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He is the right stamp and meets inspection in most parts besides carry- 

 ing very attractive bloom. Two of the senior yearling bulls were de- 

 servedly sent to the barn as so far below show yard standard as to re- 

 move them from title to recognition. 



Glenfoil Rose has been very active in acquiring ribbons and continues 

 to accumulate them, although it cannot be said that she carries quite 

 the bloom that a high class show cow of the breed should present. She 

 holds her form quite well and is a beautifully-fronted broad-bosomed, wide- 

 ribbed matron. She is somewhat fresher than her companions however, 

 all of which have been asked to do the trick too often. It was some 

 better among the two-year-olds, and the senior yearlings contained quite 

 a sprinkling of beauties. Pride McHenry 5:3d and Gaylawn Bonnie are 

 splendid representatives of the breed. Among the junior heifers the 



(iJhampion polled durham bull, "Roan Hero fi313," shown at the Iowa State Fair and 

 Exposition 1907, by Shaver & Deuker. 



judge found his grand champion female — Queen Lass of Alta 3d — a rare 

 combination of Angus excellencies, and he did not hesitate to assign her 

 the crowning honors against older ones forward in the contest. A lot 

 of real "black diamonds" had a setting in the ring for senior heifers. 



THE POLLED UURIIAMS. 



Since the establishment of a classification for Polled Durhams at the 

 Iowa State Fair two years ago this hornless type of Short-horn has 

 been making friends in Iowa. Especially favorable was the impression 

 made by the exhibit this year. Numbers considered, no breed was more 

 creditably represented. The usual ringside comment that Polled Durhams 



