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ranged up to 22 cents a pound, the average for the 95 head being 

 18 cents. The packers were the buyers, Armour & Co. taking 22 

 head ; Morrell & Co., of Ottumwa, 35 head ; the Iowa Packing Com- 

 pany, of Des Moines, getting 21, and the Sinclair Company, of 

 Cedar Rapids, 15 head. These calves varied in age from 12 to 

 18 months; weights ranged from 700 to 1,200 pounds. 



The tractor show was one of magnitude and variety and farmer 

 visitors took a lively interest in it. There were 29 exhibitors, all 

 told, and they had a total of 118 tractors on exhibition. This show 

 must have been a revelation to the man who has not kept close tab 

 on the progress made in tractor building the past three or four 

 years. It must have convinced him, too, that this latest addition 

 to farming in the Middle West has advanced far beyond the experi- 

 mental stage. The machines were as widely varied in size and type 

 as in numbers. They ranged in size from what might be called 

 the Shetland pony type to the largest drafter ; from the small 

 machine suited to the small farm to the huge "bulls" fit to fur- 

 i;ish power on the great ranches the size of townships. An occa- 

 sional exhibitor showed but one or two machines, but as a rule 

 they displayed from five or six to a dozen of different sizes and 

 power. It was easily the biggest and best tractor show ever seen 

 at the fair and furnished a sort of foretaste of what m?y ^e 

 expected from this time forward. 



The Women and Children's Building was the real cenfer of 

 interest for the women folk. The babies health contests Vi^fre, of 

 course, the star attraction. The Hawaiian Orchestra delighted 

 f verybody with their native songs and airs. The Wild F1ow*>t Pag- 

 eant and the style show attracted by their novelty and pleased with 

 their excellence. An occasional mere man ventured into this realm 

 of female doings, but the bustling maelstrom of silken skirts and 

 feraininity soon roused his curiosity and he would emerg'" with a 

 sort of dazed look as if uncertain of himself and his rights. Each 

 succeeding year adds to the attractiveness of this building and its 

 environment as the shrubbery and climbing vines do their part 

 toward the decorative scheme and the popularity of the nlace as 

 a center of the things that make especial appeal to womankind 

 grows apace. 



One of the best features included in the list of attractions sched- 

 uled for the Women and Children's Building was the art exhibit. 

 There was a very excellent display of pictures by Iowa artists, 

 who, under the terms and conditions^ are the only ones allowed 



