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puted claim to senior and grand championship honors. It would be hard 

 to find a yearling heifer anywhere which would surpass Belmont's Pride. 

 With size she admirably combines a rugged constitution and great prom- 

 ise of dairy capacity. She is of the sort which can "mix" with the best 

 in the show ring or remain at home and do full duty in a working herd. 

 The production of animals which properly combine "beauty and utility" 

 is the ambition of practically every breeder. To only a comparatively 

 few is given the ability of effecting the combination. 



HOLSTEIN-FBIESIANS. 



Notwithstanding the fact that but two herds of Holstein cattle were 

 shown at the 1910 Iowa State Fair, the farmers of the corn belt are 

 taking far more interest in dairying than at any time in the past. Only 

 a few months ago a dairy special train traveled the state for a few days 

 and literally "reached" thousands of farmers who heretofore had been 

 comparatively indifferent to this great industry. Many of these men either 

 have or will start herds of dairy cattle, but it will be several years before 

 they will be able to present show herds. Meanwhile, Iowa State Fair 

 visitors must depend upon the "old guard" and out-of-the-state breeders 

 to set before them examples of the great Dutch profit-producing breed. 

 The herd of Mr. "W. B. Barney & Company, of Hampton, Iowa, did not 

 appear and, naturally enough its absence from the state fair barns was 

 most noticeable. Prof. W. H. Pew, of Ames, Iowa, did the judging. His 

 work was characterized by great thoroughness. Quality and dairy tem- 

 perament seemed to influence him greatly in his decisions. Among the 



CHAMPION HOLSTEIN BULL 

 Iowa State Fair and Exposition, 1910 



