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on the grounds. Washington was the first-prize 

 aged bull and Sergeant Major was again winner 

 over a great string of two-year-olds. The Iowa 

 company's Melody was adjudged the best cow and 

 Fowler & VanNatta were second with Lark, one of 

 the most notable members of their herd at that time. 



At St. Louis Hawes, Crane, and F. H. Jackson of 

 South Bend, Ind., competed; Fortune, shown at a 

 weight of 2,550 pounds, won first, and Crane had 

 second on the good bull Grimley 9443. 



The Business Overdone. During the year 1885, 

 notwithstanding the activity on the surface, signs 

 began to multiply which indicated that the market 

 for purebred Heref ords had for the time being been 

 overstocked. Stimulated by the widespread display 

 of interest in the " white faces", importation had 

 followed importation until more cattle were on the 

 market than could be taken care of at prices ap- 

 proaching those prevailing during the years imme- 

 diately preceding. By this time many herds had 

 sprung into existence in nearly all the leading agri- 

 cultural states, and various speculators were bring- 

 ing over cattle which were being offered both at 

 public and private sale. Those who had borne the 

 heat and burden of the day in introducing the breed 

 in the west, and who had already made large invest- 

 ments in the very best of the British show and 

 breeding stock, began to feel the desirability of in 

 some way restricting the number of cattle being of- 

 fered. 



