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exhibitor that no such show had ever been made by any State Fair and 

 has been equalled by but few expositions. Every known implement and 

 machine of any possible use to the farmer was on display, and hundreds 

 of the latest inventions could be seen for the first time. There were 

 forty complete thresher outfits on the fair grounds, their presence being 

 evident by their shrill, screeching whistles that kept up an unceasing 

 noise at certain periods, when the whole steam engine creation seemed 

 to be turned loose. 



Among the curiosities in steam engine power was the climbing of 

 a very steep incline to a platform which was overhead the crowd by a 

 thresher engine. A $4,000 steam plow was one of the novelties for the 

 Iowa farmer to see and consider. This was a gang plow operating ten 

 14-inch plows placed side by side, thus turning ten furrows at a time. 

 It is claimed that this plow can turn twenty-five to thirty-five acres of 

 land in a day. It is not an uncommon thing on the great wheat fields 

 of the Dakotas. The giant wagon called ''The New Moline" was another 

 curiosity. This is a perfect wagon in all respects. It is 21 feet wide; 

 weight, 9,654 pounds; capacity for oats, 640 bushels; for corn, 354 

 bushels. It is so high that a man can pass under it from side to side 

 without stooping. 



The race track provided daily a lively interest for those who are 

 admirers of racing events and the performances were in keeping with 

 the general magnitude and importance of the other features of the fair. 



Camp Scene, Iowa State Fair Ground, 1906. 



