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old class resulted in anoUier blue ribbon for Escher & Ryan, this time on 

 Rlaclvbird Gift, not very bis but a real nugget of firm flesh with breed 

 character beside. She is straighter in topline than the long-ribbed rugged 

 Roberts heifer that came second. Another Roberts entry, wide and thickly 

 covered, stood third. 



There were twice as many senior yearlings and the judge spent a long 

 time loolting them over. He finally put the Roberts heifer at the front. 

 She has worlds of quality apparent in her thick even back and sides and 

 her long widn rump, in this respect surpassing the Escher & Ryan entry 

 that stood second. The latter preserves her height more symmetrically 

 from front to rear than her large meaty mate. Junior yearlings staged 

 a lively contest in which Escher & Ryan scored a victory with the Earl 

 Marshall heifer Blackbird Missle 1.5th. She is the more- attractive one of 

 a strong pair from this herd. A Roberts entry slipped in between them, 

 and one from the Rosenfeld herd stood fourth. The senior heifer calf 

 class was a large one and represented the get of sires whose established 

 fame was merely strengthened by their successful appearance. There 

 were not so many junior heifer calves but they were finely formed sweet 

 little youngsters, prophetic of their matronly qualities some day. 



COW TEST ASSOCIATION EXHIBIT. 



This exhibit prepared by the dairy division of the Iowa State College 

 Extension Department was composed of 10 cows taken from the Marshall 

 Co. Cow Test Association. The object of the demonstration was to em- 

 phasize breeding for production and better management. Two families 

 of cows were shown which demonstrated the possibility of improving dairy 

 herds by the use of purebred dairy sires. A native red cow an,d her two 

 daughters, one sired by a grade bull and the other by a Guernsey bull, 

 composed the first family. The old cow produced 139 pounds fat and 

 made profit of .$32. ,54 in six months. The daughter by the grade sire made 

 lt>(i.2 pounds fat in six months, but her profit was only $26.66; the other 

 daughter made 160 pounds fat in six months as a three-year-old and her 

 profit was $38.48. 



The second family was composed of a grade Holstein and her two 

 daughters, both by a Holstein bull. Both daughters did better than their 

 dam. 



SWINE SHOW. 



■ Although such factors as scarcity of feed, and the poor pastures in 

 many parts of Iowa have worked against the most rapid development of 

 the swine industry, yet on the whole the swine show was the best balanced 

 of any of the live stock exhibits and maintained the pace set in other 

 years. The classes in the leading breeds were well filled, some number- 

 ing forty animals of an age. The futurity classes arranged for by the 

 different breed associations were hotly contested and provided some of 

 the best exhibits. Most of the hogs were shown in fair flesh; the high 

 price of feeds kept off in some degree the surplus fat seen in other years. 

 It was the ho'gs with strong backs, plenty of length, possessing strong 

 bone and standing up well on pasterns which won rather consistently. 

 The hog exhibitors were in a good mood for many sales were 'made of 

 breeding stock at very remunerative prices. Two thousand two hundred 

 and thirty-six hogs were on exhibition, which compares very favorably 

 with last year. 



A very interesting and creditable feature was furnished by eighty-four 

 pigs entered by forty-two boys and girls in the Iowa pig club contest. 

 The awards in this contest were made by H. H. Kildee, Ames, Iowa. 



