518 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BAMBOILLETS. 
E. M. Moore and Robt. Taylor, of Abbott, Neb., and Max Chapman, of 
Marysville, Iowa, were the exhibitors of this breed. Mr. Moore won first 
in the aged ram, ram lamb, aged ewe, yearling ewe, ewe lamb, four lambs, 
flock, and champion ram and champion ewe. Mr. Taylor won first on 
yearling rams. 
COTSWOLDS. 
This breed was exhibited by F. W. Harding, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, 
and Lewis Bros., of Camp Point, Illinois. Mr. Harding won all first prizes 
and championships. 
SHROPSHIRES. 
The Shropshire show was the strongest of any of the breeds. Messrs. 
Harding, Taylor, and McKerrow being the exhibitors from outside the 
state, while Chandler Bros., of Chariton, la.; Kauffman Bros., of Moscow, 
la.; J. L. Plumley, of Springville, la.; Peasley & Son, of Indianola, la., 
were the Iowa exhibitors. 
OXFOEDS. 
Geo. McKerrow & Son, of Wisconsin, and John Graham & Son, of Eldora, 
la., were the exhibitors of Oxfords. Messrs. McKerrow won first in the 
two-year old ram, ram lamb, two-year-old ewe, yearling ewe, ewe lamb and 
flock classes, also both championships. Graham & Son won first on ram 
lamb and first on four lambs. 
POULTRY AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR. 
The poultry at the Iowa State Fair this year was not the exhibit it 
should have been nor the exhibit it would have been had it been made 
worth while for the poultry breeders of Iowa to show. As matters are 
arranged now, the breeder who shows at the state fair must feed his own 
birds and bring his own feed if he wishes to make sure that they are 
properly cared for. Many breeders who would otherwise make an exhibit 
do not because it is an impossibility for them to attend the fair in person 
or send a representative. 
On Tuesday afternoon Secretary Wilson made a brief visit to the poul- 
try department, and in his speech the following day called the attention 
of his audience to the fact that the poultry department was not receiving 
the attention it should from the hands of the board. As Secretary Wilson 
said, they seem to have a very competent board of directors, but the at- 
tention of this board has evidently not been called to the poultry depart- 
ment. "There is only one place where Iowa could improve," said Secre- 
tary Wilson, "that is in the poultry department. The poultry industry of 
the United States is greater than the wheat industry, and almost up to 
the cotton. It should receive more attention." As is usual at the fall 
fairs, the birds in the best plumage carried off the ribbons. Some excellent 
stock, young and old, were shown. We are unable at this writing to get 
any figures as to the size of the exhibit. Our own judgment is that while 
