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looks like the last little pea out of the same pod as the other prizewinners 

 from the Yost herd. A Don Perfect 4th heifer entered by Turner is very 

 sweet and promising- and looked appropriately placed second. 



THE ABERDEEN ANGUS. 



Seventy-five doddies fully upheld the black breed's reputation for thick 

 beef, shimmering quality and convincing uniformity. Ten herds had entries 

 and evidently the owners of all learned their lessons in breeding at the 

 same school. As compared with last year the display had the support of 

 one or two of the most prominent herds of the breed which were absent 

 at that time. Economy of feed was the excuse given then for not pre- 

 paring cattle for participation in the show, but time has accustomed 

 breeders to the all-around elevation of prices on both cattle and feed. 

 Quite a large gathering of breeders of blacks was on hand to study the 

 animals as they passed in official review before Harvey Hess, Waterloo, 

 Iowa, who assigned their positions. 



The single aged bull brought out was Fitch's three-year-old Berber, a 

 thick block of beef and ready for rivals aplenty. Three two-year-olds 

 proved more interesting, especially as one of them — the Escher & Ryan 

 entry Enlate, a son of the noted sire Erwin C — looked like a winner any- 

 where. He is one of the most compact and smooth big bulls ever seen in 

 an American showring. He is all meat of the finest texture excepting just 

 enough frame for successful locomotion and a head of commanding char- 

 acter. He was the natural choice for grand champion honors. The Fitch 

 entry Karo F. is larger-boned but coarser in hide and not so smoothly 

 fleshed. He is larger and has more character than the thin bull shown by 

 Gardner at the foot of the class. Senior yearlings also numbered only 

 three. Another Escher & Ryan entry, Ben Marshall, was the successful 

 one, and although he became the junior champion later on he had no walk- 

 away of the contest against the big rugged Fitch bull Quito K. The 

 winner is smoother over the shoulder and has somewhat more quality all 

 through. Both are meaty and thick from rib to round. They are larger 

 and stronger backed than the Gardner entry. A stronger class on the 

 average was that of five junior yearlings. Turner's Faultless Pass lived 

 up to his name so far as this event is concerned. He has a wonderful 

 development of thighs and is a richly fleshed masculine chap of symmet- 

 rical proportions. Escher & Ryan's second-prize entry Black Erwin E is 

 one of the good sons of Erwin C. He is larger than the winner and adheres 

 to an excellent type. He is more evenly covered over the back and loin 

 than the very long Fitch bull Quorum 2d that stood third. The senior 

 calf class also contained five young bulls. Lee's entry, Eston Blackcap 

 by Eston Lad, conforms closely to the pattern the judge sought presist- 

 ently and he is larger than Escher & Ryan's son of Earl Marshall named 

 Espoir Marshall. This calf is apparently one solid piece of beef. Neither 

 of them is quite so neatly fashioned at the tail head but closed in better 

 at the shoulders than the Hartnell & Lang third winner. Eschei' & Ryan 

 gained precedence among the five junior calves with one of Earl Mar- 

 shall's sons called E. Pluribus Unum. He is the smoothest-fleshed calf of 

 the lot and he is larger, stronger in back and more correctly spread out 

 in rump than Rosenfeld's second-prize Kenton 2d. A very neat little fel- 

 low from the Roberts herd won third. 



Pour splendid aged cows met for a rating and it seemed to be r^al hard 

 work deciding between the first two. The award was finally given to 

 Escher & Ryan's Erica McHenry 3 9th, with the red tie to Roberts' cow 

 Hillsdale Pride. Both are four-year-olds and have their shining hides 

 packed full of beef. Excepting that she is a bit rough at the tailhead 

 the Erica cow is firmer in flesh, and she is also somewhat sweeter of 

 front. The second cow is a little more rugged and has more bone. These 

 two are much more neatly fleshed than the third cow and she wins over 

 the fourth by reason of more acceptable scale. The five-pointed two-year- 



