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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



emergency and that future shows may even yet surpass the great show 

 of 1907. We congratulate the fair management, the breeders and the 

 people of Iowa on the magnificent displays made and the interest which 

 it created among Iowa farmers. They were quick to take advantage ot 

 the opportunity for the study of the breeds which it afforded and a more 

 intelligent lot of students or critics no fair or show has ever had. The 

 Iowa State Fair is attended by the best farmers throughout the State 

 and they are quick to appreciate the opportunity for study and com- 

 parison it affords. 



A Prize Winning Short Horn Bull at the Iowa State Fair and Expositloa, 1907. 



THE SHORT-HORNS. 



Fortunate indeed will be the show this year that eclipses the record of 

 the Iowa State Fair. We say fortunate advisedly, as rarely has a greater 

 show of Short-horns been seen in any show as was lined up before the 

 judges at the Iowa State Fair in the initial contest of the year. Its 

 strength, in both numbers and quality, was astonishing. The show made 

 a record that far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of either the 

 state fair officials or the Iowa Short-horn breeders and others interested in 



