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a good many leggy individuals among them. The classes were not very 

 full, hence the judge had a comparatively easy time. Six exhibitors 

 were present with representatives of the Belgian breed. The Belgian 

 show was not very large, nor was the quality as high as seemed desir- 

 able. From a quality standpoint the Belgians stood below the Shires 

 and the Clydesdales and also, of course, below the Percherons; at the 

 same time, there were many fine specimens from the studs of some of 

 the well known breeders. 



The Short-Horn classes were unusually strong this year. F. W. 

 Harding of Waukesha, Wisconsin, was present with a remarkably strong 

 herd. Every animal in his herd proved to be a first prize winner, and 

 it is not too much to say that Mr. Harding's herd was the strongest 

 Short-Horn herd that has ever been exhibited at Des Moines. But Mr. 

 Harding by no means had everything his own way; there were lots of . 

 other fine individuals from herds of Iowa breeders. The classes were 

 all very full, and the Short-Horn show was considerably larger than 

 a year ago. Cargill & McMillan and Van Natta & Son vied with each 

 other for ribbons in the Hereford classes. Both made a very strong 

 showing. Among the Iowa Hereford breeders were: Edmonds, Shade 

 & Co. of Kingsley, D. W. Ohl of Iowa City, and Way & Son of New 

 Sharon. All of these breeders made an excellent showing and all car- 

 ried ribbons home with them. The Angus show was larger than the 

 most enthusiastic lovers of doddies had expected. Several of the old 

 showmen dropped out from the ring this year,, but their places were 

 filled by young, enthusiastic breeders who are going into the business 

 with a determination to win out and to do their utmost toward popu- 

 larizing their favorites. The new barn that was erected specially for 

 the Angus breed was well filled; in fact, room had to be secured else- 

 where to accommodate the seventy-three head that were on exhibition. 

 Fifty-four Galloways were brought by four exhibitors. The Galloway 

 show was about the same as it was a year ago; there were many good, 

 strong individuals present, and also some that did not do full credit to 

 the breed. The Polled Durham exhibit was very strong. Three Iowa 

 breeders, with seventeen head, put up a strong fight with Woods & 

 Son of Pendleton, Indiana, who were there with nine head, and many of 

 the winnings went to the home breeders. Five Red Polled breeders 

 brought sixty-six head of fine specimens of their breed to the fair. 

 Prof. Wayne Dinsmore of Ames was judge and satisfied every exhibitor. 

 Prof. Dinsmore spent a great deal of time in placing the awards and 

 his efforts were much appreciated. 



Representing the dairy breeds were the Jerseys and Holsteins. 

 There were forty-one head of Jerseys on the grounds. The former came 

 from three herds and the latter from four. There was only one herd 

 of Jerseys from the State of Iowa. While both the Holstein and 

 Jersey cattle on exhibition were quite up to the standard from the 

 standpoint of quality, they were not from the standpoint of numbers. 

 Breeders of dairy cattle in Iowa do not seem to realize the great ad-- 

 vantage to be derived from attending the State Fair. The way to 



