302 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The boys and girls exhibited the pure-bred animals in the open classes 

 where they met opposition with two breeder exhibitors, E. M. Cassady & 

 Son, of Whiting, and George Rosenfeld, of Kelley. 



Little Miss Josephine Garden, of Wapello, la., was the proud exhibitor of 

 the pure-bred heifer, Iowa's Venus, which won first and championship in 

 the pure-bred Shorthorn class, and later second in the great baby beef class. 



E. M. Cassady & Son won first and championship in the pure-bred Here- 

 ford class, while George Rosenfeld, of Kellej', la., won first and champion- 

 ship on His Highness in the Angus class. 



In the grade and cross-bred Shorthorns, Charles Warren, of Gilbert, won 

 first on an unnamed calf, E. M. Cassady & Son, of Whiting, won first honors 

 in the Hereford grade and cross-bred class on Bobby, and Charles Ryan, 

 of Irwin, took first in the grade Angus class on the splendidly-finished 

 steer, Reddy, whic'h later became first in the great baby beef class of 107 

 head. This steer was sired by a registered Angus bull and out of a grade 

 Shorthorn cow, and was a living example of what a registered sire can do 

 toward improving a grade herd. Reddy weighed 900 pounds when he left 

 for the show and had been fed and cared for entirely by Charles, who is 

 the son of Mr. Ryan, of Escher & Ryan, the well-known Angus breeders at 

 Irwin. He is already walking in the footsteps of his father. 



The winner of the second prize in the baby beef class was Miss Josephine 

 Garden, of Wapello, on her yearling pure-bred Shorthorn heifer, that also 

 won first and championship in the pure-bred Shorthorn class. Miss 

 Josephine is only 12 years old and demonstrated that a girl can do as well 

 at fitting an animal for the showing as can a boy. 



The all-absorbing thing of the baby beef show was the fact that the 107 

 calves had all been fed and cared for by young boys and girls. The les- 

 sons they have learned in fitting their animals for a great state fair will 

 never be forgotten by them, and in many cases these lessons will have 

 much to do with deciding their future. When Iowa farmers generally 

 give their young children a chance to raise a calf or a pig and give them a 

 fair share in the products of their labor, they will find that more of them 

 will stay on the farm when they reach maturity. Let this great object 

 lesson, which the Iowa State Fair put before the people of Iowa this year, 

 teach the desirability of giving their children something of their very own 

 to handle and bring to market age — and don't forget to give them a share 

 in the profit. 



THE GREAT IOWA STATE FAIR. 

 Wallaces' Farmer. 



If the attendance at the Iowa State Fair this year is not as large as in 

 some years gone by, and if the exhibits are not as numerous, there are 

 plenty of excellent reasons why. The war has taken out of Iowa a good 

 many thousands of young men who have been in the habit of attending 

 this fair in the past. Help is scarce on the farm, and not for many years 

 has it been so difficult for the farmer to leave home for a few days. And 

 there is a very proper tendency on the part of people to economize, to save 

 their money and give to the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross, and to buy Liberty 

 bonds and War Savings stamps. But notwithstanding all this, the man 

 who visits the Iowa fair this year for the first time will open his eyes in 

 astonishment at the magnitude of this greatest of all agricultural ex- 

 hibitions, at the high quality and number of the exhibits, and at the great 

 crowds of people who throng the grounds. As this is written Monday, we 

 can not say how the attendance this year will compare with last, but 

 there are people there in plenty. The fine weather and the good roads 

 have proved temptations too strong to resist. The camping grounds are 

 full. The hotels and lodging houses are full, and there is every indication 

 that as usual the fair will be a great success. An unusually large number 



