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George W. Henry bought imp. Eoyal 16th at the 

 $1,000 figure. W. E. Campbell paid $1,230 for imp. 

 Miss Archibald, and George Morgan gave $1,500 

 for Primrose 2d. 



The Shows of 1885.— At the Iowa State Fair the 

 Iowa Hereford Cattle Co.'s Washington was the 

 first-prize aged bull, Sergeant Major heading the 

 two-year-old class and the famous cow Melody 10th 

 gaining first among the aged females. 



In the competition for the grand beef herd cham- 

 pionship, however, all breeds competing, the S. S. 

 Brown Shorthorns were first, T. W. Harvey's Tur- 

 lington Aberdeen-Angus were second, and the 

 Herefords third. 



At Minnesota J. 0. Curry and J. C. Bertram of 

 Aurora, 111., made exhibits, Mr. Bertram showing 

 his stylish yearling Wilton bull Sir Wilfred and 

 Curry gaining first in the cow class with Delight 

 (the dam of Peerless), then ten years old. Mr. Cul- 

 bertson was also an exhibitor and had second prize 

 here on Helen by Anxiety. 



At the old Western National Show at Bismarck 

 Grove, Lawrence, Kans., in those days one of the 

 leading agricultural fairs of the west, J. H. Hawes 

 was first with his famous Fortune, son of Sir Eich- 

 ard 2d, Other exhibitors were Lucien Scott, G. A. 

 Fowler of Kansas City, and Shockey & Gibb of Law- 

 rence. 



At the Illinois State Fair, held in Chicago, the 

 Herefords were unquestionably the strongest class 



