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transpoi'tation, however, for flrst-class service, but there vs.-as little com- 

 plaint on the part of the traveling public. The usual shuttle train service 

 between the city and fair grounds was abandoned, on account of the 

 scarcity of ca,ra and operators. This threw larger crowds into the street 

 cars and automobiles, both of which were crowded to capacity daily after 

 the first two opening days of the fair. In the matter of live stock rates 

 for exhibitors, it was feared at first that the new administration would 

 not return show stock free of charge from the fair grounds as formerly, 

 but the old rule was not changed. Horses are handled under a separate 

 schedule. 



The butter and milk show at the Iowa fair is never so large as one 

 might expect to see, but it always is a show of high quality. The prize 

 winning entries were on display in the butter exhibit booth in the Agricul- 

 tural Building. In the whole milk class the decision was very close be- 

 tween H. E. Fowler, of Jesup, Iowa, whose score was 95.75, and A. J. 

 AUenstene, of Bremer, Iowa whose score was 95.50. Albert Fenger, of 

 Whittemore, Iowa, had the best butter in the gathered-cream class, his 

 product scoring 96.25, and R. C. Rasmussen, of Crystal Lake, Iowa, was 

 second, with a score of 96 points. In the cheese contest H. A. Kalk, of 

 Sheboygan, Wis., was first, with a score of 94, while second place went to 

 Rudolph Gerber, of Harper's Ferry, Iowa, with a score of 92 points. 

 Awards in the dairy product show are made after careful tests in the labor- 

 atories of the pure food and dairy department. 



The state organization of the ' Iowa County Farm Bureaus had a display, 

 shov/ing that the state is 1000 per cent perfect so far as organization in 

 each county is concerned. The first farm bureau was organized in Scott 

 county, in 1912. The growth was slow during the next three years, there 

 being eight at work on July 1, 1913, ten on the corresponding date for 

 1914, and eleven in 1915. In 1916 the number had increased to twenty, and 

 last year there were twenty-nine. This year there are 100 farm bureaus, 

 one county being divided. Besides the county agents there are 41 home 

 demonstrators, in as many different counties, and there are two state club 

 leaders. The exhibit showed that there are 12,400 co-operators and 33,187 

 members. This work is supported by the government, the counties and 

 the farmers, the government's share of the $387,340 budget being $180,300. 



The college building on the hill always is a place chock full of interest- 

 ing exhibits and practical lessons. Some worthwhile changes were made 

 in the general arrangement this year, and everything was more attractively 

 displayed than a year ago. A feature of the college exhibit is that it is 

 not simply put on to satisfy idle curiosity, but to teach and to present the 

 lessons in such practical form that visitors can grasp them and remember 

 them. Daily demonstrations in drying corn by artificial means were made 

 by the farm crops department. A farm management exhibit is a difficult 

 thing to make, but Professor Lloyd was equal to the occasion, and his 

 stairway leading to success in farming attracted the attention it deserved. 

 The soils department had a large map of Hamilton county, showing just 

 what a soil survey is, actual dirt of the several types of soil found there 

 being used for the map. How to increase production by means of proper 

 rotation and soil treatment was another feature. The engineering depart- 

 ment had a booth showing different types of silos, roads and farm building 

 plans. In the animal husbandry department space, the concrete results of 

 Professor Evvard's work in feeding hogs on corn and corn substitutes with 

 forage were given out, and the exhibit illustrated the modern way of hog 

 raising in contrast to the way of father and grandfather. The same ap- 

 plied to feeding cattle, the value of silage being emphasized. Canning 

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