532 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Queen 2d carries more scale but is not so level and even along tlie back. 
The junior yearlings quite atoned for the little slackness among the pre- 
ceding class, as they brought into the ring as beautiful a company of 
bonnie blacks as one would wish to see. About a dozen of them made 
hard work for the judge, and when the two calf classes, the seniors an 
even dozen, and the juniors only two less, came forward in their turn, 
the showing of the individual classes were brought to a most satisfactory 
conclusion. There were gems in plenty among them. 
THE GALLOWAYS. 
Rarely has the Galloway breed revealed finer character and quality 
than arrested attention in the well fitted exhibit made on this occasion. 
Numbers were below the mark set at some former fairs, but the cattle 
were distinctly high class. A. C. Binnie, Alta, la., tied the ribbons. It 
is evident that the art of fitting Galloways is being mastered by some 
herdsmen. It is equally evident that "shaggy-coats" will respond to the 
right kind of treatment. During the last five years the breed has im- 
proved markedly in its beef qualities. Showyard candidate stand closer 
to the ground, show greater spring of rib and better filling about the 
shoulder. These betterments were noticeable in the collection under re- 
view. 
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Champion Galloway Cow, Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1908. 
Standard favorite was the bull of the show, heading his class and going 
straight to the championship. He shows improvement over his last year's 
form. He is liberally fleshed and is a good type. Captain 4th of Tar- 
breoch is an even-turned smooth two-year-old that is low-set and strongly 
