752 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Among the three-year-olds an outstanding winner and the grand cham- 

 pion was shown by Mr. Nelson, a heifer of beautiful front and form 

 with silky quality, shapely udder and large veins. She has neater thighs 

 than the next one as well as more apparent capacity than either the sec- 

 ond or third. Seven typical two-year-olds filled their class nicely, and the 

 victory went to Frank White on a young cow that has already produced 

 84 pounds of milk in one day. As might be expected, she has a huge 

 mammary system, while her type and quality are of the best. A very 

 promising neat heifer came next, but the one in third place has superior 

 size of udder. A very sweet senior yearling of lowana Farms was brought 

 out in rather high flesh but with distinct dairy form and unusual udder 

 development which won due recognition. Chief honors in the younger 

 classes went to the White heifers. The junior yearling, a winner at Chi- 

 cago last fall has outstanding form and udder. In a class of sixteen 

 good calves of the older division the winner had an advantage in breedi- 

 , ness and capacity as compared with her chief rival, and a great spread of 

 rib also distinguished the leading junior heifer. 



THE JERSEYS. 



The Jersey classes were finely filled with numbers running up to a 

 dozen and over in some of the younger divisions. Altogether it was an 

 exhibit of rare merit. Animals of showring fame were plentiful and 

 great families were represented. W. L. Hunter, Lincoln, Neb., an old 

 time exhibitor, undertook the difficult task of assigning positions in the 

 prize-list and at times found some little dissent from his views. 



The famous Stockwell's Fern Lad, low-set, very deep, spare of form 

 and stately of bearing had no great difficulty in following up to the 

 grand championship his victory in the initial class. His chief com- 

 petitor among the aged bulls was the darker aggressive Beauvoir's King, 

 while the rather fleshy but stylish Combination Golden Prince had to be 

 content with third place. A very "breedy" deep chested bull of extreme 

 quality got to the top among eight two-year-olds. Viola's Elmhurst 

 Prince, carrying considerable white, headed the yearlings by reason of his 

 evident constitution and quality, although rather shallow of flank. Among 

 the yearlings Western King's Chief, a stylish typical youngster of great 

 depth, only won fourth although many would have rated him higher. 

 There were ten of the older calves, two of which were conspicuous for 

 excellence of type. The deep quality bull won first place, but his mate 

 is a little finer of shoulder and boasts a bit more character of head. 



Warder's Proud Beauty, a conspicuous prize-winner at last year's 

 shows, secured the premier honors among eleven matrons and finally the 

 grand championship. Her extreme depth of middle, great udder of the 

 finest quality, enormous veins and striking breed character are features 

 that brought her ahead of the smaller Couline, which has a very shapely 

 mammary system and exquisite countenance. An immense udder that 

 milks out well is possessed by Golden Maid's Princess Lady and she 

 is stronger of back than the smaller Kate's Mabel. The seven three- 

 year-old cows furnished a pleasing line-up in which a beautiful form and 

 exceptional udder came first, a deep body, short legs and good udder, 



