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one going to a different town. It is in such cases that the crates 

 come into play. Some of the big fellows, up to 800 and even 900 

 pounds, are crated and it is a back-straining job to handle them 

 on and off the cars. 



There was a creditable show of milk goats, the first ever seen 

 at the Iowa fair, or any other in the Middle West, for that matter. 

 Tiiey attracted much attention. Their coats were like that of a 

 certain Hebrew youth of Biblical history — of many colors: black 

 goats, brown goats, red goats, white, fawn, speckled and spotted. 

 The lady goats were very trim in appearance, clean looking and 

 dainty, and really one can think of no good reason why they 

 should not become an accepted institution in Middle West dairy 

 affairs. There was one big brown William goat that made the 

 average visitor wonder what would happen in case he were to get 

 loose. He was a regular Jumbo of a goat, as tall at the shoulders 

 as an ordinary dining table. He was chained securely in the center 

 of his pen beyond the reach of a curious public. There was a dis- 

 tinct air and attitude of preparedness about him that made one 

 wish for about a million just like him to turn against the Huns. 

 He was ready to fight, and all day long he stamped his hoofs, 

 ground his jaws and blinked fiery topaz-colored eyes at passing 

 visitors. 



The popularity of the government exhibit was proven by the 

 uninterrupted stream of visitors that flowed through the building 

 and jammed the aisles all day long. It was a comprehensive exhibit, 

 put on jointly by the War Department and the Agricultural De- 

 partment, the latter including various, activities such as the Bureau 

 of Markets, Bureau of Entomology, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, 

 etc. Naturally, the average visitor was most interested in the dis- 

 plays that had to do with the war, the huge torpedoes, machine 

 guns, gas masks, bombs and scores of articles that go to make up 

 the equipment of the 1918 fighting man. The mannikins repre- 

 senting soldiers, sailors and other branches of military service 

 looked so realistic that one almost expected to see them step into 

 action. It was an excellent exhibit, one that gave a great deal of 

 pleasure to fair visitors and valuable from an educational point 

 of view in giving the public a better and clearer idea of what the 

 government is doing to help along the industries of agriculture 

 and stock raising. 



On Thursday following the awarding of the prizes in the baby- 

 beef class, 95 of the 107 animals were sold at auction. Prices 



