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making quality the watchword rather than quantity and the success of 

 this combined effort at the Iowa State Fair sets a pace for the other 

 breeds. Judge, Frank Van Natta, Lafayette, Ind. 



ABERDEEN ANGUS 



Iowa breeders alone made the show in the doddie classes at the Iowa 

 State Fair last week and to their credit it must be said that while no 

 records were broken in the matter of numbers, there was no discount on 

 the excellence of the showing made. An examination of the champion- 

 ship honors will show that no one herd had the inside track. In the 

 aged cow class Mr. Miller captured the blue on Barbara Woodson, a cow 

 good enough to go through and wear grand championship honors. A re- 

 markable showing was made in the doddie herds and groups, there be- 

 ing five and six entries in every class and all up to the highest possible 

 standard. The fight throughout between Binnie, McHenry and Miller 

 was a warm one, making for the judge, C. J. Martin, Churdan, Iowa, 

 some tasks of rather large importance, tasks, however, that were per- 

 formed creditably. 



POLLED DURHAM S 



The Polled Durhams made a very good, although not a very large 

 showing at the Iowa State Fair last week. In practically every class 

 there were good animals to put at the head. In some places it was very 

 close. In too many of the classes the animals toward the bottom showed 

 a little rough, due partly to lack of condition and partly to prominence 

 of shoulders and hooks. Taking the animals as a whole, however, the 

 showing was creditable and shows much promise for the breed. The 

 cow. Lady Marshall, was the outstanding animal and Mr. Silliman, the 

 judge, called her a remarkably good one. She carries lots of width, is 

 deep and heavily fleshed. The heifer, Capacious Sultan, is also an ex- 

 cellent individual, but hardly carries the type of the older cow. The 

 bulls. Sultan's Creed and Meadow Sultan, the champions, show up well 

 and are rugged bulls with good flesh. The get of sire class brought out 

 the get of Anoka Sultan, The Baron and The Cupbearer of Prize, as well 

 as did the other classes, Miller having the edge on the winnings on the 

 get of Anoka Sultan. Judge, E. R. Silliman, Colo, Iowa. 



GALLOWAYS 



The showing of Galloways, while not as large as some of the other 

 breeds, was creditable in every way. In total number they rank just about 

 equal to last year's exhibit. Take them all through they were a little 

 more even in their type. The Galloways that were placed at the top 

 of the classes were very compact, quite smooth and heavily fleshed. 

 Towards the bottom of some of the classes there was the tendency to- 

 wards roughness. Straub Bros., led in the winnings. Their cattle are 



