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dale sire the world has ever known. These and many of the roadster 

 and saddle types were used and the students were thoroughly drilled 

 into the use of the score-oard. Profs. Kennedy and McLean were in 

 charge of the horse and cattle work. 



Good representatives of the breeds of cattle were present for short 

 course use. Peerless Defender, the grand champion steer of the Inter- 

 national, and now owned by the college, was the leader in this circle. 

 The Lantz calf, Blue Rock, and the feeders in the college lots represented 

 the market end. Breeding cattle were headed by Bright Sultan, a son of 

 the great bull Whitehall Sultan, that made such a record in the 1905 

 show circuit, and the college herd bull, College Reformer. Donahue 

 Bros, of Holbrook, Iowa, sent seven of their famous Angus herd, in- 



A Grand Champion Clydesdale, used at Iowa Scate College Short Course, 1^07 

 eluding two herd bulls, Glenfoyle Thickset 2nd and Morning Star 2nd, 

 and their champion two-year-old cow, Black Martha. This was a strong 

 collection for the students to have before them as ideals of the highest 

 conceptions of the show yard. While in previous years judging dairy 

 cattle has been done to some extent, never was it so featured as this year. 

 Some excellent Jersey cows from the herd of Hon. J. J. Richardson of 

 Davenport, Iowa, were used. W. B. Barney of Hampton. Iowa, loaned 

 his Jewel of Home Farm, the world's champion Holstein bull. Under 

 the direction of Prof. H. G. Van Pelt, superintendent of the dairy farm, 

 dairy form and milk production were thoroughly studied. 



One of the most popular innovations of the whole short course were 

 the lectures of Dr. J. ti. McNeil, dean of the college veterinary depart- 

 ment. He spoke on the diseases peculiar to and characteristic of each 



