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Iowa had the grand champion carload lot of steers at Chicago,, 

 owned by Chas. Escher. The grand champion herd of fat cattle 

 over all breeds came from Iowa. They were fed at the college, 

 and the grand champion steer over all came from Iowa, and 

 all of these are from the Iowa State College. His mother was 

 seven-eighths Angus and his sire was a pure bred Angus bull. 

 He was very nearly a full-blood. 



Me. Trigg: The reason I asked the question is because it wa.s 

 reported he was a pure bred steer. 



Professor Kennedy: His mother was seven-eighths and sire 

 pure bred Angus. When we speak of beef cattle we speak of tho 

 beef type ; and I think in that respect it is not necessary to have 

 pure bred, but that the pure bred must be back of it all. I do not 

 believe in every man handling pure bred cattle, but I believe 

 every man should use a pure bred sire. The trouble is, most peo- 

 ple want females ! and I have noticed that at these stock shows — 

 they will give a big prize for females; whereas, on every farmi in 

 Iowa we should have pure-bred bulls. 



Mr. Trigg : Will you be kind enough to emphasize the fact of 

 pure-bred sires, because we have a great many big men who think 

 that $35.00 is too much to pay for a bull. 



Professor Kennedy : Three hundred dollars is not too much 

 to pay for a good bull to be used on a herd of good grade cows. 

 Every man should use a pure bred bull. I do not believe every 

 man should go into the pure-bred breeding business. 



Mr. Trigg : How much did Shamrock weigh ? 



Professor Kennedy: He weighed 1,805 pounds. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 

 Meeting called to order by Vice-President Morrow. 

 The first on the program is a paper entitled "Forage Crops in 

 Iowa," by James Atkinson of Des Moines. 



FORAGE CROPS IN IOWA. 



James Atkinson, Des Moines. 

 There are many indications which lead us to believe that farmers 

 of Iowa employ wasteful methods in their feeding operations. For the 



