PROSPERITY REGAINED 955 



Fair with the herd of W. T. McCray, which had 

 opened its campaign at Iowa, The Kentucky 

 breeders concentrated their divided forces at their 

 home fair at Louisville, and had the aid of the Mc- 

 Cray cattle in presenting anew the merits of the 

 breed in the Blue Grass State. 



Meanwhile other spectacular exhibitions of the 

 breed had been claiming public attention in the cen- 

 tral west. Iowa summoned to its state fair no less 

 than 15 herds of " white faces", from Iowa, Missouri, 

 Indiana, Wisconsin and far-south Mississippi. Con- 

 spicuous on the prizelist were the cattle from the 

 herds of 0. Harris & Sons, W. T. McCray, Cyrus A. 

 Tow, J. M. Curtice and W. J. Davis of Mississippi. 

 It was clearly one of the bravest shows of the breed, 

 emphasized by its setting at a fair where the 

 Hereford has more than once overshadowed the 

 other breeds in the uniformity of its excellence. 

 Here again the names of the leading winners bring 

 to mind bloodlines which have been most potent for 

 years in the production of the ribbon-winning cattle 

 at the western fairs. After Des Moines exhibits 

 usually divide between the Minnesota and the Ne- 

 braska state fairs. J. M. Curtice, Cyrus A. Tow and 

 A. A. Berry & Son journeyed north to Hamline, 

 where they encountered three local herds not well 

 equipped to meet such competition. Five herds left 

 Des Moines for Lincoln, among them 0. Harris & 

 Sons, W. J. Davis & Son, and William Andrews & 

 Sons, and met two Nebraska herds and one from 

 Kansas. This fair provides grand championship 



