NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 215 
Professor Curtis gave the figures showing the winnings of Iowa and Illi- 
nois exhibitors and that aside from the winnings of the college stock 
Iowa had taken but twenty-five dollars in total premiums.) A course of 
this kind has brought out the relative rank of exhibitors of the different 
states and I do not believe that a state like Iowa with its live stock inter- 
ests and particularly its hog interests can afford to take second place and 
fall so far behind a state like Illinois. This difference in the hog prizes 
alone, as stated at first, is enough to have changed the rank of the two 
states and instead of Iowa ranking second it would have ranked first 
easily if the Iowa hog breeders had been represented in the competition. 
I presume there would be a difference of opinion about the advantage 
of showing barrows but whatever we think of it as breeders there is an 
advantage. There is an advantage not only in hog classes but cattle and 
all other classes. There are a great many people who attend these shows 
and form their own ideas of the animals as they are ready for the block. 
No one will gainsay the fact that the Angus cattle owe a large part of the 
prestige and favor that they have won in recent years to the record they 
have made at the International and no one will gainsay the fact that any 
breed that is represented at this show is given support and prestige. I 
believe that breeders of this state owe it to the reputation and rank of 
Iowa that we be represented there and hold up the rank of this state and 
take the position there that Iowa's interests as a hog producing state 
entitle her to take. 
In the discussion which followed this address 0. W. Bro^vning 
of Newton, Iowa, said: "I happened to be at the International 
for the first time last year and the hog show is certainly interest- 
ing and very instructive. I got acquainted with some of the men 
who have been making shows there for a number of years. There 
is an impression that stuif to be shown at the fat stock show has 
to be something pretty fine but there is lots of stuff down there 
that is not first class, so if any one is in condition to take stuff there, 
they don't need to have the very best to win. The car load class is 
the best class to show in. One trouble in showing car loads is on 
account of market prices. The price might decline from the time 
a man got his hogs together to the time of the show so that it would 
be a losing proposition unless there was some advertising scheme in 
view. The way to get a good show in car load classes is for the 
Record Association to put up a prize big enough to make a man 
pay out on the deal. I think that those in position to make an 
exhibit from Iowa would cetrainly be paid by doing so. The ex- 
hibits that are made at that show from Illinois especially are mostly 
made by individuals and not by any state institutions and the 
record Illinois has was made largely by individuals." 
j\Ir. W. Z. Swallow of Waukee, also spoke giving his idea of the 
reason more breeders did not show. ' ' I was there at that show and 
