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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



market. Some Merinos were wrought before the classes to show the ex- 

 treme fine wooled type. It is a fact that today Iowa is not much of a 

 sheep state, but there is a good future for this constantly growing in- 

 dustry and these classes brought before the students were heartily wel- 

 comed for -nis reason. Prof. Dinsmore was the principal instructor in 

 sheep and handled his classes well. 



Some excellent fat barrows were on exhibition and were used in 

 score-card practice. These were good exemplars of the various breeds 

 in this State and showed that there were vast possibilities for hogs 

 in Iowa. 



In the horse line, twelve animals from the stables of McLaughlin 

 Bros, at Columbus, Ohio, including six Percherons and six French coach- 

 ers, were the main attraction. In this string were found the French 

 coach stallions, Denoyes and Etratat, two outstanding horses of great 

 style and beauty, both of them being winners at the Ohio State Fair 

 this year. The Percherons were the kind of stock usually found in sale 

 stables and for this reason were especially valuable as class room models. 

 There were, however, two exceptional show horses of the draft type. 

 These were Etradegant, the grand champion sweepstakes Percheron at 

 the recent International, and now owned by the college and used for 

 class room and stud purposes, and the Clydesdale Champion Refiner, 

 who is an ideal leader of his breed. Refiner was the purple ribbon 

 horse in his class at Glasgow, Scotland, and at the leading Canadian 

 fairs. Refiner is a son of Baron's Pride, perhaps the greatest Clydes- 



