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the ground the excitement -svoulcl certainly have run high. Men who 

 were looking for good types of hogs, irrespective of color, were free to 

 confess that the Poland and Duroc are getting very close together in 

 size and conformation. The judging of the Polands was done by Mr. 

 F. M. Lail, of Marshall, Mo., whose painstaking efforts were graciously 

 received by the great majority of exhibitors. As compared with the 

 record of former years possibly greater emphasis was placed on the 

 matter of quality and finish than ever before. There were those, of 

 course, who freely expressed the opinion that scarcely enough attention 

 was given to bone and scale, though it must be confessed that the prize- 

 winning animals had plenty of bone, or at least plenty of strength to 

 carry their weight. The premium Polands this year certainly repre- 

 sent a high type of hog, though there will be plenty of skill required 

 on the part of breeders to keep them just where they are. Breeders 

 of every class of stock are. constantly changing the type, this being 

 done to adapt it to conditions that are changing. In view of this fact 

 it is net natural to find great changes in the names that appear in the 

 premium lists, and if there are instances where oldtimers' names appear 

 but seldom it must not be inferred that their exhibit lacked merit in 

 a high degree. A judge must have one type and stick to it in order 

 to be consistent in all his awards. 



SHEEP. 



Never before has there been such a showing on the Iowa grounds 

 of so many really first-class sheep as this year. The old barns, though 

 most convenient for sheep, were made to groan under their heavy loads 

 of barbered, trimmed and well-fed sheep of most excellent quality. In 

 years past Iowa visitors had to be content with looking at sheep exhibi- 

 ted from outside the state. This year Iowa was not only represented 

 in home classes, but Iowa breeders made themselves felt in open classes. 

 Such men as W. O. Fritchman, Muscatine; Chas. Boland, Williams- 

 burg; Chandler Bross, Kellerton; F. P. McAdoo, Indianola, Ed. Wineland, 

 Avoca, and John Graham & Sons, Eldora, were among the exhibitors. 



The sheep of Mr. W. 0. Fritchman, of Muscatine, Iowa, deserve espec- 

 ial mention in the fact that Mr. Fritchman has been found at his post 

 many years improving his Shropshires during times of depression, as 

 well as in prosperity, and he has a flock which shows his master hand. 

 He had here his first prize ewe at St. Louis, in 1904, a Minton ewe 

 which has a wealth of beauty. He showed some yearlings which were 

 shown as lambs at St. Louis, capturing first prizes at both shows. 

 Mr. Ed. Wineland, of Avoca, Iowa, another old-time breeder of Shrop- 

 shires and Oxfords, was on hand with an unusually fine lot of com- 

 mon-sense sheep, of a good and pleasing type. For coming off grass 

 Mr. Wineland's sheep were in an excellent condition. Mr. Wineland 

 has a ram lamb that will be a winner next year if nothing happens him. 

 Mr. F. P. McAdoo, of Indianola, Iowa, was at the fair with his string 

 of prize winners and some of the imported stuff had to take off hats 

 to him. Sheep men will do well to keep their eyes on Mr. McAdoo 



