456 . IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



AMONG THE FEMALES. 



Two daughters of one sire seriously divided the affections of the 

 judge, who besought counsel from Professor Curtiss before casting the 

 die between these charmers. Again it was a finished front that carried 

 the day against a palpably superior hind quarter. Both were imported 

 cows — Snowflake 2d of Kirkbridge and Gussie of Kirkbridge, and Loiterer 

 was the sire. A picture could not be prettier than the blue ribbon cow 

 from her nose to her hooks. Both of them may be a trifle on the small 

 side, but beauty and bloom made ready for the hour were theirs in 

 large measure. Glenfoil Rose, former champion, has grown acceptably, 

 but her maternal ordeals have brushed off the bloom. Likewise with 

 Blackbird of Favorite 2d, a winner of last year. Pity that the honesty 

 of a cow, proved by reproduction, should stand against her in the arena, 

 but there is no appeal from the logic which rigidly selects those most 

 typical in bloom as w^ell as form and flesh. The two-year-olds had them 

 all clustered about, feasting their eyes on the dusky loveliness. Eileen 

 Lass bears a trifle evidence of lingering at the meal tub, but her place 

 was up top. Seventeen yearlings stretched out in a long line of finished 

 form, displaying the richness of the breed in the fitted young entries. 

 It was again a case of show bulls begetting winners, as Western Star 

 and Heather Lad of Emerson 2d landed their representatives on the 

 list. Quality persisted in the remaining classes, the senior heifers dis- 

 playing some precocious specimens of the breed. 



THE GALLOWAYS. 



It was a small show of Galloways. Only one herd was in proper 

 shape for the show-yard. This one gained most of the top prizes. With 

 better fitting a number of the entries that fell low in the list would 

 have scored toward the top. That one exhibitor should have most of 

 his cattle in nice fix would seem to prove that other exhibitors might 

 do as well if they got busy at the right time in the right way. An 

 apologetic display is bad advertising for a breed and for the breeder 

 who makes it. 



Pat Ryan of Red Cloud continues to improve. He is a full-fledged 

 show bull from end to end and bottom to top. His progress toward this 

 eminence has been watched with interest by show-ring students of the 

 past two years. Championship honors at this fair were easy of attain- 

 ment by him. Lady Charlotte from the same herd made a popular 

 female champion. She is a low-down, deeply-fleshed heifer of beautiful 

 pattern. 



G. W. Lindsey of Nebraska, J. E. Bales of Iowa and George B. Buck, 

 A. F. Craymer and C. S. Hechtner of Illinois contributed the entries. A. 

 M. Thompson of Nashua, Missouri, tied the ribbons. 



THE POLLED DURHAMS. 



Breeders of Polled Durhams responded in fine fashion to the second 

 invitation of the Iowa Fair. Last year was the first time that a classi- 

 fication has been provided for Polled Durhams at this fair. It is an 

 indication of the progress of this hornless type of Shorthorn that the 



