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little clearing up. In May, 1902, they put one buck, six ewes and five 

 kids in an acre of young wood land of a mixed growth, most of the trees 

 three to six inches in diameter, with a thick growth of underbrush. In 

 one year they have cleaned out the small underbrush completely and the 

 ground under the trees looks as if it had been burned over, especially 

 where there are alders or evergreens. They have eaten the leaves and 

 sprigs of young bushes in preference to grass; have stripped the bark 

 from every maple, killing those six inches in diameter. They have proven 

 very effective in cleaning up brush or evergreen wood land. One acre 

 of good brush will furnish twelve goats all they want for one summer. 

 We would regard this as heavy grazing, but experience proves that if you 

 want goats to clean up brush, you must put on plenty of them, from six 

 to twelve per acre according to the quantity of brush available. 



K. THE STATE FAIR. 



DEDICATION <>F THE STOCK PAVILION. 



It was impossible to have the dedicatory ceremonies of the New 

 Live Stock Pavilion, Monday, August 25th, on account of the in- 

 clement weather. Arrangements wore made to carry out the pro- 

 gram Wednesday at the same hour, and with addresses by Gov. 

 A. B. Cummins, Senator W. F. Harriman and Senator J. P. Dol- 

 liver, the Stock Pavilion was dedicated in the presence of a vast 

 multitude of admiring and applauding spectators. 



Among the distinguished guests at the dedication were numer- 

 ous members of the Twenty-ninth general assembly, which made 

 the appropriation for the stock pavilion, and several of the Twenty- 

 eighth. These occupied seats reserved for them on the speakers'' 

 platform, which was erected at the north end of the arena. Among 

 the members of the last general assembly present were Representa- 

 tives Secor of "Winnebago, Moore of Davis, Coburn of Cherokee, 

 Head of Jefferson, Calderwood of Scott, Hasselquist of Lucas, 

 Teachout of Polk, Freeman of Pottawattamie, Greeley of Story, 

 Blakemore of Taylor and Mattes of Sac; Senator Harper of Ot- 

 tumwa and ex-Representative P. L. Prentis of Ringgold county and 

 John Shambaugh of Madison county. Hon 1ST. E. Coffin of Fort 

 Dodge was among those that occupied seats on the speakers' platr 

 form. 

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