774 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The Short-horns came back strong in the grand champion steer group, 

 when Carpenter & Ross won first on three uniformly conditioned and 

 smoothly finished animals. 



THE DAIRY SHOW. 



The dairy show was much weaker than last year, with the possible 

 exception of the Jerseys. Of the four breeds shown, the Guernseys had a 

 little the best of it in numbers. The Holsteins missed the presence of 

 Barney's herd, but Mr. Kane and Mr. White, both of Iowa, furnished ani- 

 mals of excellent quality. The Ayrshires were equally as strong as last 

 year, represented by one herd, that of Mr. Seitz, of Wisconsin. 



It is unfortunate that in such a leading dairy state as Iowa there 

 should be no stronger showing of dairy cattle. In the future we should 

 like to see larger numbers of Guernseys, Jerseys, Holsteins and Ayr- 

 shires at the great state fair of a great dairy state. 



Professor Pew, of the Iowa State College, judged all the dairy breeds. 



THE HOESE SHOW. 



In comparison, the Iowa horse show of 1910 was extremely "progres- 

 sive." We cannot recall a time when all departments were so well 

 filled with high-class specimens of the different breeds. Other shows may 

 have been greater in numbers, but it is doubtful if the several draft 

 breeds ever were presented in more classic form than was seen this year. 

 The best products from the leading horse breeding districts of the world 

 were on exhibition, and afforded a great object lesson for thought and 

 study for the American breeder and farmer. When will Americans produce 

 their own horses? When they learn and practice the foreign methods of de- 

 velopment. The American breeder, however, was an important factor 

 in this show, and received many prizes on his productions; but the best 

 prizes went to imported horses. The state of Iowa has every facility 

 for growing the best draft horse in the world, and we hope the time will 

 come when its farmers make this hope a reality. 



PERCHERONS. 



The Percherons made the largest show in numbers of any of the 

 draft classes, and great interest centered around this popular breed 

 through all the show. Forty-three entries were made in the four-year 

 stallion class, but only fifteen were shown, being less than last year. In 

 character this class, everything considered, was scarcely up to former 

 shows, but the two and three year old stallion classes were well filled, 

 the former being the largest class of the show, with twenty-eight in line. 

 They proved a sensational attraction and furnished a strenuous task 

 for the awarding committee. Insouciant, from the Crouch farms, and first 

 prize two-year-old at the Paris show in France this year, drew first place. 

 Many fine specimens were outside the money. The hot contest of the 



