at the Iowa State Fair, and having won second in 

 each instance. He is a grand type and demonstrated that the good 

 bulls are not all roans. Messrs. Bellow's Good Choice, a Choice Goods 

 calf, shown in just the condition to come on well for the balance of the 

 season, scored first honors in the two-year-old class, making a very ac- 

 ceptable winner. Iowa had the honor of furnishing both second and 

 third prize winners in Ardmore's Superbus, showing in grand form Mr. 

 Judy's Clear the Way, who carried off first prize at Iowa last year as 

 a yearling. He has done well since then and will bear watching, bid- 

 ding fair to make an even stronger fight before the season is over. 

 The yearling class furnished room for difference of opinion. The win- 

 ner was the white bull Champion of Lyndale, an admirable type, and 

 the second prize went to Wornall's Careless Conqueror, with Silliman's 

 good, compact, thick roan bull, Cleverburn's Ideal, third. The latter 

 made quite a strong show and was a strong favorite with a number for 

 a higher place, some giving him preference for first. As the three bulls 

 will likely meet at Minnesota, their rating there will be looked forward 

 to with much interest. It is but fair to note that Champion of Lyndale 

 was out of condition, having been off feed for a day, which fact the 

 judge may have taken into consideration. 



THE FEMALE KINGS. 



The aged cow class was hardly up to standard, although there were 

 some good entries in the ring. The two-year-old yearling, and senior 

 heifer calves were all good rings in which the Harding entries carried 



