512 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In the bull classes, Whitehall Marshall, last year's champion, leads the 
aged bulls, but had very close competition in his half brother, Whitehall 
King, the Harding entry, the latter being an exceptionally smooth bull 
and making a strong showing. The Iowa bulls also were very strong in 
this class, it being one of the best aged bull classes that has faced the 
judges in some time. With the exception of the senior yearling bull class, 
the other bull classes were very well filled indeed, and the quality of the 
rings was good. The junior yearling bull class was the banner class of 
the show, and in King Cumberland, H. H. Powell & Son brought out one 
of the greatest Short-horn bulls of recent years. Indeed, so strong were 
this young bull's claims that Captain Robson, of Canada, who judged 
the Short-horns, could have made him grand champion and it would have 
met with the approval of many of the best judges of Short-horn cattle at 
the ringside. King Cumberland having many friends, and making him 
champion would have been a popular decision. He is a roan bull of 
beautiful type, exceptionally good in his lines, deep of body, with lots of 
width, good head and horns, short neck; in short, a show bull from all 
points. It has been a long time since we have seen a bull that so well 
fills our eye as this grand young roan. If this bull continues through the 
circuit it will not be at all surprising if he wears the championship 
la,urels at a number of the shows before the season is over. His claims 
for recognition are indeed strong. 
The female classes of the show were even stronger than the bulls, take 
it all in all. A wonderfully good cow was brought out in the Hanna entry 
Flora 90th, who was made champion of the show. The two-year-old, 
yearling, and heifer calves were also a fine lot, the younger classes being 
exceptionally strong in both numbers and quality. Iowa had the honor 
of furnishing the first prize senior heifer calf in the Flynn Farm Company 
entry Countess F., also the first prize junior calf in Saunders' entry, 
Susan Cumberland. 
THE HEKEFOEDS. 
The Hereford show this year outclassed all previous Iowa shows. In 
fact, if the Kansas City and International shows are as strong in the 
Hereford department they will have unusually strong shows. The 
Hereford exhibitors are to be congratulated on the showing they made 
at the Iowa State Fair, and it forecasts a successful year for them 
throughout the circuit. From the aged bull class down through the herd 
classes there were a large number of entries, and close competition. In 
the aged bull class there were nine entries. The class was uniformly ex- 
cellent. Van Natta's Prime Lad 9th won over Cargil & McMilan's Bonnie 
Brae 3d, reversing last year's placing of these two bulls as two-year-olds. 
In the junior yearling bull class there were thirteen youngsters shown and 
Logan won on a remarkably smooth, blocky little fellow. In the aged 
cow class a strong, uniform lot of thirteen were shown. Cargill & Mc- 
Millan's Mignonette, last year's grand champion cow at the Iowa fair, won 
over Van Natta's Pretty Face. Mignonette is of the extreme low, blocky 
type. She shows very smoothly for an old cow, although a trifle under in 
weight. In the two-year-old heifers Cargill & McMillan again won first 
on Miss Filler 2d, who is a beautiful Hereford type in almost every re- 
