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begin at. McHenry won both junior champion heifer and senior champion 

 cow, and consequently grand champion cow, on Barbara McHenry 24th, 

 a very massive individual of fine quality and great width. The strong 



CHAMPION ABERDEEN ANGUS COW 

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point of the Angus show, as usual, was its quality, but it was much the 

 same as usual in numbers. Next year, it should be stronger than ever 

 with additional exhibitors from outside the state. 



THE HEREFORD SHOW. 



The Hereford show was exceptionally good this year, running a very 

 close second to the Short-horn show in numbers. Strong competition 

 marked every class, as the entries ran almost uniformly excellent. The 

 outstanding bull of the show was a senior yearling belonging to Harris 

 & Son, a wonderful growthy, massive youngster, with great smoothness. 



The aged cow class presented a smooth, uniform lot of matrons. Last 

 year's grand champion cow, Margaret, had to give way this year to 

 McCray's Lady Fairfax 4th, a cow of unusual width and scale, but not 

 possessing the great depth of Margaret. Lady Fairfax 4th was good 

 enough to later become grand champion cow of the show over the junior 

 champion, Donald Lass 4th, an extremely smooth, attractive heifer calf. 



As a whole, the Hereford show ran uniformly excellent. The Iowa 

 exhibitors, Tow, Gibbons & Sons, and Andrews & Sons, are to be congrat- 

 ulated on the strong showing which they made. Iowa is not a Hereford 

 state, but she is improving right along. In several classes it was inter- 

 esting to note the presence of polled Herefords of quite good quality. 



