NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI 557 
that the greatest need at the present time that confronts the management 
of the Iowa State Fair is a new and much larger amphitheater. We un- 
derstand that it required no small outlay to secure the splendid musical 
talent this year, but the fair management has reason to feel that they are 
backed up by the citizens of the state when going ahead in this liberal 
handed manner. Even though the division of the crowd was made both 
afternoon and evening on account of the counter attraction in the stock 
judging pavilion, yet the crowds were too large to be cared for in the 
present out-of-date amphitheater. 
There were many special features of the 1908 fair relating to which 
the lack of space prevents comment. "One matter, however, should not be 
overlooked, namely, the universal satisfaction expressed by stockmen in 
the ratings made in the various classes. Not in many years has a more 
competent and more honest set of judges been put to work, and while it is 
never possible to please all, yet awards as given in this issue show in a 
remarkable degree the relative merit of the animals entered. To some 
extent college men were rsponsible for this condition, though equal credit 
must be given to those experienced breeders who were called to the im- 
portant task this year of placing ribbons. If there w^ere classes "fixed" 
in advance this year they failed to come under our notice, and it mat- 
tered not whether the judge had come by his knowledge through the 
present-day stock judging schools or through long experience, the result 
was the same in practically every instance. And this condition means 
much, because we have seen the time when the "fixing" process was the 
rule and not the exception. We mean by this that judges were undoubt- 
edly influenced in too many instances in the past by considerations which, 
though not know^i, nevertheless brought forth fruit; and on this point 
we take the time to compliment the fair management in the choice made 
of the judges. A list of judges including such men as Craig, of Texas; 
Mumford, of Illinois; Swallow, Kennedy, Roberts and Davis, of Iowa; 
Martin, of Wisconsin;' Kizer, of Kansas, and Captain Robson, of Canada 
— these and others being kept busy during the week — means that square- 
toed, out-and-out decisions are to be expected. This is exactly what 
occurred and exhibitors on the whole expressed keen appreciation of the 
work done by tnese judges. 
The contest held among girls and boys in the competition for the 
scholarship offered by the Iowa Agricultural College was more than usu- 
ally interesting this year. It was held on Saturday and was "therefore out 
of the way before the regular judging began. In the girls' class Miss 
Ruby Lynch, of Ames, won the $100 scholarship, second going to Sheila 
Hasbrouck, of Humeston, third to Pansy Edwards, of Des Moines, and 
fourth to Louise Wood, of Iowa Falls. In the boys' contest a number of 
classes of live stock were passed on and, in addition to this, both white 
and yellow corn were judged. The winner in the joint rating of live 
stock and corn was R. A. Rutledge, of Fort Dodge, whose score w^as 496. 
This w^on for Mr. Rutledge a $200 scholarship at the low^a Agricultural 
