516 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
POLAND-CHINAS. 
The exhibit of Poland-Chinas was large as usual, but not so uniformly- 
good nor so large as some former shows at Des Moines. Some of the 
classes were strong and some were very ordinary for the Iowa State Pair. 
The aged boar class, considering condition and all, was about the most 
ordinary class of aged boars that has been seen at the Iowa State Fair, 
yet our readers must not infer that there were no good ones in the ring. 
The two junior yearling classes were exceptionally strong and the pig 
classes were large and good. There were some good big ones found 
among the prize winners, but more of the small quality type. It would 
have been a good year for the big ones, as the judge was a man who' 
looks well to size in his own breed. Mr. L. H. Roberts, the well known 
Duroc Jersey breeder, tied the ribbons. 
DUEOC JERSEYS. 
As last year, the Duroc Jerseys outnumbered any other breed. It was 
a big show, but no better than last year, if as good. The exhibtors came 
from several different states, a number from Nebraska, on the west, and 
from as far east and south as Kentucky. The show was not characteristic 
for sensational winners, although a better two-year-old Duroc Jersey boar 
has not been seen at an Iowa State Fair than Model Chief 2d, the sweep- 
stakes winner this year, and he is far better than the sweepstakes win- 
ner at some recent Iowa State Fairs. Mr. N. H. Gentry, the well known 
Berkshire breeder, did the judging, and it was quite interesting to Duroc 
Jersey breeders to learn how the prizes would be placed from a Berkshire 
standpoint. It can not be said that the breeders in general always agreed 
with the judge, and while no one accused him of being unfair or incom- 
petent, yet there were those who thought that a man who had looked 
at and admired a dish-faced, straight-eared, quality Berkshire for a life- 
time was not so well qualified to judge Duroc Jerseys (a breed that has 
gained great popularity because of the demand for a somewhat coarser, 
more prolific type than some of the other breeds supplied) as a man 
would be who had bred Duroc Jerseys and knew and admired their char- 
acteristics. Outside of a few of the pig classes, however, the judging was 
pretty generally satisfactory, and on the large pig classes the judge did 
not have a fair chance because there were so many spectators in the 
ring that he could not well compare the pigs for the people. The prizes 
were distributed among a large number of exhibitors, no one breeder get- 
ting many prizes. 
^ ^ ^ CHESTER WHITES. 
About the usual number of Chester Whites were in the pens, the num- 
ber having been around 450 head for several years. It was largely an 
Iowa exhibit, with exhibitors from nearly every part of the state. As 
will be noted by the awards which follow, the prizes were divided among 
a large number instead of among a few exhibitors. The champion boar 
was L. C. Reese's O. K. Mikado, who won first and championship at the 
Iowa State Fair on two former occasions. Championship on sow was 
won by E. L. Leavens on a sow of his own breeding. He also had the 
champion boar bred by exhibitor and won first on aged herd and get of 
sire classes, while Reese won first on young herd. W. Z. Swallow, the 
pioneer Poland-China breeder and exhibitor, tied the ribbons. 
